Method and apparatus for over-the-air programming of telecommunication services
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method for updating service information stored in a mobile station from information stored in a central database, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying a plurality of mobile stations having service information storage capabilities and selecting some subset of said plurality of mobile stations to be updated wherein said step of identifying includes the substeps of,scanning a subscriber database,identifying those subscribers in the database having a mobile station which has the capability of being updated,associating an update status indicator with each subscriber identified to have the capability of being updated, wherein said update indicator identifies the subscriber'"'"'s mobile station as one that should be updated in the next updating operation;
detecting whether a selected mobile station is activated;
if said selected mobile station is activated then transferring updated service information from said central database to the selected mobile station, andif said selected mobile station is not activated then designate said selected mobile station to be updated when it is later activated.
6 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method for updating service information stored in a mobile station relies on the programmability of the station and over-the-air transmission of teleservice information. When a station is inactive, a delivery flag is set when the station subsequently registers the over-the-air transmission is performed.
272 Citations
10 Claims
-
1. A method for updating service information stored in a mobile station from information stored in a central database, the method comprising the steps of:
-
identifying a plurality of mobile stations having service information storage capabilities and selecting some subset of said plurality of mobile stations to be updated wherein said step of identifying includes the substeps of, scanning a subscriber database, identifying those subscribers in the database having a mobile station which has the capability of being updated, associating an update status indicator with each subscriber identified to have the capability of being updated, wherein said update indicator identifies the subscriber'"'"'s mobile station as one that should be updated in the next updating operation; detecting whether a selected mobile station is activated; if said selected mobile station is activated then transferring updated service information from said central database to the selected mobile station, and if said selected mobile station is not activated then designate said selected mobile station to be updated when it is later activated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. A method for updating intelligent roaming information for a wireless telephone from an intelligent roaming database, the method comprising the steps of:
-
identifying wireless telephones having over-the-air programmability; setting an update status indicator for wireless telephones identified as having over-the-air programmability; detecting whether a wireless telephone that has its update status indicator set is activated; if said wireless telephone is detected to be activated then transferring the intelligent roaming information from the intelligent roaming database to said wireless telephone; and if said wireless telephone is detected to not be activated then designating said wireless telephone to receive the intelligent roaming information from the updated intelligent roaming database when that wireless telephone is later activated. - View Dependent Claims (10)
-
Specification