Method and communication system for the first-time entry of subscriber data of a mobile subscriber into a central subscriber data base

• US 6,308,069 B1
• Filed: 03/11/1999
• Issued: 10/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Reich, Manfred, Freitag, Bernhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Application Number:
  US09/254,736
• Time in Patent Office: 957 Days
• Field of Search: 455/419, 455/418, 455/432, 455/433, 455/403, 455/445
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/35 Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning

Abstract

A method and communication system for the first-time entry of subscriber data of a mobile subscriber into a central subscriber data base wherein entry composed of a special telephone number and of blocking information for temporarily barring calls for the mobile subscriber is formed in at least one central subscriber data base and is transferred into a decentralized subscriber data base that is the first one responsible for the location registration for the mobile radio telephone subscriber on the basis of his current location. As soon as the mobile subscriber makes an outgoing call for the first time via a radio telephone subscriber station, a connection setup occurs to a calling point on the basis of the special telephone number stored in the decentralized subscriber data base. The subscriber data, including a mobile subscriber telephone number is entered into the central subscriber data base via the calling point, and the blocking information reset therein and the special telephone number is deleted.

Claims

1. A method for the first-time entry of subscriber data of a mobile subscriber that is identifiable in a mobile radio telephone network by a mobile subscriber and identifier and that would like to accept and make calls with a radio telephone subscriber station in at least one central subscriber data base, the method comprising the steps of:

forming in the central subscriber data base an entry having both a special telephone number and blocking information that is set for temporarily barring calls for the mobile subscriber;

transferring the entry from the central subscriber data base into a decentralized subscriber data base that is a first one responsible for location registration for the mobile radio telephone subscriber based on a current location of the subscriber;

setting up a connection to a calling point based on the special telephone number stored in the decentralized subscriber data base as soon as an outgoing call from the mobile subscriber is made for the first time via the radio telephone subscriber station;

entering the subscriber data, including a mobile subscriber telephone number, via the calling point into the central subscriber data base wherein a specific subscriber telephone number is entered as the subscriber data for the mobile subscriber, the specific subscriber telephone number not belonging to mobile subscriber telephone numbers administered by the central subscriber data base and being administered by a second central subscriber data base;

resetting the blocking information in the central subscriber data base; and

deleting the special telephone number.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of:

storing reference information for the identification of the central subscriber data base containing the subscriber data in the second central subscriber data base.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection to a calling point of one of a network operator and a service provider is set up by these special telephone number.

4. A methos as claimed in claim 1, wherein the scope and nature of the subscriber data are individually entered into the central subscriber data base for the mobile subscriber.

5. A communication system for the first-time entry of subscriber data of a mobile subscriber that is identifiable in a mobile radio telephone network by a mobile subscriber identifier and that would like to accept and make calls with a radio telephone subscriber station in a central subscriber data base, the communication system comprising:

at least one central subscriber data base for storing an entry which includes both a special telephone number and blocking information that can be set for temporarily barring calls for the mobile subscriber;

a decentralized subscriber data base that is a first one responsible for location registration for the mobile radio telephone subscriber based on a current location of the subscriber for accepting the entry from the central subscriber data base; and

a calling point which is arranged such that a connection is set up to the calling point based on the special telephone number stored in the decentralized subscriber data base as soon as the mobile subscriber makes an outgoing call for the first time via the radio telephone subscriber station, and such that the subscriber data, including a mobile subscriber telephone number, is entered into the subscriber data base via the calling point and the blocking information is reset in the central subscriber data base and the special telephone number is deleted, and wherein the calling point is arranged such that reference information for identification of the central subscriber data base containing the subscriber data is stored via the calling point in a second central subscriber data base.