Voice mailbox in a GSM-system

• US 6,368,205 B1
• Filed: 10/26/2000
• Issued: 04/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Teliasonera AB
• Original Assignee: Telia AB (Government of Norway)
• Inventors: Frank, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US09/530,595
• Time in Patent Office: 530 Days
• Field of Search: 455/712, 455/413, 455/414, 455/466, 455/418, 455/419, 455/426, 455/556, 455/557, 370/352, 370/358, 379/88.13, 379/88.14, 379/88.17, 709/206, 709/207
• US Class Current: 455/413
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/12 for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A mobile communication system which includes mobile terminals with a voice mailbox function. The mobile terminals are equipped with mobile-adapted WWW-browsers. The voice mailbox function provides one or more functions in the form of being able to download at least one home page into a WWW-browser of the mobile terminals.

Claims

1. A mobile communication system comprising:

(a) a plurality of mobile terminals, each mobile terminal including

(a1) a voice mailbox function, and

(a2) a mobile adapted WWW-browser, and

wherein said voice mailbox function of a called mobile terminal includes at least one home page configured to be downloaded into the WWW-browser of a calling mobile terminal, and an information server configured to download said at least one home page with information of hypertext-links, and if said called mobile terminal is not accessible, said at least one home page is configured to be transferred to said calling mobile terminal.

2. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein said voice mailbox function performs A-number analysis to decide to which mobile terminal said at least one home page is to be transferred.

3. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein said home page is transferred by USSD or SMS.

4. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein said voice mailbox function of said called mobile terminal performs A-number analysis to decide whether the calling mobile terminal supports SMS or USSD, and if said calling mobile terminal does not support SMS, USSD, a common voice message, and not said at least one home page, is transferred to said calling mobile terminal.

5. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein said calling mobile terminal by DTMF- or USSD-signalling determines whether said at least one home page or a voice message is to be transferred from a not accessible called mobile subscriber to said calling mobile terminal.

6. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein said voice mailbox function of said called mobile terminal includes a plurality of different home pages, and said plurality of different home pages are configured to be transferred to different calling mobile terminals, which different calling mobile terminals are identified by A-number analysis.

7. A mobile communication system according to claim 6, wherein said voice mailbox function of said called mobile terminal is programmed with lists containing A-numbers indicating connections to different home pages or hypertext-links.

8. A mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein hypertext-links on said at least one home page are connected to different calling mobile terminals, which are identified by A-number analysis.

9. A mobile communication system according to claim 8, wherein said voice mailbox function of said called mobile terminal is programmed with lists containing A-numbers indicating connections to different home pages or hypertext-links.