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Apparatus and method for mobile subscriber service modification

  • US 6,449,479 B1
  • Filed: 04/30/1999
  • Issued: 09/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for changing a profile of a mobile subscriber in a telecommunications network, the profile including one or more service features, said apparatus comprising:

  • a Home Location Register (HLR) having means to change the profile and a memory for storing the profile, and a node in electronic communication with the HLR, the node including;

    means for recognizing a request from the mobile subscriber to change a selected one of the service features, means for validating the request from the mobile subscriber, means for determining whether the mobile subscriber is currently using a mobile phone to which the profile is assigned, and means for preventing changes to the profile, with the exception of a change to the selected one of the service features, if the mobile subscriber is determined not to be currently using the mobile phone to which the profile is assigned when making the recognized request.

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