Extra communication service system with time differential corrected

• US 6,704,570 B2
• Filed: 08/24/1999
• Issued: 03/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Vivian
• Assistant Examiner(s): West, Lewis G.
• Application Number:
  US09/382,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20030073428A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,659 Days
• Field of Search: 455/403, 455/18, 455/417, 455/456, 455/435.1, 455/432.1, 455/432.3, 455/433, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/414.3, 368/47
• US Class Current: 455/432.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/14 Delay circuits; Timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308

Abstract

An extra communication service system is disclosed, in which the area of the called party is provided with an extra service according to a set time while correcting the time differential with the area of the called party. The subscriber can enjoy various extra services in accordance with the time based on the standard time of the destination area. When registering the position of a mobile station 1-5 in a visitor mobile service switching center 1-4, a gateway location register 1-3 requests a home location register 1-2 to read the subscriber data of the mobile station. The home location register 1-2 determines the time differential from the common carrier number information or the like of the gateway location register, produces a roaming time table with the time differential corrected from the time set in an original time table 1-7 for the extra services, and transmits it to the gateway location register. The communication network provides the extra service in accordance with the roaming time table.

Claims

1. An extra communication service system with a time corrected by a time differential, for providing an extra service corresponding to a set time between communication networks using different standard times, comprising:

means for determining the time differential with a destination communication network of a subscriber based on communication ID number information exchanged between a home communication network of the subscriber who has registered the extra service and the destination communication network of the subscriber in response to a request for a location registration for the home communication network of the subscriber when the subscriber moves to a different service area;

means for producing and holding a time table based on a standard time of the destination communication network corrected based on a time differential with the destination communication network from a time set in an extra service time table in subscriber data stored in a home location register of the home communication network; and

means for changing the time table of the standard time of the destination communication network in accordance with a request from the destination communication network to change the time table;

wherein the extra service corresponding to the set time is provided according to the time table of the standard time of the destination communication network.

2. An extra communication service system according to claim 1,

wherein the home communication network of the subscriber who has registered said extra service includes means for determining the time differential with said destination communication network, means for producing and holding a time table of the standard time of the destination communication network with the time differential corrected, and means for transmitting the time table of the standard time of the destination communication network with the time differential corrected to the destination communication network.

3. An extra communication service system according to claim 1,

wherein said destination communication network of the subscriber includes means for determining the time differential with the home communication network in which the subscriber has registered said extra service, means for producing and holding a time table of the standard time of the destination communication network with the time differential corrected, and means for transmitting the time table of the standard time of the destination communication network with the time differential corrected to the home network of said subscriber.

4. A communication service system with a time corrected by a time differential, for providing a service corresponding to a set time between communication networks using different standard times, comprising:

means for determining the time differential between the home communication network of a subscriber and the destination communication network of the subscriber in response to a request of a location registration for a home communication network of the subscriber when the subscriber moves to a different service area; and

means for holding a time table based on the standard time of the destination communication network corrected based on the time differential with the destination communication network from the time set in a service time table in subscriber data stored in a home location register of the home communication network;

wherein the service corresponding to the set time is provided a time table of the standard time of the destination communication network.

5. A communication service system according to claim 4,

wherein the home communication network of the subscriber who has registered said service includes means for determining the time differential with the destination communication network, means for producing a time table of the standard time of the destination communication network with the time differential corrected, and means for transmitting the time table of the standard time of the destination communication network with the time differential corrected to the destination communication network.

6. A communication service system according to claim 4,

wherein said destination communication network of the subscriber includes means for determining the time differential with the home communication network in which the subscriber has registered said service, means for producing a time table of the standard time of the destination communication network with the time differential corrected, and means for transmitting the time table of the standard time of the destination communication network with the time differential corrected to the home communication network of said subscriber.