Method for subscriber availability in a radio communications system

• US 6,876,865 B1
• Filed: 05/13/1998
• Issued: 04/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Inventors: Sanger, Georg
• Primary Examiner(s): WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE
• Application Number:
  US09/424,006
• Time in Patent Office: 2,519 Days
• Field of Search: 455/435.1, 455/445, 455/462, 455/518, 455/519, 455/560, 455/411, 455/414.1, 455/461, 455/463, 370/338, 379/901
• US Class Current: 455/518
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13097 Numbering, addressing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13098 Mobile subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13103 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13384 Inter-PBX traffic, PBX networks, e.g. corporate networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13399 Virtual channel/circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13513 UPT - personal as opposed to terminal mobility, inc. number portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13532 mobile networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13533 multivendor and hybrid, e.g. public/private, networks, inc. international
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13542 numbering plans, e.g. number re-allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0045 involving hybrid, i.e. a mixture of public and private, or multi-vendor systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

The invention pertains to a method for reaching subscribers in a radio communication system in which an object identification is temporarily assigned to the subscribers. The temporary object identifications are formed by subscriber data sets that respectively define a complete subscriber environment of a virtual communication network VP within the radio communication system, wherein one or more of such subscriber data sets can be assigned to subscribers of the communication system.

Claims

1. A method for reaching subscribers in a cellular mobile radio communications system, comprising:

temporarily assigning object identifications to subscribers, said temporary object identifications being formed by subscriber data sets, including at least subscription data as defined in GSM, that respectively define an entire subscriber environment of a virtual communication network within the cellular mobile radio communications system, wherein the cellular mobile radio communications system is configured for at least voice communication, wherein one or more subscriber data sets are assignable to subscribers of the cellular mobile radio communication system, and wherein the subscriber data sets are selected from a pool of predetermined subscriber data sets; and

selectively allocating predetermined subscriber environments to respective authorized subscribers, the predetermined subscriber environments being defined by the subscriber data sets, wherein each subscriber environment corresponds to a call number.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising administering calls regarding subscriber data sets of the virtual communication network through an intelligent network.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising carrying out an authorization check of the subscribers, and allocating the subscriber data sets after a positive result of the authorization check is obtained.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising assigning a temporary, object-related and a permanent, individual subscriber environment to a subscriber, to whom an object identification has been assigned.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising reaching the subscriber always under the call numbers which correspond to the individual and the temporary subscriber environments currently assigned to the subscriber.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the cellular radio communication system is further configured for data communication.