Method for providing and processing locality information in switched networks

• US 7,110,746 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2000
• Issued: 09/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Original Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Inventors: Zeffler, Klaus-Peter, Herzog, Uwe, Dassow, Heiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D.
• Application Number:
  US10/169,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20020193123A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,097 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456, 455/461, 455/426, 455/411, 370/349, 370/352
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/12 intelligent networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/20 hybrid systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/14 with services dependent on location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4228 in networks
• 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: H04Q 2213/13097 Numbering, addressing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13103 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13141 Hunting for free outlet, circuit or channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13204 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13345 Intelligent networks, SCP
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1338 Inter-exchange connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0045 involving hybrid, i.e. a mixture of public and private, or multi-vendor systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for providing locality information in a plurality of switched networks of different network types. The method includes transmitting network-specific information of a caller via a signaling protocol of a service logic located on a service platform. Using the transmitted network-specific information of the caller, a current locality information of the caller is determined by a network-specific location information server. The current locality information is provided in a uniform manner outside of the signaling protocol.

Claims

1. A method for providing locality information in a

plurality of switched networks of different network types, the method comprising:

transmitting network-specific information of a caller via a signaling protocol of a service logic located on a service platform;

determining, by a network-specific location information server, a current locality information of the caller using the transmitted network-specific information of the caller; and

providing the current locality information in a uniform manner outside of the signaling protocol;

wherein the current locality information includes geographical coordinates.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the providing of the current locality information is performed by the network specific location information server.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the providing of the current locality information includes providing the current locality information at an interface to the service logic.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

evaluating the current locality information; and

routing a connection of the caller according to the evaluation.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the evaluation includes determining, by performing a database query operation, a customer destination for the locality information.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the routing of the connection includes routing the connection to a customer destination other than a customer destination call number of the caller.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the routing includes routing the connection to the appropriate customer destination.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the determining of the current locality information includes carrying out an online access to a base.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, further comprising administering the switched network using a respective database associated with network.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the locality information is also made available at an interface for external applications.

12. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the switched network is a mobile telephone network and the providing of the current locality information is performed using a local management access to an antenna configuration of a radio cell of the telephone call.

10. A method for

providing locality information in a plurality of switched networks of different network types, the method comprising:

transmitting network-specific information of a caller via a signaling protocol of a service logic located on a service platform;

determining, by a network-specific location information server, a current locality information of the caller using the transmitted network-specific information of the caller; and

providing the current locality information in a uniform manner outside of the signaling protocol;

wherein the current locality information includes an address; and

wherein the address includes at least one of country, city, district, street, and street number.

13. A method for

providing locality information in a plurality of switched networks of different network types, the method comprising:

transmitting network-specific information of a caller via a signaling protocol of a service logic located on a service platform;

determining, by a network-specific location information server, a current locality information of the caller using the transmitted network-specific information of the caller; and

providing the current locality information in a uniform manner outside of the signaling protocol;

wherein the switched network is a fixed telephone network and the providing of the current locality information includes providing the current locality information to an interface to the service logic using an access to subscriber line data located at a site of a network operator associated with the fixed telephone network.

14. A method for

providing locality information in a plurality of switched networks of different network types, the method comprising:

transmitting network-specific information of a caller via a signaling protocol of a service logic located on a service platform;

determining, by a network-specific location information server, a current locality information of the caller using the transmitted network-specific information of the caller; and

providing the current locality information in a uniform manner outside of the signaling protocol;

wherein the switched network is an internet network and the providing of the current locality information includes providing the current locality information to an interface to the service logic using a tracing of functionalities for backtracking.

15. The method as recited in claim 14 wherein the providing of the current locality information further includes using a record of locations of internet nodes.