Method and apparatus for over-the-air programming of telecommunication services
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1. A method for updating service information stored in a mobile station from information stored in a central database, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying a plurality of mobile stations having service information storage capabilities and selecting some subset of said plurality of mobile stations to be updated;
detecting whether a selected mobile station is activated;
setting a delivery pending indicator associated with ones of said subset of said plurality of mobile stations to be updated that is not activated;
if said selected mobile station is activated then transferring updated service information from said central database to the selected mobile station via a data message within a data communications channel, andif said selected mobile station is not activated then designating said selected mobile station to be updated when it is later activated.
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Abstract
A method for updating service information stored in a mobile station relies on the programmability of the station and over-the-air transmission of teleservice information. When a station is inactive, a delivery flag is set when the station subsequently registers the over-the-air transmission is performed.
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1. A method for updating service information stored in a mobile station from information stored in a central database, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a plurality of mobile stations having service information storage capabilities and selecting some subset of said plurality of mobile stations to be updated; detecting whether a selected mobile station is activated; setting a delivery pending indicator associated with ones of said subset of said plurality of mobile stations to be updated that is not activated; if said selected mobile station is activated then transferring updated service information from said central database to the selected mobile station via a data message within a data communications channel, and if said selected mobile station is not activated then designating said selected mobile station to be updated when it is later activated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for updating service information stored in mobile stations, the system comprising:
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a first database storing subscriber information; a second database storing service information; an update terminal associated with said second database and providing updated service information to said second database; a processor, responsive to an update of said service information, that sets an update status indicator for a set of subscribers identified by said first database as having mobile stations capable of updating; said processor further being programmed to; detect whether a given mobile station having a set update status indicator is activated; set a delivery pending indicator associated with a given mobile station that is not activated; and command a transfer of updated service information from said second database to a given mobile station that is activated via a data message within a data communications channel. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A method for updating intelligent roaming information for a mobile communication device, the method comprising:
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identifying mobile communication devices capable of over-the-air programming; if an identified mobile communication device is activated, then over-the-air programming intelligent roaming information into the mobile communications device via a data message within a data communications channel; if an identified mobile communication device is not activated, then designating the identified mobile communication device to be over-the-air programmed with intelligent roaming information via the data message within the data communications channel when the identified mobile communication device is later activated. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An element in a telecommunications network for providing communication services from a service provider to a mobile communication device in a multiple service provider environment, comprising:
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an over-the-air processor that receives information in a data message communicated via a data communications channel regarding relationships among system providers; and a database communicating with the over-the-air processor, containing intelligent roaming information for transmitting to the mobile communications device and a delivery pending indicator associated with a mobile communications device that is not activated. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A home location register in a telecommunications network for providing communication services from a service provider to a plurality of mobile communication devices, comprising:
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a database of identifiers corresponding to predetermined ones of the plurality of mobile communication devices; a controller for instructing the network to transmit intelligent roaming information to the predetermined ones of the plurality of mobile communication devices via a data message communicated in a data communications channel; a receiver for receiving an indication of which predetermined ones of the plurality of mobile communication devices are activated; and a delivery pending indicator associated with each of the predetermined ones of the plurality of mobile communication devices that is not activated. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of providing updated intelligent roaming information to a mobile communication device, comprising:
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updating an intelligent roaming database in a network; sending a message from a home location register to the network to instruct the network to transmit the updated intelligent roaming database to the mobile communication device wherein the message is communicated via a data communications channel; detecting whether the mobile communication device is active; and setting a delivery pending indicator if the mobile communication device is not activated to indicate that the updated intelligent roaming database should be subsequently transmitted to the mobile communication device when the mobile communication device is later activated. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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