Method for enabling a user to be notified of his/her positioning requests
First Claim
1. A method for processing an information request in a communication network, comprising:
- sending, by a requesting side, a request for specific information of a subscriber to a first element of said communication network, the requesting side comprising an external user other than said subscriber;
receiving, at the first element of the communication network, the request for subscriber specific information;
processing, by the communication network, the request for said subscriber specific information, wherein in said processing of a second network element is triggered, said processing further comprising determining, based on a preset decision mode indicator, when a preset request response should be considered, the preset decision mode indicator being selectively switched between a first and a second value, by the subscriber as desired; and
when the value of the preset decision mode indicator is the second value, contacting, in response to the triggering of the second network element and without considering the preset request response of said subscriber, transmitting a message indicating said request of said requesting side to the subscriber, said message asking said subscriber for a request response regarding whether to release said subscriber specific informationwhen the value of the preset decision mode indicator is the first value, determining a request response regarding whether to release said subscriber specific information based on the preset request response previously indicated by said subscriber;
receiving and determining said request response of said subscriber; and
forwarding said subscriber specific information to said requesting side when a permission for releasing is present, and refusing the request for said subscriber specific information when no permission for releasing is present.
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Abstract
The present invention proposes a method for processing an information request in a communication network, wherein a requesting side contacts a first element of said communication network and sends a request for specific information of a subscriber, said method comprising the steps of receiving a request for subscriber specific information, processing the rest for said subscriber specific information, wherein in said processing a second network element is triggered, checking by said second network element, whether a permission for releasing said subscriber specific information to said requesting side is present, and, if a permission for releasing is present, forwarding said subscriber specific information to said requesting side, and if no permission for releasing is present, refusing the request for said subscriber specific information. The present invention also proposes a corresponding device and/or system. The present invention enables a consultation of the subscriber whether he/she permits a release of information concerning him/her, e.g. by using an intelligent network environment.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for processing an information request in a communication network, comprising:
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sending, by a requesting side, a request for specific information of a subscriber to a first element of said communication network, the requesting side comprising an external user other than said subscriber; receiving, at the first element of the communication network, the request for subscriber specific information; processing, by the communication network, the request for said subscriber specific information, wherein in said processing of a second network element is triggered, said processing further comprising determining, based on a preset decision mode indicator, when a preset request response should be considered, the preset decision mode indicator being selectively switched between a first and a second value, by the subscriber as desired; and when the value of the preset decision mode indicator is the second value, contacting, in response to the triggering of the second network element and without considering the preset request response of said subscriber, transmitting a message indicating said request of said requesting side to the subscriber, said message asking said subscriber for a request response regarding whether to release said subscriber specific information when the value of the preset decision mode indicator is the first value, determining a request response regarding whether to release said subscriber specific information based on the preset request response previously indicated by said subscriber; receiving and determining said request response of said subscriber; and forwarding said subscriber specific information to said requesting side when a permission for releasing is present, and refusing the request for said subscriber specific information when no permission for releasing is present. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 38)
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20. A device used in a communication network for processing an information request for specific information of a subscriber, the device comprising:
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receiving means adapted to receive, via a first element of said communication device, a request for subscriber specific information of a subscriber, the request being initiated by an external user other than the subscriber; means adapted to process the request for subscriber specific information, to determine, based on a preset decision mode indicator, whether a preset request response should be considered, said preset decision mode indicator being selectively switched between an first and a second value by said subscriber as desired, to contact said subscriber, and to transmit a message to the subscriber indicating said request of said requesting side without considering the preset request response when the value of the preset decision mode indicator is the second value, said message asking the subscriber for a request response regarding whether to release said subscriber specific information, to determine a request response regarding whether to release said subscriber specific information based on the preset request response previously indicated by said subscriber when the value of the preset decision mode indicator is the first value, to receive said request response of said subscriber and to check on the basis of said request response of said subscriber whether a permission for releasing said subscriber specific information to said requesting side is present, and means adapted to forward said subscriber specific information to said requesting side, if a permission for releasing is present. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A communication system, said system comprising:
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at least a terminal device of a subscriber; a base station subsystem for connecting said terminal device; a serving center for controlling communication connections to and from said terminal device; and a location center for detecting the location of said terminal device within said communication system; and a service control point for providing an operator tailored positioning policy service and triggered by said service center or said location center to perform said operator tailored positioning policy service, wherein said operator tailored positioning policy service is adapted to determine, based on a preset decision mode indicator, whether a preset request response should be considered, said preset decision mode indicator being selectively switched between a first and a second value by said subscriber as desired, to involve said subscriber in a decision whether a request for subscriber specific information made by a requesting side is to be fulfilled without considering the preset request response when the value of the preset decision mode indicator is the second value, the requesting side being an external user other than the subscriber, by contacting said subscriber and transmitting a message indicating said request of said requesting side to the subscriber, the message asking the subscriber whether to release said subscriber specific information, and to determine a request response regarding whether to release said subscriber specific information based on the preset request response previously indicated by said subscriber if when the value of the preset decision mode indicator is in effect the first value, and by receiving and determining said decision of said subscriber.
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