Method for operating a telecommunication system and telecommunication arrangement

• US 7,313,387 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2001
• Issued: 12/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Peter Michael Horst
• Original Assignee: Joachim Esser, Käter, Rolf-Peter, Müller-Judex, Donald, Peter Michael Horst, Wölfel, Jörg-Ulrich
• Inventors: Käter, Rolf-Peter, Esser, Joachim, Müller-Judex, Donald, Horst, Peter Michael, Wölfel, Jörg-Ulrich
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang, Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Anwah, Olisa
• Application Number:
  US10/182,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20030186687A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,519 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414, 455/445, 455/456, 455/517, 455/518, 455/459, 455/460, 455/461, 455/435, 455/515, 379/92.01, 379/92.02
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a telecommunication system, including in particular a mobile radio network (PLMN), to provide a service and to obtain information.

Claims

1. A method for operating a telecommunications system, including a mobile radio network, to provide a service and to obtain information, comprising:

storing a plurality of terminal call numbers of the telecommunications system in a first call-number database comprising at least one visitor location register of the mobile radio network,

the mobile radio network generating a primary message for initiating a communication, the primary message comprising at least one information component, a response request standardized in accordance with an evaluation algorithm for producing a plurality of secondary messages, and a call number of a server terminal,

storing the primary message in a primary-message store of a server,

the mobile radio network producing the plurality of secondary messages associated with the primary message, the plurality of secondary messages having content dependent on one or more of (a) at least one information element in a response message produced in reaction to the primary message, and (b) a terminal call number associated with the response message, and (c) a geographic position of a terminal reacting to the primary message, and depositing the plurality of secondary messages in a secondary-message store,

the server terminal initiating the communication by sending, sequentially or in parallel, the stored primary message to the call numbers stored in the first call-number database,

receiving response messages by the server terminal with recording of a sender'"'"'s call number and a geographic position of a sender'"'"'s terminal,

evaluating each received response message according to the evaluation algorithm and creating an evaluation result,

storing the sender'"'"'s call number in a storage region of a second call-number database,

storing the evaluation result and the geographic position in association with the sender'"'"'s call number in an evaluation-result database to generate individual user profiles,

addressing a storage region of the secondary-message store depending on the evaluation result and readout of the stored secondary message as well as the associated storage region in the second call-number database to the server terminal and

sending the stored secondary message to the sender'"'"'s terminal during the communication,

wherein an approximate geographic position of the sender'"'"'s terminal is found from one of (a) the terminal'"'"'s place in the visitor location register of a special mobile switching center and (b) from the status of its connection to a special base station of the mobile radio network.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information component of the primary message comprises information about rules of a game or at least one question, and the response request comprises a request for speech or text input.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the primary message or the secondary messages are formulated as in particular synthetic speech or text messages in SMS or WML format for output by way of a receiver cap or display, respectively, of a mobile telephone.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the secondary messages comprise response requests, and the steps involved in reception and evaluation of response messages as well as in storing the evaluation result are repeated after the secondary messages have been sent, on multiple occasions separated by the sending of follow-up messages.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein at least some of the sequentially transmitted secondary messages contain information regarding the progress of the game or questions, and

at least some of the various response messages contain information regarding moves to be made in the game or answers.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein by way of the evaluation-result database a filter device associated with the secondary-message store is controlled in such a way as to filter out secondary messages depending on information received with the response messages.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein secondary messages are produced from contents of memory in the evaluation-result database.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein depending on the result obtained by evaluating a plurality of response messages, at least one unfamiliar terminal call number or an evaluation result concerning an unfamiliar user of the telecommunication system is integrated into secondary messages.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein depending on the result obtained by evaluating a plurality of response messages, identical secondary messages are sent to a plurality of different terminal call numbers from the second call-number database.

10. An arrangement for operating a telecommunications system, including a mobile radio network, comprising:

a server with a control unit and at least one server terminal,

a first call-number database, that comprises one of at least one home register and at least one visitor location register of the mobile radio network, the first call-number database configured to store a plurality of terminal call numbers of the telecommunications system, the plurality of terminal call numbers including a user'"'"'s call number,

a second call-number database configured to store the user'"'"'s call number,

a primary-message and a secondary-message store associated with the server, wherein the at least one server terminal is capable of (a) initiating a communication by sending a primary message to the plurality of terminal call numbers and (b) sending a secondary message to the user'"'"'s call number responding to the primary message,

an evaluation unit to evaluate response messages that are received from the user'"'"'s call number,

an evaluation-result database connected to the evaluation unit, wherein the evaluation-result database is configured to store an evaluation result and a geographic position in association with the user'"'"'s call number to generate individual user profiles,

wherein the primary message comprises at least one information component, a response request standardized in accordance with an evaluation algorithm for producing a plurality of secondary messages, and a call number of the at least one server terminal, and wherein the secondary message comprises a content depending on one or more of

(a) at least one information element in a response message produced in reaction to the primary message, and

(b) a terminal call number associated with the response message, and

(c) a geographic position of a terminal reacting to the primary message.

11. The arrangement according to claim 10, wherein for an automatic sequential or parallel transmission of primary or secondary messages, the first or second call-number database is connected to a control input of at least one server terminal.

12. The arrangement according to claim 10, wherein for an automatic evaluation of the response messages, the evaluation unit is connected to a data output of each server terminal.

13. The arrangement according to claim 10, wherein a primary-message synthesis unit or a secondary-message synthesis unit for computer-assisted generation of primary or secondary messages, constructed as a speech-synthesis unit or a text-synthesis unit operate according to an SMS or WML standard.

14. The arrangement according to claim 10, wherein the telecommunications system is designed as a mobile radio system or comprises an IP network linked to a mobile radio network by way of a gateway mobile switching center.

15. The arrangement according to claim 10, further comprising a random-variable generator connected to one input of the first call-number database.

16. The arrangement according to claim 13, further comprising a game-rule database connected to one input of the primary-message synthesis unit or the secondary-message synthesis unit.

17. The arrangement according to claim 10, wherein the evaluation-result database is connected to a control input of a filter device associated with the secondary-message store.

18. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the secondary-message synthesis unit includes an input side connected to an output of the evaluation unit or of the evaluation-result database.

19. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the secondary-message synthesis unit includes an input side connected to the second call-number database.

20. The arrangement according to claim 10, wherein the control unit and the server terminal are designed for sending in parallel a plurality of primary messages or secondary messages, by a cell broadcast method.

21. A method for operating a mobile radio system, said mobile radio system comprising a server terminal having at least one server terminal call number associated therewith and a plurality of mobile terminals, each mobile terminal having a mobile terminal call number associated therewith, said server terminal having a user profile database that comprises a plurality of records, each record in said user profile database being associated with one mobile terminal, said method comprising:

storing a plurality of said mobile terminal call numbers in at least one visitor location register of said mobile radio system;

generating and storing, at said server terminal, a primary message in a primary message store, said primary message comprising

at least one information component,

said server terminal call number and

a response request standardized in accordance with an evaluation algorithm for producing at least one of a secondary message and at least one follow-up message;

determining, at said server terminal, at least one mobile terminal call number in said first plurality of mobile terminal call numbers having no record in said user profile database associated therewith;

initializing communication with a target mobile terminal having one of said at least one mobile terminal call number by sending said stored primary message to said mobile terminal call number;

generating and sending, at said target mobile terminal, a first response message in response to said primary message comprising at least one information element;

receiving, at said server terminal, said first response message from said target mobile terminal;

determining, at said server terminal, an approximate geographic position of said target mobile terminal based on information pertaining to said target mobile terminal stored in said visitor location register;

generating, at said server terminal, said secondary message, the content of which depends on said approximate geographic position of said target mobile terminal and said at least one information element of said first response message;

sending, at said server terminal, said secondary message to said target mobile terminal;

generating and sending, at said target mobile terminal, a second response message in response to said secondary message, said second response message comprising at least one information element;

receiving, at said server terminal, said second response message;

generating, at said server terminal, said at least one follow-up message;

sending, at said server terminal, said at least one follow-up message to said target mobile terminal;

generating and sending, at said target mobile terminal, at least one third response message in response to said at least one follow-up message;

receiving, at said server terminal, said at least one third response message;

generating, at said server terminal, an individual user profile in association with said target mobile terminal and storing in said user profile database a record comprising;

said at least one mobile terminal call number,

data indicative of said approximate geographical position, and

data extracted from at least one of said first response message, said second response message and said at least one third response message;

wherein at least one of said secondary and said at least one follow-up message contains information about a game and at least one of said second response message and of said third response message contains information regarding moves of said game.