System and method of accessing mobile phone network subscriber information from the TCP/IP network
First Claim
1. A system for permitting a machine in a TCP/IP network to consult and/or modify subscriber parameters of mobile telephone network subscribers wherein the subscriber parameters are stored in a first node of said mobile telephone network which is separate from said system, and accessible from a second node of said mobile telephone network, said second node being authorized to obtain and/or modify said subscriber parameter in said first node, the system comprising:
- a first interface unit, a data storage unit, and a data processing unit, wherein;
the first interface unit is operable to;
receive a request made by the machine in the TCP/IP network;
extract request parameters included in said request and which are necessary in order to attend to said request; and
receive the requested data from the data storage unit and send the received data to the requesting machine as a response to the request, in the case that the request made is a consultation concerning a subscriber parameter;
the data storage unit is physically and functionally separate from said first node in said mobile telephone network, and operative to temporarily store subscriber parameter information obtained from said first node pertaining to each one of the different mobile telephone network subscribers;
the data processing unit is operative to obtain necessary mobile telephone network parameters for obtaining access to the subscriber parameter in said mobile telephone network to consult and/or modify said subscriber parameter in said mobile telephone network when said subscriber parameter to be consulted and/or modified is not contained in the data storage unit,said data processing unit comprises a request management module operative to;
detect when the request made cannot be attended to by the data storage unit, and responsive to such detection;
to generate a routing information request message for transmission to the mobile telephone network to access said first node of the mobile telephone network in which the subscriber is registered; and
to obtain, in response, from said first node, routing parameters including the necessary mobile telephone network parameters;
said necessary mobile telephone network parameters include the identity of a second node of the mobile telephone network, said second node having authority to access the first node to obtain and/or modify said subscriber parameter.
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Abstract
A machine (1) in the TCP/IP network (2) performs a request regarding a consultation or modification of at least one mobile telephone network subscriber parameter; it is characterized in that it comprises means (5) for receiving the request made and means (5) for extracting the parameters included in said request and which are necessary for being able to attend to it. It comprises storage means (7) of at least one parameter pertaining to the different mobile telephone network subscribers (3) and means for sending the response to the request made in order to obtain and send the obtained information in the case that the request made is a consultation regarding the stored parameter. It comprises means (6, 8, 9 and 10) for obtaining the necessary mobile telephone network parameters so that the request is attended to by said mobile telephone network (3) in order to make the request to the network (3) when the request made is not contained in the means (7).
It allows making consultations or modifications of the network (3) subscriber parameters through the machine (1).
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1. A system for permitting a machine in a TCP/IP network to consult and/or modify subscriber parameters of mobile telephone network subscribers wherein the subscriber parameters are stored in a first node of said mobile telephone network which is separate from said system, and accessible from a second node of said mobile telephone network, said second node being authorized to obtain and/or modify said subscriber parameter in said first node, the system comprising:
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a first interface unit, a data storage unit, and a data processing unit, wherein; the first interface unit is operable to; receive a request made by the machine in the TCP/IP network; extract request parameters included in said request and which are necessary in order to attend to said request; and receive the requested data from the data storage unit and send the received data to the requesting machine as a response to the request, in the case that the request made is a consultation concerning a subscriber parameter; the data storage unit is physically and functionally separate from said first node in said mobile telephone network, and operative to temporarily store subscriber parameter information obtained from said first node pertaining to each one of the different mobile telephone network subscribers; the data processing unit is operative to obtain necessary mobile telephone network parameters for obtaining access to the subscriber parameter in said mobile telephone network to consult and/or modify said subscriber parameter in said mobile telephone network when said subscriber parameter to be consulted and/or modified is not contained in the data storage unit, said data processing unit comprises a request management module operative to; detect when the request made cannot be attended to by the data storage unit, and responsive to such detection; to generate a routing information request message for transmission to the mobile telephone network to access said first node of the mobile telephone network in which the subscriber is registered; and to obtain, in response, from said first node, routing parameters including the necessary mobile telephone network parameters; said necessary mobile telephone network parameters include the identity of a second node of the mobile telephone network, said second node having authority to access the first node to obtain and/or modify said subscriber parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23)
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15. A process for accessing mobile telephone network subscriber information stored in a first node of the mobile telephone network from a TCP/IP network, wherein a mobile telephone network subscriber accesses a service by means of his mobile telephone, which in turn accesses a machine in the TCP/IP network to make a request to consult and/or modify a mobile telephone network subscriber parameter;
- the process comprising;
transmitting said request to a system which connects the TCP/IP network and the mobile telephone network; temporarily storing subscriber parameter information previously obtained from said first node in a data storage unit which is part of said system, and separate from said first node; extracting, in said system, request parameters included in said request made by the machine, from said request; selectively accessing said data storage unit in said system to obtain a subscriber parameter pertaining to the mobile telephone network subscriber; obtaining and sending information regarding said parameter to the machine, in the case that the request made is a consultation regarding said stored parameter; when the subscriber parameter is not contained in the data storage unit, accessing the mobile telephone network by sending a routing information request message to the mobile telephone network to access said first node; in response to said routing information request message, obtaining from said first node, routing parameters including necessary mobile telephone network parameters for accessing the subscriber parameter in said first node, said necessary mobile telephone network parameters including the identity of a second mobile telephone network node with authority to access the first node; acquiring, from said routing parameters, said identity of the second mobile telephone network node; and using said identity, accessing said first node for obtaining and/or modifying a subscriber parameter in said first node. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24)
- the process comprising;
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