Method and apparatus for updating information within a communication system
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1. A method for updating information within a communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
- engaging, by a first wireless network, in a call with a mobile unit that wirelessly interfaces with the first wireless network;
receiving a message from the mobile unit on the first wireless network, wherein the message was placed by the mobile unit utilizing a second wireless network wirelessly interfacing with the mobile unit and wherein the message is a message taken from the group consisting of a short message service (SMS) message, an email, an IP ping, a data call, a web request, a multimedia message, a push-to-talk call, and a call alert message;
determining, by the first wireless network, identification information from the message;
associating, by the first wireless network, the identification information with a particular mobile unit and with a particular mobile unit attribute that needs updating; and
updating, of a database and by the first wireless network, location information for the particular mobile unit based on an address of the received message and to reflect the fact that the particular mobile unit is no longer associated with a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided to update information within a first network (103) via a second network (102) when communication no longer exists with the first network. During operation the first network is accessed via a PSTN (108) message that is never answered by the first network. Based on the called number and caller-identification information, the first network updates its system information.
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1. A method for updating information within a communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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engaging, by a first wireless network, in a call with a mobile unit that wirelessly interfaces with the first wireless network; receiving a message from the mobile unit on the first wireless network, wherein the message was placed by the mobile unit utilizing a second wireless network wirelessly interfacing with the mobile unit and wherein the message is a message taken from the group consisting of a short message service (SMS) message, an email, an IP ping, a data call, a web request, a multimedia message, a push-to-talk call, and a call alert message; determining, by the first wireless network, identification information from the message; associating, by the first wireless network, the identification information with a particular mobile unit and with a particular mobile unit attribute that needs updating; and updating, of a database and by the first wireless network, location information for the particular mobile unit based on an address of the received message and to reflect the fact that the particular mobile unit is no longer associated with a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for updating a mobile-unit attribute within a communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by a first wireless network, a telephone call that was placed via a second wireless network; determining identification information from the telephone call; associating the identification information with a particular mobile unit and with a particular mobile unit attribute that needs updating; and updating, of a database and by the first wireless network, location information for the particular mobile unit based on routing information associated with the telephone call and without connecting the received telephone call. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for updating information within a communication system, the apparatus comprising:
a first wireless network having; a location database that maintains location information for a mobile unit wirelessly interfacing with the first wireless network; a mapping database that maps caller identification information to a particular mobile unit; and a mobility manager that receives a call from the mobile unit that is placed utilizing a second wireless network that wirelessly interfaces with the mobile unit, accesses the mapping database to associate caller identification information to the mobile unit and with a particular mobile unit attribute that needs updating, and updates the location database based on routing information associated with the received call and to reflect the fact that the particular mobile unit is no longer associated with a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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