Wireless chat automatic status tracking
First Claim
1. In a short message service center, a module for permitting automatic status tracking of a wireless chat participant by an application external to a service provider including said short message service center, a message handler comprising:
- a registration notification message receiver to receive a registration notification message from a home location register; and
a registration notification message forwarder integrated with said short message service center to forward said registration notification message received by a mobile switching center over an Internet connection to a device outside of a wireless network, a wireless chat participant corresponding to said forwarded registration notification message being added to a chat room based on said forwarded registration notification message.
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Abstract
A technique and apparatus to provide status tracking of presence and/or location of a mobile, wireless device to a requesting entity even outside of a particular wireless system. Presence and/or location information is provided to entities outside of a particular servicing wireless network using call processing components of a mobile network (e.g., call setup procedures), and using standard mechanisms currently available to any appropriately conforming Mobile Switching Center (MSC) element. A wireless chat tracking system is implemented utilizing a change in mobile registration status to automatically notify a chat group system outside the wireless network of current status information activity regarding a relevant device, e.g., registration activity or inactivity timeout. In the wireless chat automatic status tracking system, a registration notification (REGNOT) message is either explicitly forwarded or copied to an external IP based application (e.g., to a mobile chat group system).
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43 Claims
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1. In a short message service center, a module for permitting automatic status tracking of a wireless chat participant by an application external to a service provider including said short message service center, a message handler comprising:
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a registration notification message receiver to receive a registration notification message from a home location register; and a registration notification message forwarder integrated with said short message service center to forward said registration notification message received by a mobile switching center over an Internet connection to a device outside of a wireless network, a wireless chat participant corresponding to said forwarded registration notification message being added to a chat room based on said forwarded registration notification message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a short message service center, a module for permitting automatic status tracking of a wireless chat participant by an application external to a service provider including said short message service center, a message handler comprising:
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an MSInactivity message receiver to receive an MSInactivity message from a home location register; and an MSInactivity message forwarder integrated with said short message service center to forward said MSInactivity message received by a mobile switching center over an Internet connection to a device outside of a wireless network, a wireless chat participant corresponding to said forwarded MSInactivity message being added to a chat room based on said forwarded MSInactivity message. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for automatically notifying an external chat server of a presence of a chat session participant, comprising:
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receiving an IS-41 conforming registration notification message from a home location register at a short message service center; and automatically forwarding said IS-41 conforming registration notification message from said short message service center over an Internet connection to an external chat server outside of a wireless network, a wireless chat participant corresponding to said forwarded IS-41 conforming registration notification message being added to a chat room based on said forwarded IS-41 conforming registration notification message. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. Apparatus for automatically notifying an external chat server of a presence of a chat session participant, comprising:
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means for receiving an IS-41 conforming registration notification message from a home location register at a short message service center; and means for automatically forwarding said IS-41 conforming registration notification message from said short message service center over an Internet connection to an external chat server outside of a wireless network, a wireless chat participant corresponding to said forwarded IS-41 conforming registration notification message being added to a chat room based on said forwarded IS-41 conforming registration notification message. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for automatically notifying an external chat server of a presence of a chat session participant, comprising:
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receiving an IS-41 conforming MSInactivity notification message from a home location register at a short message service center; and automatically forwarding said IS-41 conforming MSInactivity message from said short message service center over an Internet connection to an external chat server outside of a wireless network, a wireless chat participant corresponding to said forwarded IS-41 conforming MSInactivity notification message being added to a chat room based on said forwarded IS-41 conforming MSInactivity notification message.
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32. In a service control point, a module for permitting automatic status tracking of a wireless chat participant by an application external to a service provider, a message handler comprising:
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a registration notification message receiver to receive a registration notification message; and a registration notification message forwarder integrated with said service control point to forward said registration notification message over an Internet connection to a device outside of a wireless network, a wireless chat participant corresponding to said forwarded registration notification message being added to a chat room based on said forwarded registration notification message. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. In a service control point, a module for permitting automatic status tracking of a wireless chat participant by an application external to a service provider, a message handler comprising:
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an MSInactivity message receiver to receive an MSInactivity message; and an MSInactivity message forwarder integrated with said service control point to forward said MSInactivity message received by a mobile switching center over an Internet connection to a device outside of a wireless network, a wireless chat participant corresponding to said forwarded MSInactivity message being added to a chat room based on said forwarded MSInactivity message. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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