Method and system for providing entry node location in a wireless telecommunications system

• US 7,738,879 B1
• Filed: 12/12/2001
• Issued: 06/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fingerhut, Howard
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah, Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peaches, Randy
• Application Number:
  US10/021,098
• Time in Patent Office: 3,107 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.2, 455/434, 455/414.3, 455/414.4, 455/517, 455/456.1, 455/456, 455/450, 455/457, 455/456.5, 455/464, 455/426.1, 455/414.2, 455/415, 379/60, 379/39
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/23 for mobile advertising
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration

Abstract

A method and system are described for providing a wireless telecommunications service provider with location information of a mobile service subscriber. When a mobile subscriber device acknowledges receipt of a data packet received at the mobile device, or when the mobile device originates a transmission, the cellular telecommunications site, or base station, receiving the acknowledgement or transmission serves as an entry node into the telecommunications system. Resource identification information for the entry node is extracted from billing message traffic logs and is exposed to the service provider. The service provider uses the resource identification information to find the location of the entry node in an entry node information database. Alternatively the location may be provided with the resource identification information. Provision of location information allows the service provider to know that its mobile subscriber is located in the area covered by that particular entry node.

Claims

1. A method for providing entry node location information to a service provider in a wireless telecommunication system, comprising

receiving a radio frequency acknowledgment from a wireless device at a wireless telecommunications entry node;

receiving a subscriber data packet from the wireless device at the wireless telecommunications system entry node;

extracting resource identification information from call record data and forwarding said resource identification information to a service provider host; and

sending resource identification information for the entry node to a service provider based on the radio frequency acknowledgment;

wherein the location of the entry node is determined based on the resource identification information from the entry node, wherein determining the location of the entry node based on the resource identification information from the entry node includes extracting the location of the entry node from the resource identification information without querying a database in communication with the entry node, the database storing location information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the number of service provider subscribers operating in the location of the entry node.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising modifying data transmitted to the subscribers to reduce overburdening components of the telecommunications system based on the number of the subscribers operating in the location of the entry node.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein modifying the data further comprising altering the frequency, volume and content of data transmitted to the subscribers based on the number of the subscribers operating in the location of the entry node.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending entry node location information to service provider subscribers operating in the location of the entry node.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein sending entry node location information to service provider subscribers includes sending commercial and non-commercial information related to an area covered by the entry node.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending entry node location information to third party subscribers of location information on operators of wireless devices located within a service area of the wireless telecommunications system entry node.

8. The method of claim 1, after receiving the subscriber data packet at the wireless telecommunications system entry node the method further comprising:

creating a traffic log at the entry node including resource identification information on the entry node; and

sending the traffic log, the subscriber data packet, and a positive acknowledgement from the entry node to a mobile switch.

9. A mobile switch for providing entry node location information to a service provider in a wireless telecommunications system, comprising:

means for receiving a subscriber data packet and a radio frequency acknowledgement from a wireless device to a wireless telecommunications system entry node;

means for sending resource identification information for the entry node to the service provider based on the radio frequency acknowledgment through the wireless telecommunications entry node; and

means for extracting resource identification information from call record data and forward said resource identification information to a service provider host, wherein the forward resource identification information is used to determine the location of the entry node, wherein the location of the entry node is determined by extracting the location of the entry noted from the resource identification information without querying a database in communication with the entry node, the database storing location information.

10. The mobile switch of claim 9, further comprising a service provider host operative

to determine the location of the entry node based on the resource identification information from the entry node;

to determine the number of service provider subscribers operating in the location of the entry node; and

to modify data transmitted to the subscribers to reduce overburdening components of the telecommunications system based on the number of the subscribers operating in the location of the entry node.

11. The mobile switch of claim 10, wherein the service provider host is further operative to modify the frequency, speed, volume and content of data transmitted to the subscribers based on the number of the subscribers operating in the location of the entry node.

12. The mobile switch of claim 10, wherein the service provider host is further operative

to send entry node location information to service provider subscribers operating in the location of the entry node.

13. The mobile switch of claim 9, wherein the entry node is a wireless telecommunications system antenna site and is operative

to create a traffic log including resource identification information on the entry node;

and

to send the traffic log, the subscriber data packet, and a positive acknowledgement to the mobile switch.

14. A method for providing entry node location information to a service provider in a wireless telecommunication system, comprising

receiving an acknowledgement and a subscriber data packet from a wireless device at a wireless telecommunications system entry node;

at the entry node, creating a traffic log, including resource identification information on the entry node;

extracting the resource identification information from the traffic log; and

sending the subscriber data packet, a positive acknowledgement and the extracted resource identification information from the entry node to a service provider;

wherein the location of the entry node is determined based on the resource identification information by extracting the location of the entry node from the resource identification information without querying a database in communication with the entry node, the database storing location information.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising,

at the service provider, determining the number of service provider subscribers operating in the location in the entry.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising modifying data transmitted to the subscribers to reduce overburdening components of the telecommunications system based on the number of the subscribers operating in the location of the entry node.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein sending entry node location information to service provider subscribers includes sending commercial and non-commercial information related to an area covered by the entry node.