Method for transferring data

• US 7,970,406 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2003
• Issued: 06/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Rollender, Douglas H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Nghi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mehra, Inder P
• Application Number:
  US10/602,588
• Publication Number:
  US 20040005895A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,925 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/428, 455/435.1, 455/445, 455/551, 455/466, 455/422.1, 455/411
• US Class Current: 455/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

The method for transferring data sends the data as part of first and second permanent identifiers during a communication procedure prior to establishing a traffic channel in the communication system. Besides the data, the first permanent identifier includes routing information to a home system forming part of the communication system. The second permanent identifier is an expanded permanent identifier with the data forming at least part of the expanded portion thereof. Based at least on recognizing a portion of the second permanent identifier, a home system sends the first and second permanent identifiers to a destination entity. The destination entity extracts the data from the first and second permanent identifiers. In this manner, a traffic channel does not need to be established to transmit the data.

Claims

1. A method of transferring data in mobile communication system, comprising:

receiving data in a communication device, the received data to be transferred to a destination entity;

forming a modified first permanent identifier including a first portion that includes routing information to a home system and a second portion that includes one portion of the received data, the second portion not being an identification number of a user;

forming a modified expanded second permanent identifier having a second permanent identifier portion and an expanded portion, the expanded portion including a second portion of the received data, the expanded portion not being an identification number of the user;

sending, from a communication device, at least the modified first permanent identifier and the modified expanded second permanent identifier.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the receiving data step receives data from a user of the communication device.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the receiving data step receives data from an end user system including or connected to the communication device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device is a mobile station.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the routing information includes a mobile country code and a mobile network code.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the modified expanded second permanent identifier is an expanded electronic serial number of the mobile station.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified expanded second permanent identifier is associated with at least a part of the communication device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the routing information includes a mobile country code and a mobile network code.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device forms part of a wireless communication system.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device forms part of a wireline communication system.

11. The method of claim 1,

wherein the forming a modified first permanent identifier step forms the modified first permanent identifier to further include destination entity routing information indicating to which destination entity to route the first permanent identifier.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the forming a modified expanded second permanent identifier step forms the expanded portion to further include destination entity routing information indicating to which destination entity to route the expanded second permanent identifier.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the received data is not used to validate an end user of the communication device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the received data is not identification information associated with the communication device or an end user of the communication device.

15. A method of processing permanent identifiers in a mobile communication system, comprising:

storing at least one permanent identifier of a first type, permanent identifiers of the first type being expanded permanent identifiers;

receiving a permanent identifier of the first type and a permanent identifier of a second type, the received permanent identifier of the first type including identification information for the mobile communication system and data;

first determining if a predetermined portion of the received permanent identifier of the first type matches a corresponding portion in one of the stored permanent identifiers of the first type;

sending the received permanent identifiers of the first and second types to a destination entity if the first determining step determines a match exists.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

storing a permanent identifier of the second type associated with each stored permanent identifier of the first type;

second determining if the received permanent identifier of the second type matches the stored permanent identifier of the second type associated with the stored permanent identifier of the first type that the first determining step determined had a corresponding portion which matched the predetermined portion of the received permanent identifier of the first type when the first determining step determines a match exists; and

wherein

the sending step sends the received permanent identifiers of the first and second types to a destination entity associated with the received permanent identifier of the first type when the first determining step determines a match exists and the second determining step determines that a match does not exist.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

second determining if the expanded portion of the received permanent identifier of the first type matches the expanded portion of the stored permanent identifier of the first type that the first determining step determined had a corresponding portion which matched the predetermined portion of the received permanent identifier of the first type when the first determining step determines a match exists; and

wherein

the step sends the received permanent identifiers of the first and second types to a destination entity associated with the received permanent identifier of the first type when the first determining step determines a match exists and the second determining step determines that a match does not exist.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein

the receiving step receives the permanent identifiers of the first and second types at a home system;

and

the received permanent identifier of the second type includes first routing information to the home system.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the received permanent identifier of the second type further includes second routing information to a destination entity.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the sending step sends the received permanent identifiers of the first and second types to the destination entity indicated in the second routing information.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the received permanent identifier of the first type further includes second routing information to a destination entity.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the sending step sends the received permanent identifiers of the first and second types to the destination entity indicated in the second routing information.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein the destination entity forms part of the home system.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein the home system forms part of a wireless communication system.

25. The method of claim 18, wherein the home system forms part of a wireline communication system.

26. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

extracting, at the destination entity, a portion of the received permanent identifiers of the first and second types as data.

27. The method of claim 15, wherein the received permanent identifier of the first type is associated with a source of the received permanent identifiers of the first and second types.

28. A method of processing a permanent identifier, comprising:

receiving a permanent identifier of a first type and a permanent identifier of the second type sent by a communication device, the permanent identifier of the, second type being an expanded permanent identifier;

extracting a portion of the permanent identifier of the first type as first data, said first data not being used to validate an end user of the communication device; and

extracting part of an expanded portion of the permanent identifier of the second type as second data, said second data not being used to validate the end user of the communication device.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the permanent identifier of the second type includes routing information.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the received permanent identifier of the first type is associated with a source of the received permanent identifiers of the first and second types.

31. A method of processing a permanent identifier, comprising:

receiving a permanent identifier of a first type and a permanent identifier of the second type sent by a communication device, the permanent identifier of the second type being an expanded permanent identifier;

extracting a portion of the permanent identifier of the first type as first data, said first data not being identification information associated with the communication device or an end user of the communication device; and

extracting part of an expanded portion of the permanent identifier of the second type as second data, said second data not being identification information associated with the communication device or an end user of the communication device.

32. A method of receiving data in a mobile communication system, comprising:

receiving a modified first permanent identifier including a first portion that includes routing information to a home system and a second portion that includes one portion of user generated data, the second portion not being an identification number of the user;

receiving a modified expanded second permanent identifier having a second permanent identifier portion and an expanded portion, the expanded portion including a second portion of user generated data, the expanded portion not being an identification number of the user;

extracting the one portion of user generated data from the received modified first permanent identifier; and

extracting the second portion of user generated data from the received modified expanded second permanent identifier.