Method of and system for setting up a telephone call

• US 8,301,111 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2005
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Noldus, Rogier August Caspar Joseph, Zuurveld, Marco
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang-Hurst, Kathy
• Application Number:
  US12/091,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20090215428A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,555 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/417, 455/445, 455/566, 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1337 Operator, emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/10 between location register and external networks

Abstract

A system with a mobile switching center (MSC), a service control point (SCP) and an emergency center (EC). The mobile switching center (MSC) sets up a call between a mobile station (2(i)) and the emergency center (EC), sends first data including raw location data as to where the mobile station (2(i)) is located to the emergency center (EC), and sends a service invocation to the service control point (SCP) to invoke an Intelligent Network service to start searching for second data relating to the mobile station, including more accurate location data as to where the mobile station is located. The service control point (SCP) receives the service invocation, starts the Intelligent Network service to search for the second data and sends the second data to the emergency center (EC) once said second data becomes available.

Claims

1. A method of setting up a telephone connection for a telephone call comprising:

setting up, by a mobile switching center, said telephone connection for said telephone call between a mobile station and an emergency center associated with said mobile switching center;

sending first data including at least raw location data as to where said mobile station is located to said emergency center via said telephone connection;

displaying said first data to an operator in said emergency center;

invoking, by the mobile switching center in notification mode, an Intelligent Network service to start searching for second data relating to said mobile station, including more accurate location data as to where said mobile station is located by means of sending a service invocation request to a service control point;

transferring said second data from said Intelligent Network service by said service control point to said emergency center once said second data becomes available to said service control point;

displaying said second data to said operator in said emergency center once said second data is received from said service control point, wherein said first data comprises first identifying data and said second data comprises second identifying data, said first identifying data and said second identifying data being combined to form a globally unique identifier which is used in said emergency center to correlate said first data and second data to one another.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein said first data further comprises at least one of the following:

a calling party number;

an International Mobile Equipment Identifier associated with said mobile station;

an International Mobile Subscriber Identifier associated with said mobile station;

a Global Call Reference Number associated with said telephone call; and

a mobile switching center address of a mobile switching center that has set up said telephone connection.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein said telephone call is based on an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) User Part (ISUP) flow.

4. Method according to claim 1, wherein said invoking said Intelligent Network service comprises sending at least one of the following to the Intelligent Network service:

an International Mobile Equipment Identifier associated with said mobile station;

an International Mobile Subscriber Identifier (IMSI) associated with said mobile station;

a Mobile Subscriber ISDN associated with said mobile station;

a Global Call Reference Number associated with said telephone call;

a mobile switching center address of a mobile switching center that has set up said telephone connection;

a called party number used by a mobile switching center to establish said telephone connection with said emergency center; and

said raw location data.

5. Method according to claim 4, wherein said Intelligent Network service is arranged to perform at least one of the following functions:

to search for said more accurate location data using at least one of said Mobile Subscriber ISDN, International Mobile Subscriber Identification, International Mobile Equipment Identification and said address of said mobile switching center;

to search for home operator information associated with said mobile station using at least one of said Mobile Subscriber ISDN and said International Mobile Subscriber Identification;

to search for an International Mobile Equipment Identification status of said mobile station using said International Mobile Equipment Identification;

to search for a fraud status of said mobile station using said Mobile Subscriber ISDN; and

to search for a name of a person registered as being owner of said mobile station using said Mobile Subscriber ISDN.

6. Method according to claim 1, wherein said first data comprises first identifying data and said second data comprises second identifying data, said first identifying data and said second identifying data being used in said emergency center to correlate said first data and second data to one another.

7. Method according to claim 6, wherein said first identifying data and said second identifying data comprise a call reference number identifying said telephone call and a mobile switching center address of a mobile switching center that has set up said telephone connection.

8. Method according to claim 1, wherein said raw location data comprises at least one of a location number, a cell global identifier, a service area identifier and Geodetic Information.

9. Method according to claim 1, wherein said telephone connection is set up using the public switched telephone network and said second data is sent via the Internet.

10. A system for setting up a telephone connection for a telephone call, the system comprising:

a mobile switching center,

a service control point and

an emergency center associated with said mobile switching center, wherein;

said mobile switching center being arranged to;

set up said telephone connection for said telephone call between a mobile station and said emergency center;

send a service invocation request to said service control point to invoke an Intelligent Network service in notification mode to start searching for second data relating to said mobile station, including more accurate location data as to where said mobile station is located; and

send first data including raw location data as to where said mobile station is located to said emergency center via said telephone connection.

said service control point being arranged to

receive said service invocation request from said mobile switching Center;

start said Intelligent Network service to search for said second data relating to said mobile station, including more accurate location data as to where said mobile station is located; and

transfer said second data from said Intelligent Network service to said emergency center once said second data becomes available;

said emergency center being arranged to;

receive said first data and display said first data to an operator in said emergency center; and

receive said second data from said service control point, correlate it to said first data and display said second data to said operator in said emergency center once said second data is received, wherein said first data comprises first identifying data and said second data comprises second identifying data, said first identifying data and said second identifying data being combined to form a globally unique identifier which is used in said emergency center to correlate said first data and second data to one another.

11. System according to claim 10, wherein

said service control point is arranged to receive a request from an emergency center for said second data and correlate said request with said service invocation request prior to starting said Intelligent Network service, and

said emergency center is arranged to send said request for said second data after having received said first data.

12. System according to claim 10, wherein said service control point comprises a list of IP-addresses of more than one emergency center associated with a mobile switching center, and said service control point being further arranged to send said second data, if said emergency center does not respond to the second data sent from the Intelligent Network service started in response to an invocation by said mobile switching center, instead to a next emergency center associated with said mobile switching center in said list.

13. System according to claim 10, wherein said service control point for searching said second data is connected to at least one of:

a gateway mobile location center arranged to allow a location information query to be made providing additional information as to the current position of said mobile station;

a mobile number portability database arranged to allow a query to be made as to information regarding a home operator of a subscriber of said mobile station;

an equipment identification register arranged to allow a query to be made as to a status of said mobile station;

a fraud information gathering system arranged to allow a query to be made as to whether a user of said mobile station is a fraud-listed user; and

a calling name presentation database arranged to allow a query to be made to a name of a subscriber of said mobile station.

14. A mobile switching center arranged to:

set up a telephone connection for a telephone call between a mobile station and an emergency center;

send first data including raw location data as to where said mobile station is located to said emergency center for displaying said first data to an operator in said emergency center, via said telephone connection;

send a service invocation request to a service control point to invoke an Intelligent Network service in notification mode to start searching for second data relating to said mobile station, including more accurate location data as to where said mobile station is located, for displaying to the operator in said emergency center;

wherein said first data comprises first identifying data and said second data comprises second identifying data, said first identifying data and said second identifying data being combined to form a globally unique identifier which is used in said emergency center to correlate said first data and second data to one another.

15. Mobile switching center according to claim 14, wherein said mobile switching center is arranged to send information in an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) User Part (ISUP) flow over said telephone connection with said emergency center.

16. Mobile switching center according to claim 15, wherein said mobile station is associated with an International Mobile station Equipment Identity and said mobile switching center uses a first Number Qualifier value of a Generic Number within said ISUP flow for transporting said International Mobile station Equipment Identity.

17. Mobile switching center according to claim 16, wherein said mobile station is associated with an International Mobile Subscriber Identity and said mobile switching center uses a second Number Qualifier value of said Generic Number within said ISUP flow for transporting said International Mobile Subscriber Identity.

18. A method performed in a mobile switching center, the method comprising:

setting up a telephone connection for a telephone call between a mobile station and an emergency center associated with said mobile switching center;

sending first data including raw location data as to where said mobile station is located, for display to an operator in the emergency center, to said emergency center via said telephone connection;

sending a service invocation request to a service control point to invoke an Intelligent Network service in notification mode to start searching for second data relating to said mobile station, including more accurate location data as to where said mobile station is located, for display to the operator in the emergency center,

wherein said first data comprises first identifying data and said second data comprises second identifying data, said first identifying data and said second identifying data being combined to form a globally unique identifier which is used in said emergency center to correlate said first data and second data to one another.

19. A method performed in an emergency center, the method comprising:

receiving a telephone connection with a mobile station via a mobile switching center;

receiving first data from said mobile switching center, said first data including raw location data as to where said mobile station is located, and displaying said first data to an operator in said emergency center;

requesting second data from said service control point by invoking an Intelligent Network service in notification mode to start searching for second data relating to said mobile station, including more accurate location data as to where said mobile station is located;

receiving said second data from said service control point; and

displaying said second data to said operator in said emergency center once said second data is received,

wherein said first data comprises first identifying data and said second data comprises second identifying data, said first identifying data and said second identifying data being combined to form a globally unique identifier which is used in said emergency center to correlate said first data and second data to one another.