System and method for enhanced content access

• US 8,311,538 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2010
• Issued: 11/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sybase 365 Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Sybase 365 Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Lovell, Robert C. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): KIM, WESLEY LEO
• Application Number:
  US12/944,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20110059743A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: 455/445, 455/433, 455/435.1, 455/466, 455/432.1, 379/220.1, 379/221.13, 379/221.09
• US Class Current: 455/433
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/10 between location register and external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/06 between gateways and public network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/24 between backbone network devices

Abstract

A method and system for facilitating HLR access includes receiving a query request from a query entity, processing the query request to yield an SS7 request message, dispatching the SS7 request message to a HLR, receiving an SS7 response message from the HLR, constructing a query response, and returning the query response to the query entity.

Claims

1. A method for resolving a Telephone Number (TN) of a mobile device, comprising:

(a) receiving at a first gateway a query request from a query entity, the query request comprising the TN, wherein the request is received by means of other than Signaling System 7 (SS7) and is received at a node having both SS7 facing elements and non-SS7 facing elements;

(b) constructing an SS7 SendRoutingInformation (SRI) request message, the SS7 SRI request message comprising the TN;

(c) sending the SS7 SRI request message via one of the SS7 facing elements;

(d) receiving at a second gateway an SS7 SRI response message;

(e) performing one or more processing steps on the SS7 SRI response message, including at least developing an indicator of the wireless carrier that services the TN;

(f) constructing a query response, the query response comprising the indicator of the wireless carrier that services the TN; and

(g) sending the query response to the query entity via one of the non-SS7 facing elements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the query request is accounted for monetarily.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein aspects of the results of performing the one or more processing steps on the SS7 SRI response message are preserved in a repository.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the query response further comprises an indicator of the current physical location of the mobile device.

5. A system for resolving a Telephone Number (TN) of a mobile device, comprising:

a first gateway including non-Signaling System 7 (SS7) facing elements,

a second gateway including Signaling System 7 (SS7) facing elements,

a computing platform, and

a repository;

wherein

the first gateway is configured to receive a query request from a query entity, the query request comprising the TN;

the computing platform is configured to construct and send, via one of the SS7 facing elements, an SS7 SendRoutingInformation (SRI) request message, the SS7 SRI request message comprising the TN;

the second gateway is configured to receive an SS7 SRI response message; and

the computing platform is further configured to perform one or more processing steps on the SS7 SRI response message, including at least (1) developing an indicator of the wireless carrier that services the TN, (2) constructing a query response, the query response comprising the indicator of the wireless carrier that services the TN, (3) sending, via one of the non-SS7 facing elements, the query response to the query entity, and (4) preserving aspects of the one or more processing steps in the repository.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the query request is accounted for monetarily.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the query response further comprises an indicator of the current physical location of the mobile device.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the query response is sent in accordance with a non-SS7 protocol.

9. A method for resolving a Telephone Number (TN) of a mobile device, comprising:

(a) receiving at a first gateway a query request from a query entity, the query request comprising the TN, wherein the query request is received by means of other than Signaling System 7 (SS7) and received at a non-SS7 facing element;

(b) identifying a Home Location Register (HLR) based on the TN;

(c) constructing an SS7 SendRoutingInformation (SRI) request message, the SS7 SRI request message comprising the TN;

(d) sending, via an SS7 facing element, the SS7 SRI request message to the HLR;

(e) receiving at a second gateway an SS7 SRI response message, the SS7 SRI response message comprising a set of data;

(f) performing one or more processing steps on the SS7 SRI response message, including at least (i) redacting a portion of the set of data, the portion of the set of data comprising proprietary business information that is housed in the HLR and deemed to be confidential by a wireless carrier to which the HLR belongs, yielding redacted data and (ii) developing an indicator of the wireless carrier that services the TN, yielding a query response, the query response comprising one or both of aspects of the redacted data and the indicator of the wireless carrier that services the TN; and

(g) sending, via the non-SS7 facing element, the query response to the query entity, wherein the query entity does not have authorization to directly access the HLR.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the query request is accounted for monetarily.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein aspects of the results of performing the one or more processing steps on the SS7 SRI response message are preserved in a repository.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the query response further comprises an indicator of the current physical location of the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the query response is sent in accordance with a non-SS7 protocol.