System and/or method for inverting call origination

• US 8,738,045 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2007
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Manor, Liron, Keidar, Ron, Zreiq, Samer S
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Nghi H
• Application Number:
  US11/737,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20070243890A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,596 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/412.1, 455/414.1, 455/418, 455/458, 370/328, 370/338
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for transmitting messages between a mobile station and a base station in a wireless communication network. In one example, a mobile station is adapted to selectively transmit an origination message in response to receipt of a page message from a base station attempting to initiate a mobile-terminated call. The origination message may initiate a mobile-originated call or session enabling a bi-directional exchange of messages in a single call.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a page message from a base station (BS) at a mobile station (MS), the page message configured to initiate a mobile-terminated (MT) call or an MT session between the BS and the MS to enable sending at least one short message service (SMS) message from the BS to the MS during the MT call or the MT session;

in response to receiving said page message transmitted to the MS to initiate said MT call or said MT session, transmitting, by the MS, an origination message to said BS to initiate a mobile-originated (MO) call or MO session instead of causing establishment of said MT call or said MT session; and

upon initiating the MO call or the MO session in response to receiving from the BS said page message configured to initiate the MT call or the MT session, causing a bi-directional exchange of SMS messages between the MS and BS during the MO call or the MO session such that the at least one SMS message from the BS to the MS is received at the MS during the MO call or the MO session, and at least one message from the MS to the BS is transmitted from the MS during the MO call or the MO session.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling one or more applications in a wireless communication network based, at least in part, on said at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising tearing down said MO call or said MO session following transmission of said at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said page message and said origination message are transmitted according to a cdma2000 protocol.

5. The method of claim 1, and further comprising:

transmitting said origination message instead of an acknowledgement of said page message based, at least in part, on a service option number in said page message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receipt of said origination message at said BS causes said BS to determine said page message as unacknowledged and discard or abandon said MT call.

7. A mobile station comprising:

a transmitter adapted to transmit messages to a base station (BS) in an uplink portion of a wireless communication link;

a receiver adapted to receive messages from said BS in a downlink portion of said wireless communication link; and

a controller adapted to, in response to receipt from said BS of a page message configured to initiate a mobile-terminated (MT) call or MT session in said downlink portion to enable sending at least one short message service (SMS) message from the BS to the MS during the MT call or the MT session, initiate transmission of an origination message in said uplink portion to initiate a mobile-originated (MO) call or MO session instead of causing establishment of said MT call or said MT session;

wherein upon initiating the MO call or the MO session in response to receiving from the BS said page message configured to initiate the MT call or the MT session, a bi-directional exchange of SMS messages between the MS and BS during the MO call or the MO session is performed such that the at least one SMS message from the BS to the MS is received at the MS during the MO call or the MO session, and at least one message from the MS to the BS is transmitted from the MS during the MO call or the MO session.

8. The mobile station of claim 7, wherein said mobile station is further adapted to:

receive the at least one SMS message from said BS during said MO call or said MO session; and

transmit at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS during said MO call or said MO session.

9. The mobile station of claim 8, wherein said controller is further adapted to enable one or more applications in a wireless communication network based, at least in part, on said at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS.

10. The mobile station of claim 8, wherein said controller is further adapted to initiate tearing down said MO call or said MO session following transmission of said at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS.

11. The mobile station of claim 7, wherein said page message and said origination message are transmitted according to a cdma2000 protocol.

12. The mobile station of claim 7, wherein said controller is further adapted to initiate transmission of said origination message instead of an acknowledgement of said page message based, at least in part, on a service option number in said page message.

13. An article comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon which are executable by a computing platform to;

detect receipt of a page message from a base station (BS), the page message configured to initiate a mobile-terminated (MT) call or MT session to enable sending at least one short message service (SMS) message from the BS to the MS during the MT call or the MT session;

in response to said detected receipt of said page message transmitted to initiate said MT call or said MT session, initiate transmission of an origination message to initiate a mobile-originated (MO) call or MO session instead of causing establishment of said MT call or said MT session; and

upon initiating the MO call or the MO session in response to receiving from the BS said page message configured to initiate the MT call or the MT session, cause a bi-directional exchange of SMS messages between the MS and BS during the MO call or the MO session such that the at least one SMS message from the BS to the MS is received at the MS during the MO call or the MO session, and at least one message from the MS to the BS is transmitted from the MS during the MO call or the MO session.

14. The article of claim 13, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing platform to enable one or more applications in a wireless communication network based, at least in part, on said at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS.

15. The article of claim 13, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing platform to initiate tearing down said MO call or said MO session following transmission of said at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS.

16. The article of claim 13, wherein said page message and said origination message are transmitted according to a cdma2000 protocol.

17. The article of claim 13, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing platform to:

initiate transmission of said origination message instead of an acknowledgement of said page message based, at least in part, on a service option number in said page message.

18. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a page message from a base station (BS) at a mobile station (MS), the page message configured to initiate a mobile-terminated (MT) call or an MT session between the BS and the MS to enable sending at least one short message service (SMS) message from the BS to the MS during the MT call or the MT session;

means for transmitting an origination message to said BS to initiate, in response to receiving said page message transmitted to the MS to initiate said MT call or said MT session, a mobile-originated (MO) call or MO session instead of causing establishment of said MT call or said MT session; and

means for causing a bi-directional exchange of SMS messages, upon initiating the MO call or the MO session in response to receiving from the BS said page message configured to initiate the MT call or the MT session, between the MS and BS during the MO call or the MO session such that the at least one SMS message from the BS to the MS is received at the MS during the MO call or the MO session, and at least one message from the MS to the BS is transmitted from the MS during the MO call or the MO session.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising means for enabling one or more applications in a wireless communication network based, at least in part, on said at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising means for tearing down said MO call or said MO session following said transmitting said at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS.

21. A method for communication, comprising:

receiving a downlink message from a base station (BS) to a mobile station (MS), the downlink message configured to invoke origination of a mobile-terminated (MT) short message service (SMS) call between the BS and the MS to enable sending at least one SMS message from the BS to the MS during the MT SMS call;

in response to receiving the downlink message transmitted to the MS to invoke origination of the MT SMS call, sending an uplink message from the MS to the BS so as to cause a mobile-originated (MO) SMS call to be set up on a traffic channel between the BS and the MS instead of causing establishment of said MT SMS call; and

upon causing the MO SMS call to be set up in response to receiving from the BS the downlink message configured to invoke origination of the MT SMS call, causing a bi-directional exchange of SMS messages between the MS and BS during the MO SMS call, including;

receiving at the MS the at least one SMS message from the BS to the MS over the traffic channel; and

responding to the at least one SMS message from the BS to the MS by sending a at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS over the traffic channel.

22. The method according to claim 21, further comprising tearing down the MO SMS call only after both the at least one SMS message from the BS to the MS and the at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS have been sent over the traffic channel.

23. A mobile station (MS), comprising:

a transmitter; and

a receiver, wherein said MS is further adapted to;

receive a downlink message from a base station (BS), the downlink message configured at said receiver to invoke origination of a mobile-terminated (MT) short message service (SMS) call between the BS and the MS to enable sending at least one SMS message from the BS to the MS during the MT call;

in response to receiving the downlink message transmitted by the BS to the MS to invoke origination of the MT SMS call, transmit an uplink message through said MS to the BS so as to cause a mobile-originated (MO) SMS call to be set up on a traffic channel between the BS and the MS instead of causing establishment of said MT SMS call;

wherein upon causing the MO SMS call to be set up in response to receiving from the BS the downlink message configured to invoke the origination of the MT SMS call, a bi-directional exchange of SMS messages between the MS and BS is performed during the MO SMS call to;

receive at said receiver the at least one SMS message from the BS to the MS over the traffic channel; and

respond to the at least one SMS message from the BS to the MS by transmitting at least one SMS message from the MS to the BS through said transmitter over the traffic channel.