System and method of signaling the importance of a transmission in a wireless communications network

• US 9,288,313 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2014
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Gupta, Rahul, Agarwal, Sandeep, Karrotu, Vishnu Murty, Sreedhar.M, Deepu Syam
• Primary Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US14/567,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20150094048A1
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-4144, 455/458, 455/466, 455/415, 455/567, 455/521, 455/512, 455/404.1, 455/404.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13216 Code signals, frame structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0025 Provisions for signalling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A method of communicating an importance level of a call to a recipient mobile device is disclosed. The method includes receiving call information for a particular call at a mobile switching center and generating an initial address message for the particular call. The initial address message may include a notification value field. The method further includes determining whether an importance level has been designated for the particular call, setting a value of the notification value field based on whether an importance level has been designated for the particular call, and transmitting the initial address message for the particular call to a recipient mobile device.

Claims

1. A method of communicating an importance level of a call to a recipient mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving call information for a particular call at a mobile switching center;

generating an initial address message for the particular call, the initial address message including a notification value field;

determining whether an importance level has been designated for the particular call by a user of an originating mobile device;

setting a value of the notification value field to a value corresponding to the importance level of the particular call if the importance level has been designated for the particular call; and

transmitting the initial address message for the particular call to a recipient mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting the value of the notification value field to zero, if the importance level of the particular call has not been designated.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein setting the value of the notification value field to a value corresponding to the importance level designation of the particular call comprises:

determining the particular key sequence entered by a user of an originating mobile device;

determining the importance level of the particular call based on the particular key sequence entered by the user of the originating mobile device; and

setting the value of the notification value field to a value corresponding to the importance level.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the initial address message for the particular call to the recipient mobile device comprises:

transmitting the initial address message from the mobile switching center to the recipient mobile device via a destination mobile switching center.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial address message is in the format prescribed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial address message is in the format prescribed by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

7. A system for transmitting signals in a wireless communications network, the system comprising:

a destination mobile switching center, the destination mobile switching center configured to communicate with a recipient mobile device;

an originating mobile switching center, the originating mobile switching center configured to;

receive call information for a particular call from an originating mobile device;

generate an initial address message for the particular call, the initial address message including a notification value field;

determine whether an importance level has been designated for the particular call by a user of an originating mobile device;

set a value of the notification value field to a value corresponding to the importance level of the particular call if the importance level has been designated for the particular call; and

transmit the initial address message for the particular call to a recipient mobile device via the destination mobile switching center.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising setting the value of the notification value field to zero, if the importance level of the particular call has not been designated.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein setting the value of the notification value field to a value corresponding to the importance level designation of the particular call comprises:

determining the particular key sequence entered by a user of an originating mobile device;

determining the importance level of the particular call based on the particular key sequence entered by the user of the originating mobile device; and

setting the value of the notification value field to a value corresponding to the importance level.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the initial address message is in the format prescribed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the initial address message is in the format prescribed by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

12. A mobile switching center of a wireless communications network, the mobile switching center comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer-program instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;

receive call information for a particular call at a mobile switching center from an originating mobile device;

generate an initial address message for the particular call, the initial address message including a notification value field;

determine whether an importance level has been designated for the particular call by a user of the originating mobile device;

set a value of the notification value field to a value corresponding to the importance level of the particular call if the importance level has been designated for the particular call; and

transmit the initial address message for the particular call to a recipient mobile device.

13. The mobile switching center of claim 12, further comprising computer-program instructions stored on the non-transitory, computer-readable medium that, when executed, cause the processor to set the value of the notification value field to zero, if the importance level of the particular call has not been designated.

14. The mobile switching center of claim 13, wherein setting the value of the notification value field to a value corresponding to the importance level designation of the particular call comprises:

determining the particular key sequence entered by a user of an originating mobile device;

determining the importance level of the particular call based on the particular key sequence entered by the user of the originating mobile device; and

setting the value of the notification value field to a value corresponding to the importance level.

15. The mobile switching center of claim 12, wherein transmitting the initial address message for the particular call to the recipient mobile device comprises:

transmitting the initial address message from the mobile switching center to the recipient mobile device via a destination mobile switching center.

16. The mobile switching center of claim 12, wherein the initial address message is in the format prescribed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

17. The mobile switching center of claim 12, wherein the initial address message is in the format prescribed by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).