Method for handling service requests in a mobile telecommunication network

• US 20060019685A1
• Filed: 07/06/2005
• Published: 01/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Giesecke + Devrient Mobile Security GmBH (Giesecke & Devrient GmbH)
• Original Assignee: SmartTrust AB (Giesecke & Devrient GmbH)
• Inventors: Kornefalk, Bjorn
• Granted Patent: US 7,389,115 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers

Abstract

The method of the invention handles a request message from a mobile station to a content provider in a network comprising at least said mobile station, said content provider and a radio system with a first component for directing messages sent from and to mobile stations and a second component having routing information. In the method, the mobile station sends a request message to the content provider via said radio system. The request message is received by said first component for directing messages of said radio system, which first component fetches routing information from said second component. Thereafter, or simultaneously with said fetching of the routing information, the radio system forwards the request message to said content provider, which sends a reply message to the mobile station to said request via said radio system.

Claims

1. A method for handling a request message from a mobile station to a content provider, in a telecommunication network comprising at least said mobile station, said content provider and a radio system with a first component for directing messages sent from and to mobile stations and a second component having routing information, comprising:

a) the mobile station sending a request message to the content provider via said radio system,

b) the request message being received by said first component for directing messages of said radio system,

c) said first component fetching routing information from said second component,

d) the radio system forwarding the request message to said content provider,

e) the content provider sending a reply message to the mobile station to said request via said radio system, characterized in that said first component fetches the routing information from said second component before step e).

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the first component fetches the routing information from said second component before step d).

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the first component fetches the routing information from said second component during step d).

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the telecommunication network is the GSM network, the request message is a Short Message Service (SMS) message, said first component is the Short Message Service Center (SMSC) and said second component is the Home Location Register (HLR).