System and method transmitting data

• US 6,456,616 B1
• Filed: 08/11/1998
• Issued: 09/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hanger Solutions, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Sonera Oyj
• Inventors: Rantanen, Kari
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chau
• Assistant Examiner(s): HYUN, SOON D
• Application Number:
  US09/125,157
• Time in Patent Office: 1,505 Days
• Field of Search: 370/338, 370/352, 370/356, 370/400, 370/455, 370/466, 370/328, 370/329, 370/401, 370/410, 370/522, 455/466, 455/412
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/22 Automatic class or number identification arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• 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: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/12 for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/72 Finding out and indicating number of calling subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method to transmit data to a company'"'"'s data system by a mobile phone connected to a mobile communications network, and receive an acknowledgment to the same mobile phone from the company'"'"'s data system. A preset target number dialed by a mobile phone is directed to an intelligent network center. The target number is decoded into data which is transmitted to a company'"'"'s data system during the connection. The intelligent network center uses the caller'"'"'s identifying number to check whether the caller is entitled to use the service, and to check to which information system of which company the data has been sent. The intelligent network center transmits a telecommunications network signaling the target number, caller'"'"'s number and address of the company'"'"'s to a voice server computer capable of identifying telephone numbers and formulate voice messages. The voice server converts the target number into data and transmits the data and the caller'"'"'s number to the company'"'"'s data system using a data network protocol. The company'"'"'s data system stores the data in the data system and formulates a return message, which includes an acknowledgment of the received data and further a possible additional information, and transmits it to the voice server using the data network. The voice server transmits using the mobile communications network the return message either as a GSM short message or as a voice message to the mobile station which transmitted the data code, or as a pager message to a desired pager device.

Claims

1. Method to transmit data to a company'"'"'s data system by a mobile phone connected to a mobile communications network, and to receive an acknowledgment to the same mobile phone or to a desired pager device from the company'"'"'s data system, characterized in that a previously defined target number is dialed by a mobile station, which is directed to an intelligent network center, said target number comprising a data code representing the data to be transmitted, the data code is converted into the data and the data is transmitted to the company'"'"'s data system during the connection, and the acknowledgment is transmitted during the connection as a voice message or as a GSM short message in a text format, selectively either to the mobile station, which sent the data code, or as a pager message to the desired pager device.

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that an identifying number of a caller is used to check whether the caller is entitled to use a service, and to check to which data system of which company the data has been sent.

3. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the intelligent network center transmits the target number including the data code, a caller'"'"'s number and an address of the company'"'"'s data system to a voice server that is a computer capable of identifying telephone numbers and formulating voice messages, the voice server converts the data code into the data and transmits the data and the caller'"'"'s number into the company'"'"'s data system using a data network.

4. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the company'"'"'s data system stores the data into the data system and formulates a return message, which includes the acknowledgment of the data received and selectively includes additional information, and transmits it to a voice server using a data network, the voice server transmits using the mobile communications network the return message either as the GSM short message in a text format or as the voice message to the mobile station, which sent the data code, or as the pager message to the desired pager device.

5. Method according to claim 2, characterized in that the intelligent network center transmits the target number including the data code, a caller'"'"'s number and an address of the company'"'"'s data system to a voice server that is a computer capable of identifying telephone numbers and formulating voice messages, the voice server converts the data code into the data and transmits the data and the caller'"'"'s number into the company'"'"'s data system using a data network.

6. Method according to claim 2, characterized in that the company'"'"'s data system stores the data into the data system and formulates a return message, which includes the acknowledgment of the data received and selectively includes additional information, and transmits it to a voice server using a data network, the voice server transmits using the mobile communications network the return message either as the GSM short message in a text format or as the voice message to the mobile station, which sent the data, or as the pager message to the desired pager device.

7. Method according to claim 3, characterized in that the company'"'"'s data system stores the data into the data system and formulates a return message, which includes the acknowledgment of the data received and selectively includes additional information, and transmits it to the voice server using the data network, the voice server transmits using the mobile communications network the return message either as the GSM short message in a text format or as the voice message to the mobile station, which sent the data, or as the pager message to the desired pager device.

8. Method according to claim 5, characterized in that the company'"'"'s data system stores the data into the data system and formulates a return message, which includes the acknowledgment of the data received and selectively includes additional information, and transmits it to the voice server using the data network, the voice server transmits using the mobile communications network the return message either as the GSM short message in a text format or as the voice message to the mobile station, which sent the data, or as the pager message to the desired pager device.

9. The method according to claim 3, wherein the intelligent network center transmits by using a telecommunications network signaling.

10. The method according to claim 3, wherein the data network is based on TCP/IP protocol.

11. The method according to claim 5, wherein the intelligent network center transmits by using a telecommunications network signaling.

12. The method according to claim 5, wherein the data network is based on TCP/IP protocol.