Method and apparatus for displaying calling party information

• US 6,711,402 B1
• Filed: 08/06/1998
• Issued: 03/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (Nortel Networks Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (Nortel Networks Corporation)
• Inventors: Chelliah, Sivananthan, Visser, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ferguson, Keith
• Application Number:
  US09/129,909
• Time in Patent Office: 2,056 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/412, 455/413, 455/415, 455/403, 455/439, 455/445, 455/550, 455/552, 455/560, 455/517, 455/422.01, 455/414.01, 379/142, 379/142.01, 379/142.08, 379/142.03, 379/142.04
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A mobile station in a cellular telecommunication network includes an apparatus and method for storing a calling party identification signal. This calling party identification signal is transmitted to an originating MSC along with the call set up signals. The originating MSC then transmits the calling party identification signals to an HLR which transmits them to a serving MSC for delivering to the called party mobile station. Accordingly, the method and apparatus support the delivery of calling party identification signals to the called party without requiring the creation and maintenance of databases for storing such information. The mobile station as well as the MSCs adaptive to store the calling party information signals and to receive and transmit the same. The communication signal definitions between the mobile stations MSCs base stations HLRs and VLRs are all adapted to include and support the transmission of the calling party identification signals which are permanently stored in the mobile station.

Claims

1. A mobile station, comprising:

circuitry for receiving and permanently storing its own calling party identification;

circuitry for receiving and temporarily storing a called party number; and

logic circuitry for transmitting the permanently stored calling party identification information within a call setup signal during call routing at a time prior to call connection without requiring the calling party to enter more information than the called party number.

2. The mobile station of claim 1 further including a keypad to enable a user to enter its own calling party information.

3. The mobile station of claim 2 wherein said circuitry for receiving and storing its own calling party identification includes logic circuitry to interpret keypad entries.

4. The mobile station of claim 1 wherein said logic circuitry for transmitting its own calling party identification is adapted to transmit call setup signals according to known signaling formats.

5. The mobile station of claim 1 wherein said logic circuitry for transmitting its own calling party identification is adapted to transmit call setup signals which include known signaling formats as well as an appended signal including its own calling party identification.

9. The mobile station of claim 1 wherein the mobile station'"'"'s own calling party identification includes ASCII digits that form text identifying one of a calling party name, nickname, or a calling party trademark.

10. The mobile station of claim 1 further including memory for permanently storing the mobile station'"'"'s own calling party identification for transmission during call set up.

6. An originating mobile switching center (MSC), comprising:

circuitry for receiving, prior to call connection and during call routing, a call setup signal which includes a calling party identification originated by a mobile station;

circuitry for extracting and temporarily storing the calling party identification which calling party identification was entered by the calling party at a time unassociated with the transmission of the call setup signals that are received by the originating mobile switching center; and

logic circuitry for selectively transmitting the calling party information including the calling party'"'"'s own calling party identification to a serving MSC along with routing (location) request signals wherein the MSC does not initiate a lookup to determine calling party identification that it routes as a part of call setup.

11. The mobile switching center of claim 6 further including memory for storing a mobile station'"'"'s own calling party identification in the form of alphanumeric text representing one of a calling party name, nickname or trademark.

7. A method for delivering calling party information to a called party, comprising:

receiving, in a mobile switching center prior to a call connection and during call routing, calling patty information signals including a mobile station'"'"'s own calling party ID that was transmitted by a mobile station, which mobile station'"'"'s own calling party ID was permanently stored;

extracting the mobile station'"'"'s own calling party ID;

temporarily storing the mobile station'"'"'s own calling party ID; and

transmitting the mobile station'"'"'s own calling party ID to a serving MSC during call setup and routing and prior to call connection without initiating a lookup to determine a calling party ID that is transmitted as a part of the call setup signals.

8. The method of claim 7 further including the step of transmitting the mobile station'"'"'s own calling party ID to the serving MSC along with at least one call setup signal.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein the mobile station'"'"'s own calling party ID comprises ASCII text.

13. The method of claim 7 wherein the mobile station'"'"'s own calling party ID is an alphanumeric representation of one of a calling party name, nickname, or trademark.