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`4 11500574290511
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`[45] Date of Patent:
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`5,742,905
`Apr. 21, 1998
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`[54] PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS
`[NTERNETWORKING
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`[75] Inventors: David Matthew Pepe. Middletown; ' - .
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`Yang-Wei Wang. Howell. N.J.; Robert
`G. White, Mon-Brown, NJ,
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`[73] Assignee: Bell Communications Research, Incu
`Morristown_ NJ_
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`[21] Appl. No.. 309,336
`[22] F11ed:
`Sep. 19, 1994
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`Digital Mobile Communication. pp. 517-526. Sep. 1993.
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`Primary Examiner-Dwayne Bost
`Assistant Examiner-—Wi1liam G. Trost
`Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Loria B. Yeadon; Joseph
`Giordano
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`media translation. where necessary. The subscriber's mes
`sage receipt and delivery options are maintained in a data
`base which the subscriber may access by wireless or wire
`line communications to update the options programmed in
`the database. The subscriber may be provided with
`CallCommand service which provides real-time control of
`voice calls while using a wireless data terminal or PDA.
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`1
`PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS
`INTERNETWORKING
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`The present invention is directed to an intemetwork for
`personal communications and. more particularly. to a net-
`work which allows a mobile communications subscriber to
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`remotely control personal communications delivery options.
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`The use of messaging as a means of day-to-day commu-
`nications continues to grow and evolve. particularly in a
`business context. Messaging includes electronic mail
`(e-mail). facsimile transmissions (fax). paging. voice mail.
`and telephone communications. The introduction of the
`cellular phone and other wireless communications facili-
`tated the advent of the “mobile ofiice”. The mobile oflice
`allows an employee. for example. to work away from the
`office on a portable computer and be in constant touch with
`the oflice via a cellular phone.
`The messaging options described above are available to
`businesses of all sizes. as well as individual users. from a
`variety of service providers. Many ofiices have some or all
`of the messaging options described above. The ofiice may
`have certain messaging equipment (referred to as “consumer
`premises equipment” or “CPE") connected to one or more
`wireline networks. That is. the oflioe may have telephones.
`fax servers. and voice mail systems connected to phone
`lines. and computers having modems for e-mail connected
`to packet networks which are connected via phone lines. The
`mobile employee may have certain wireless messaging
`equipment. such as a pager. a cellular telephone. or a
`personal digital assistant (“PDA”). which is typically a
`notebook computer connected to a wireless communication
`network.
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`One important goal of personal communication services is
`to allow users to communicate from anywhere to anywhere
`at any time. Such personal communication services gener-
`ally involve multiple service providers including local and
`long distance telephone companies and cellular telephone
`companies. An example of a personal communication ser-
`vice is as follows:
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`A personal communication service provider (e.g.. a cel-
`lular telephone company) enables traveling users to rent a
`wireless portable phone from a rental phone company (e.g..
`from an airline or car rental company). Using the rental
`phone. the user is provided with basic mobile phone service
`from the personal communication service provider.
`In
`addition. the user would like the following features:
`1) The user wants calls directed to his/her otfice or home
`to be automatically forwarded to the rental portable phone.
`without informing anyone that he/she is traveling.
`2) To avoid unimportant incoming calls (and correspond-
`ing incoming call charges). the user would like to restrict the
`number of people who can call the rented portable phone.
`3) It is important to the user that the rental phone features
`be activated instantly. so that calls can be made immediately
`upon the user’s arrival at the visiting location.
`This kind of personal communication service involves a
`plurality of service providers. These providers are (a) the
`local telephone company at the home location. (b) a long
`distance telephone company. (c) the local telephone com-
`pany at the visiting location. and (C1) the personal commu-
`nication service provider (i.e..
`the cellular telephone
`company) at the visiting location. All of these are referred to
`herein as “service providers”.
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`To enable this kind of personal communication service.
`involving multiple service providers. interoperability prob-
`lems among the different service providers must be resolved.
`The interoperability problems can be divided into two
`categories: (a) location tracking and (b) service manage-
`ment.
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`The interoperability problem for location tracking has
`been addressed by adopting signaling protocols used by the
`mobile phone industry. Location tracking functions are
`implemented using two location registers. One of the
`registers. maintained by the local telephone company of the
`user’s home location. is called the Home Location Register
`(HLR). The other register. maintained by the local telephone
`company of the visiting location.
`is called the Visiting
`Location Register (VLR). The HLR stores customer profile
`data and the location of the VLR of the user. The customer
`profile data contains important
`information such as the
`user’s name. address. preferred long distance carrier. service
`features (e.g.. call forwarding and call restriction). billing.
`and other administrative related information. When the user
`travels to a new visiting location. a new VLR is created in
`the new location. A part of the profile data stored in the HLR
`is transmitted and loaded into the VLR such that the service
`provider at
`the visiting location can implement service
`features for the visiting user. When the user travels to a new
`visiting location the location of the VLR stored in the HLR
`is changed to the new VLR location. and the VLR in the
`previously visited location is deleted The process of creat-
`ing a new VLR.
`loading profile data to the VLR. and
`updating the visiting location of a user in the HLR is called
`“automatic roamer registration”.
`The interoperability problem for service management is
`much more complex than that for location tracking. Service
`management refers to a collection of functions required to
`enable a personal communication service user to subscribe
`to. modify. and activate service features anywhere and at any
`time. Examples of service management functions include
`phone number administration. customer profile data
`management. service activation. and security administra-
`tion. The phone number administration function is important
`for maintaining the uniqueness of phone numbers. The
`customer profile data management function provides cus-
`tomer profile databases and user interfaces for creating.
`modifying. or transferring such databases. The service acti-
`vation function extracts part of the data specifying service
`features from the profile data and loads this data into
`physical communication systems that process calls. The
`service activation function also controls the activation and
`deactivation of the service features. The security adminis-
`tration function prevents or detects unauthorized uses of
`services and service management functions.
`Service management functions of this type are needed to
`provide personal communication services involving mul-
`tiple service providers. Such service management functions
`generally require interactions between application software
`and various databases owned and operated by the different
`service providers. Consider an application which enables a
`nomadic user to subscribe to a personal communication
`service from any service provider at any location. An
`example of such a service is call forwarding to a temporarily
`rented portable phone. The application may. for example.
`need to perform the following database access operations at
`databases maintained by various dilferent service providers:
`check credit databases owned by credit card companies or
`phone companies to determine whether the user is able to
`pay for the service;
`check the customer profile database in the user’s HLR to
`determine whether the user is currently located in a place
`other than the visiting location currently stored in the HLR;
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`check the credit and network databases of long distance
`phone companies specified by the user to determine whether
`the user can use a particular long distance carrier in the
`visiting location;
`load profile data into the VLR at the visiting location and
`update the HLR with the location of the VLR if necessary;
`and
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`load the profile data to the call processing systems and
`activate the service.
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`The user may need to send or receive messages from any
`or all of the messaging options described above at a visiting
`location. That is. the user may want to receive or receive
`notification of e-mail. faxes. phone calls. or voice mail at a
`visiting location or to send e-mail or faxes from a wireless
`terminal. The need to integrate these various types of
`messaging options and to interconnect the many service
`providers has. until now. been largely unaddressed.
`It is also desirable for the mobile employee to be able to
`limit
`the messages sent
`to the wireless messaging
`equipment. so that only urgent messages are received when
`away from the oflioe and unwanted in-coming calls are
`avoided. The mobile employee may also wish to route
`certain incoming wireless messages and phone calls to other
`destinations. such as an office fax machine or a co1league’s
`telephone.
`Therefore. it is an object of the present invention to
`provide a mobile service subscriber the ability to control and
`integrate a plurality of messaging options.
`It is another object of the present invention to provide a
`mobile service subscriber with the ability to remotely con-
`trol the addressability. routing. accessibility. and delivery of
`messaging options.
`It is yet a further object of the present invention to provide
`an internetwork which interconnects messaging services
`with both wireless and wireline networks.
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`It is yet a further object of the present invention to provide
`a subscriber with real-time control of voice calls while using
`a wireless data terminal or PDA.
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`It is yet a further object of the invention to provide a
`control over the messages routed to wireless messaging
`options.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`These objects are obtained by a personal communications
`internetwork providing a network subscriber with the ability
`to remotely control the receipt and delivery of wireless and
`wireline voice and text messages. The network operates as
`an interface between various wireless and wireline
`networks. and also performs media translation. where nec-
`essary. The subscriber’s message receipt and delivery
`options are maintained in a database which the subscriber
`may access by wireless or wireline communications to
`update the options programmed in the database. The sub-
`scriber may be provided with Cal1Cornrnand service which
`provides real-time control of voice calls while using a
`wireless data terminal or PDA.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`become apparent from the following drawings. wherein:
`FIG. 1-3 are overviews of the PCI networks;
`FIG. 4 is an overview of one node of the PCI network
`according to the present invention;
`FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an exemplary PCI server
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`a PCI database according to the present invention;
`FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the logical connections
`between the PCI server and PCI database according to the
`present invention;
`FIGS. 8-11 illustrate exemplary message flows between a
`server and a database according to the present invention;
`FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a personal digital assistant
`according to the present invention;
`FIGS. 13-20 illustrate exemplary message flows between
`a PDA and PCI server;
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`FIG. 21 is a block diagram of a text messaging portion of
`a PCI network;
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`FIG. 22 is a block diagram of a voice messaging portion
`of a PCI network;
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`FIG. 23 is a block diagram of a facsimile messaging
`portion of a PCI network;
`FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary Ca|lCom-
`mand service network;
`FIGS. 25-27 illustrate exemplary message flows in the
`PCI network; and
`FIGS. 28-45 illustrate exemplary screens displayed to a
`PCI subscriber using a wireless PDA.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF PREFERRED
`EMBODIMENTS
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`For clarity of presentation. the detailed description is set
`out in the following subsections:
`1. PCI Overview
`The overall network is illustrated in FIGS. 1-4 The
`network is an interface between a plurality of wireless and
`wireline networks. providing a subscriber with a variety of
`wireless and wireline message and voice delivery and
`receipt options.
`ll The PCI Server
`The PCI Server is illustrated in FIG. 5. The PCI server is
`a peripheral which performs messaging and call redirection
`functions and interfaces with the PCI database to update the
`subscriber profile.
`111. The PCI Database
`The PCI Database is illustrated in FIG. 6. The PCI
`database maintains the subscriber profile. controls CaJlCom-
`mand functions. and handles DTMF-based subscriber profile
`updates.
`IV. The ServerlDatabase Interface
`The Server/Database interface is illustrated in FIGS.
`7-11. The PCI server/PCI database interface provides for the
`transfer of information regarding the subscriber profile and
`the CallComrnand services.
`V. The PDAIPCI Interface
`The PDA/PCI interface is illustrated in FIGS. 12-20. The
`PDA/PCI interface provides for the transfer of information
`between a remote wireless subscriber and the PCI.
`VI. Services
`A. E-Mail Messaging
`E-Mail messaging in the PCI is illustrated in FIG. 21. The
`PCI network provides the subscriber with a variety of e-mail
`delivery. receipt. and notification options. including screen-
`ing and selective destination delivery of incoming e-mail.
`B. Voice Messaging
`Voice messaging in the PCI is illustrated in FIG. 22. The
`PCI provides the subscriber with a variety of voice mail
`delivery. receipt. and notification options. including screen-
`ing and selective destination delivery of incoming Voice
`mail.
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`C. Facsimile Messaging
`Facsimile messaging in the PCI is illustrated in FIG. 23.
`The PCI provides the subscriber with a variety of facsimile
`delivery. receipt. and notification options. including screen-
`ing and selective destination delivery of incoming faxes.
`D. Cal1Command
`The CallComrnand service is illustrated in FIG. 24.
`CallCommand service provides real-time control of voice
`calls while using a wireless data terminal or PDA.
`VII. Message Flows
`Certain message flows for wireless messaging in the PCI
`are illustrated in FIGS. 25-27. The three message flows
`illustrated are sending a message from one subscriber to
`another. receiving a message regardless of whether the
`subscriber is using a wireless or wireline terminal. and
`sending a message to a non-subscriber.
`VIII. The FDA Application
`The application residing in the PDA is described in FIGS.
`28-45. which illustrate exemplary screens displayed to a
`PCI subscriber using a wireless PDA.
`IX. Billing
`Billing procedures for a PCI network use is briefly
`described.
`X. Conclusion
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`A glossary of acronyms used in this specification is
`attached as Appendix A.
`I. PCI Overview
`FIG. 1 is a simplified overview of a personal communi-
`cations internetworking (“PCI”) according to the present
`invention. A consumer. an ofiice for example. has various
`messaging equipment. such as a voice mail system 20. an
`e-mail terminal 22. fax machines 24. and telephones 26.
`These are all connected to wireline networks 29. For
`example. the fax 24. phone 26. and voicemail system 20 may
`be connected to a Public Switched Telephone Network
`(PSTN). part of which belongs to a particular local phone
`service company. and part of which belongs to a particular
`long distance service provider. The e-mail terminal 22 may
`be connected to a data packet network. such as Internet.
`whose packets are carried over phone lines.
`A mobile communications subscriber (for example an
`employee who works at the office described above and
`travels frequently) has various portable messaging
`equipment. such as a PDA 30. a cellular phone 32. and a
`pager 34. These are connected to wireless networks 39.
`These wireless messaging options may be provided by
`dilferent service providers. That is. the cellular phone may
`be connected to a wireless network of a cellular phone
`service provider. the pager may be connected to a different
`wireless network maintained by a pager service provider.
`and the PDA may be connected to a third wireless commu-
`nications network maintained by yet anotha service pro-
`vider.
`A Personal Communications Internetworking network
`(“PCI”) 40 according to the present invention is connected
`between the wireless 39 and wireline networks 29. The PCI
`40 permits the mobile communications subscriber to send
`and receive messages between disparate networks and mes-
`saging systems and a variety of service providers. The
`mobile communications subscriber can receive e-mail. fax.
`pages. and voice messages under a single phone number
`while using either a wireless or wireline network. The
`subscriber may also select the media format and serving
`network used to receive messages. The subscriber may also
`select cross-media notification of incoming messages. (i.e..
`the subscriber may receive notification from a pager mes-
`sage that a voice mail message was received).
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`The subscriber selects the wireline or wireless network
`and media format to be used for delivering messages or
`notification of message receipt. The PCI 40 wfll perform a
`media conversion to allow. for instance. an e-mail message
`to be delivered to a fax server. The PCI 40 may also include
`accessibility controls which allow the user to screen mes-
`sages by selected criteria such as media type (e.g.. e-mail.
`fax. etc.). message length (e.g.. voice mail messages less
`than three minutes). or sender (e.g.. only messages from the
`oflice and a certain client are to be forwarded).
`For example. the subscriber may have notification of a
`voice mail or fax message receipt directed to a wireless PDA
`in the form of e-mail messages. If the subscriber’s wireless
`PDA is not
`turned on or otherwise not operating.
`the
`notification may be routed to an alternate wireless or wire-
`line network. Notification to the subscriber that a voice mail
`message was received may be. for example. rerouted to the
`subscriber’s pager. and notification that a fax has been
`received may be rerouted to the wireline e-mail.
`FIG. 2 is a simplified version of the interconnections
`between various messaging systems and a PCI. As shown in
`FIG. 2. a subscriber provides the network with message
`routing and delivery instructions. These instructions are
`received by a PCI database 44 and stored in a “subscriber
`profile" for that subscriber. This database controls the deliv-
`ery of outgoing messages and the routing of incoming
`messages and message notification. (In FIG. 2. wireline
`communications are indicated with solid line connections
`and wireless communications are indicated with dashed line
`connections. The instructions to the PCI are shown with a
`solid line. but as will be explained in greater detail below.
`the instructions may be sent either by a wireline or wireless
`network.)
`The PCI database 44 supports access to information
`authenticating the subscriber’s identity and validating the
`types of services subscribed to. the subscriber’s message
`delivery (incoming messages) options and origination
`(outgoing messages) options and voice (telephone call and
`voice mail) options. For origination. the subscriber may
`select message distribution lists with specific media delivery
`options. The database 44 also supports access to the portions
`of the subscriber profile that the subscriber may control.
`The subscriber may use a personal telephone number to
`register at alternate wireline and wireless terminals while
`maintaining use of the message screening and delivery
`options selected and stored in a subscriber’s profile. This is
`called “personal mobility”. Information about the location of
`a wireless or wireline network location to which the sub-
`scriber’s terminal is connected automatically registers and
`deregisters a subscriber’s terminal. This is called “terminal
`mobility.”
`FIG. 3 shows the PCI 40. The CPE (voice mail 20. e-mail
`22. fax 24. and phone 26) are connected to wireline networks
`29. The mobile subscriber equipment (PDA 30. cellular
`phone 32. and pager 34) are connected to wireless networks
`39. Both the wireline and wireless networks 29. 39 are
`connected to a PCI 40 at a service provider. The networks
`29. 39 are connected to a local exchange carrier (LEC) 42 for
`the personal communications intemetworking.
`A PCI database 44 is a physical communication system
`which provides call processing functions for a collection of
`central oflice switches. The PCI database 44 includes the
`mobile subscriber’s profile.
`including message sending.
`message receiving. and service control options. The PCI
`database 44 may be a service control point or a network
`adjunct. The PCI datab