Cellular telephone system having prioritized greetings for predefined services to a subscriber

Claim 2

A cellular communication system for providing prioritized greetings of predefined services to a subscriber located in an area of overlapping service zones, each of said service zones defining, in a subscriber zone profile, a set of services available to the subscriber, the system including: means for creating zone information which comprises the subscriber zone profiles from each of the overlapping service zones; transmitting means for transmitting the zone information to the subscribers mobile station: prioritizing means for assigning a priority to each of the subscriber zone profiles in the zone information; and greeting means responsive to the pritorizing means for providing a greeting to said subscriber identifying the predefined services available to the subscriber, said greeting means providing the greeting related to a higher prioritized subscriber zone profile when more than one subscriber zone profile is applicable.

Claim 3

The cellular communications system of claim 1 wherein said greeting means provides the zone information to the subscriber in sequential order of priority.

Claim 4

A cellular communications system for providing prioritized greetings of predefined services to its subscribers depending in which one of a plural of service zone the subscriber is located, the system including: notifying means for notifying each of said subscribers of its subscriber zone profile information with an associated priority for which the subscriber receives differing redefined services, said notifying means transmitting subscriber zone information in sequential order of priority from highest priority associated with the first subscriber zone information transmitted to lowest priority associated with the last subscriber zone information transmitted; comparing means for comparing subscriber zone profile information with the one service zone to determine applicability of predefined services to said subscriber; and greeting means responsive to said comparing means for providing a greeting to said subscriber identifying the predefined service available to the subscriber, said greeting means providing the greeting related to higher prioritized zone profile information when said comparing means determines more than one predefined services is applicable.

Claim 5

A cellular communications system for providing prioritized greetings of predefined services to its subscribers depending in which one of a plural of service zone the subscriber is located, the system including: notifying means for notifying each of said subscribers of its subscriber zone profile information with an associated priority for which the subscriber receives differing redefined services, said notifying means transmitting subscriber zone information in sequential order of priority from highest priority associated with the first subscriber zone information transmitted to lowest priority associated with the last subscriber zone information transmitted; comparing means for comparing subscriber zone profile information with the one service zone to determine applicability of predefined services to said subscriber; and greeting means responsive to said comparing means for providing a greeting to said subscriber identifying the predefined service available to the subscriber, said greeting means providing the greeting related to higher prioritized zone profile information when said comparing means determines more than one predefined services is applicable.

Claim 6

A cellular communications system for providing prioritized greetings of predefined services to its subscribers depending in which one of a plurality of service zones the subscriber is located, the system including: notifying means for notifying each of said subscribers of its subscriber zone profile information with an associated priority for which the subscriber receives differing predefined services, said notifying means transmitting subscriber zone information in sequential order of priority from lowest priority associated with the first subscriber zone information transmitted to highest priority associated with the last subscriber zone information transmitted; comparing means for comparing subscriber zone information with the one service zone to determine applicability of predefined services to said subscriber; and greeting means responsive to said comparing means for providing a greeting to said subscriber identifying the predefined service available to the subscriber, said greeting means providing the greeting related to higher prioritized zone profile information when said comparing means determines more than one predefined services is applicable.

Claim 7

A cellular communications system for providing prioritized greetings of predefined services to its subscribers depending in which one of a plurality of service zones the subscriber is located, the system including: notifying means for notifying each of said subscribers of its subscriber zone profile information with an associated priority for which the subscriber receives differing predefined services, said notifying means transmitting subscriber zone information in sequential order of priority from lowest priority associated with the first subscriber zone information transmitted to highest priority associated with the last subscriber zone information transmitted; comparing means for comparing subscriber zone information with the one service zone to determine applicability of predefined services to said subscriber; and greeting means responsive to said comparing means for providing a greeting to said subscriber identifying the predefined service available to the subscriber, said greeting means providing the greeting related to higher prioritized zone profile information when said comparing means determines more than one predefined services is applicable.

Claim 8

The cellular communications system of claim 1 further including a plurality of cells wherein each of said zones includes at least one of the cells.

Claim 9

The cellular communications system of claim 1 wherein the subscriber zone information is transmitted to the subscriber.

Claim 10

A cellular communication system for providing prioritized greetings of predefined services to its subscribers, said system including: means for identifying a plurality of service zones in the system; means for transmitting predefined services to subscribers when located in said service zones; means for transmitting service zone identification information from each service zone to each of said subscribers located in said service zone; means for transmitting to each of said subscribers its subscriber zone profile information having an associated priority for which the subscriber receives differing predefined services; comparing means for comparing subscriber zone profile information with the service zone information transmitted to determine applicability of predefined services to said subscriber; and, greeting means responsive to said comparing means for providing a greeting to said subscriber identifying the predefined service available to the subscriber when the transmitted zone profile information matches transmitted service zone identification information, said greeting means providing the greeting related to higher prioritized zone profile information when said comparing means determines more than one predefined services is applicable.

Claim 11

A cellular communication system for providing prioritized greetings of predefined services to its subscribers, said system including: means for identifying a plurality of service zones in the system; means for transmitting predefined services to subscribers when located in said service zones; means for transmitting service zone identification information from each service zone to each of said subscribers located in said service zone; means for transmitting to each of said subscribers its subscriber zone profile information having an associated priority for which the subscriber receives differing predefined services; comparing means for comparing subscriber zone profile information with the service zone information transmitted to determine applicability of predefined services to said subscriber; and, greeting means responsive to said comparing means for providing a greeting to said subscriber identifying the predefined service available to the subscriber when the transmitted zone profile information matches transmitted service zone identification information, said greeting means providing the greeting related to higher prioritized zone profile information when said comparing means determines more than one predefined services is applicable.

Claim 12

The cellular communications system of claim 7 wherein the means for transmitting service zone identification information transmits a plurality of zone id's.

Claim 13

The cellular communications system of claim 7 wherein said subscriber zone information is transmitted in a sequential order of priority.

Claim 14

The cellular communications system of claim 9 wherein the priority of the sequential order is highest priority associated with the first subscriber zone information transmitted to lowest priority associated with the last subscriber zone information transmitted.

Claim 15

The cellular communications system of claim 9 wherein the priority of the sequential order is lowest priority associated with the first subscriber zone information transmitted to highest priority associated with the last subscriber zone information transmitted.

Claim 16

The cellular communications system of claim 7 further including a plurality of cells and said means for identifying a plurality of service zones in the system further defining each of said zones to comprise at least one of the cells.

Claim 17

The cellular communications system of claim 7 wherein said means for identifying a plurality of service zones in the system comprises a mobile switching center (MSC).

Claim 18

The cellular communications system of claim 13 wherein the means for transmitting service zone identification information from each service zone to each of said subscribers located in said service zone transmits the service zone identification information on a cell by cell basis.

Claim 19

The cellular communications system of claim 14 wherein the means for transmitting service zone identification information comprises a base station electronically connected to said MSC, said base stations transmitting over a corresponding one of said cells the service zone identification information associated with that cell.

Claim 20

The cellular communications system of claim 7 wherein the cell or cells included within each of said service zones are selected by a provider of the cellular communications system.

Claim 21

The cellular communications system of claim 7 wherein the subscriber zone information is transmitted to the subscriber.

Claim 22

The cellular communications system of claim 13 further including a home location register (HLR) and wherein the subscriber zone information is stored in the HLR.

Claim 23

The cellular communications system of claim 18 wherein upon registration of the subscriber with the MSC the subscriber zone information is transmitted from the HLR through the MSC to the subscriber.

Claim 24

In a cellular communication system, a method for prioritizing greetings of predefined services to a subscriber located in an area of overlapping service zones, each of said service zones defining in a subscriber zone profile a set of services available to the subscriber, the method comprising the steps of: creating zone information which comprises the subscriber zone profiles from each of the overlapping service zones; transmitting the zone information to the subscriber's mobile station; assigning a priority to each of the subscriber zone profiles in the zone information; and providing a greeting to said subscriber identifying the predefined service available to the subscriber where the greeting is related to higher prioritized zone profile when more than one subscriber zone profile is applicable.

Claim 25

In a cellular communication system, a method for prioritizing greetings of predefined services to a subscriber located in an area of overlapping service zones, each of said service zones defining in a subscriber zone profile a set of services available to the subscriber, the method comprising the steps of: creating zone information which comprises the subscriber zone profiles from each of the overlapping service zones; transmitting the zone information to the subscriber's mobile station; assigning a priority to each of the subscriber zone profiles in the zone information; and providing a greeting to said subscriber identifying the predefined service available to the subscriber where the greeting is related to higher prioritized zone profile when more than one subscriber zone profile is applicable.

Claim 26

The method of claim 20 wherein the step of providing a greeting includes providing the zone information to the subscriber in sequential order of priority.

Claim 33

The method of claim 24 wherein the step of transmitting to each of the subscribers zone profile information having an associated priority includes transmitting in sequential order of priority the subscriber zone profile information.

Claim 34

The method of claim 25 wherein the priority of the sequential order is highest priority associated with the first subscriber zone information transmitted and lowest priority associated with the last subscriber zone information transmitted.

Claim 35

The method of claim 25 wherein the priority of the sequential order is lowest priority associated with the first subscriber zone information transmitted to highest priority associated with the last subscriber zone information transmitted.