Method for administering additional services in a mobile communication network

Claim 1

A method for administering additional services in a mobile communication network having networked switching equipment device to which communication terminal equipment that enable subscriber access are connectible via further devices and/or via which the transitions to further networks can be effected, having at least one service control unit that controls a respective additional service, and having at least two memory units for subscriber-specific data, comprising the steps of: storing additional information about allocation of additional services to respective service control units and storing status of a present respective additional service in subscriber-specific fashion in the at least two memory units allocated to a subscriber; generating an image of current additional information in the at least two memory units for every re-allocation of a memory unit of the at least two memory units to a subscriber and/or for every modification of additional information; and selecting one of a plurality of service providers by offering the respective additional service, by evaluating an identity of a service provider within unstructured additional service data, and by addressing a dataset of the additional information that selects the service provider.

Claim 2

A method for administering additional services in a mobile communication network having networked switching equipment device to which communication terminal equipment that enable subscriber access are connectible via further devices and/or via which the transitions to further networks can be effected, having at least one service control unit that controls a respective additional service, and having at least two memory units for subscriber-specific data, comprising the steps of: storing additional information about allocation of additional services to respective service control units and storing status of a present respective additional service in subscriber-specific fashion in the at least two memory units allocated to a subscriber; generating an image of current additional information in the at least two memory units for every re-allocation of a memory unit of the at least two memory units to a subscriber and/or for every modification of additional information; and selecting one of a plurality of service providers by offering the respective additional service, by evaluating an identity of a service provider within unstructured additional service data, and by addressing a dataset of the additional information that selects the service provider.

Claim 4

A method for administering additional services in a mobile communication intelligent network having networked switching equipment device to which communication terminal equipment that enable subscriber access are connectible via further devices and/or via which the transitions to further networks can be effected, having at least two service control units that control a respective additional service, and having at least two memory units for subscriber-specific data, comprising the steps of: storing additional information about allocation of additional services to respective service control units and storing status of a present respective additional service in subscriber-specific fashion in the at least two memory units allocated to a subscriber; transmitting modify information, pertaining to the additional information, within unstructured additional service data from the communication terminal equipment to the at least two memory units and/or between the at least two memory units; and generating an image of current additional information in the at least two memory units for every re-allocation of a memory unit of the at least two memory units to a subscriber and for every modification of additional information; providing a subscriber-associated activation character that is interrogated given a call setup in the memory unit of the at least two memory units for the totality of additional services; and using the additional information in a call setup dependent on a comparison result, at least one of the additional information and the activation character being modifiable by a subscriber via the communication terminal equipment insofar as no block is provided therefor.

Claim 5

A method for administering additional services in a mobile communication intelligent network having networked switching equipment device to which communication terminal equipment that enable subscriber access are connectible via further devices and/or via which the transitions to further networks can be effected, having at least two service control units that control a respective additional service, and having at least two memory units for subscriber-specific data, comprising the steps of: storing additional information about allocation of additional services to respective service control units and storing status of a present respective additional service in subscriber-specific fashion in the at least two memory units allocated to a subscriber; transmitting modify information, pertaining to the additional information, within unstructured additional service data from the communication terminal equipment to the at least two memory units and/or between the at least two memory units; and generating an image of current additional information in the at least two memory units for every re-allocation of a memory unit of the at least two memory units to a subscriber and for every modification of additional information; providing a subscriber-associated activation character that is interrogated given a call setup in the memory unit of the at least two memory units for the totality of additional services; and using the additional information in a call setup dependent on a comparison result, at least one of the additional information and the activation character being modifiable by a subscriber via the communication terminal equipment insofar as no block is provided therefor.

Claim 6

A method for administering additional services in a mobile communication intelligent network having networked switching equipment device to which communication terminal equipment that enable subscriber access are connectible via further devices and/or via which the transitions to further networks can be effected, having at least two service control units that control a respective additional service, and having at least two memory units for subscriber-specific data, comprising the steps of: storing additional information about allocation of additional services to respective service control units and storing status of a present respective additional service in subscriber-specific fashion in the at least two memory units allocated to a subscriber; transmitting modify information, pertaining to the additional information, within unstructured additional service data from the communication terminal equipment to the at least two memory units and/or between the at least two memory units; and generating an image of current additional information in the at least two memory units for every re-allocation of a memory unit of the at least two memory units to a subscriber and for every modification of additional information; offering, for selecting one of a plurality of service providers, the respective additional service; evaluating an identity of a service provider within unstructured additional service data; and addressing a dataset of the additional information that selects the service provider.

Claim 7

A method for administering additional services in a mobile communication intelligent network having networked switching equipment device to which communication terminal equipment that enable subscriber access are connectible via further devices and/or via which the transitions to further networks can be effected, having at least two service control units that control a respective additional service, and having at least two memory units for subscriber-specific data, comprising the steps of: storing additional information about allocation of additional services to respective service control units and storing status of a present respective additional service in subscriber-specific fashion in the at least two memory units allocated to a subscriber; transmitting modify information, pertaining to the additional information, within unstructured additional service data from the communication terminal equipment to the at least two memory units and/or between the at least two memory units; and generating an image of current additional information in the at least two memory units for every re-allocation of a memory unit of the at least two memory units to a subscriber and for every modification of additional information; offering, for selecting one of a plurality of service providers, the respective additional service; evaluating an identity of a service provider within unstructured additional service data; and addressing a dataset of the additional information that selects the service provider.