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Automatic service selection feature for neighborhood residential cordless service
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1998-12-30
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Granted: 2002-10-22
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Expires: 2018-12-30
Abstract
Abstract An automatic service selection feature in a local cordless services architecture. The local cordless services architecture is configured such that a mobile telephone equipped subscriber may place or receive calls for a fixed rate, for example, per month without having to pay radio frequency air time charges any time they are located within their selected subscribed-to zones. If the subscribed-to zones are adjacent to one another and the mobile subscriber roams from one zone to another, the subscriber may continue their free call uninterrupted and without paying air time charges. However, when the subscriber roams outside their subscribed-to zones they may be switched from the present local cordless services to conventional personal communications services and pay air time charges. However for an active call, no air-time charges are incurred as the user transitions between the cellular/DPCS environment and the local cordless service environment. The automatic service selection feature allows a subscriber to the local cordless services to have automatic access to other different services offered by, e.g., a macro-cellular wireless network such as a PCS and/or DPCS wireless network.
Inventors
- 👤 Albert Chow
- 👤 Spencer Wang
- 👤 Wenchu Ying
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 18:41
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M15/00; H04M15/70; H04M15/745; H04M15/80; H04M15/8005; H04M15/8033; H04M15/8038; H04M15/8083; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/24; H04M2215/00; H04M2215/01; H04M2215/0108; H04M2215/0184; H04M2215/20; H04M2215/2026; H04M2215/32; H04M2215/34; H04M2215/74; H04M2215/7435; H04M2215/7442
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
In a first network providing a mobile wireless subscriber loop service, wherein an amount billed for use of a mobile station does not depend on an amount of airtime used within a subscribed zone of the mobile wireless subscriber loop service, a method of providing automatic service selection comprising the steps of: registering a wireless mobile station with the mobile wireless subscriber loop service of the first network; determining whether the mobile station should instead register with a service different from the mobile wireless subscriber loop service according to a predetermined service profile associated with the mobile station, wherein the predetermined service profile includes at least one of a subscriber's profile, a service description, a service preference, and a service priority; and automatically directing the mobile station to switch to registering with a second service different from the mobile wireless subscriber loop service if said step of determining results in a determination that the mobile station should register with a service different from the mobile wireless subscriber loop service according to the predetermined service profile associated with the mobile station.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
In a first network providing a mobile wireless subscriber loop service, wherein an amount billed for use of a mobile station does not depend on an amount of airtime used within a subscribed zone of the mobile wireless subscriber loop service, a method of providing automatic service selection comprising the steps of: registering a wireless mobile station with the mobile wireless subscriber loop service of the first network; determining whether the mobile station should instead register with a service different from the mobile wireless subscriber loop service according to a predetermined service profile associated with the mobile station, wherein the predetermined service profile includes at least one of a subscriber's profile, a service description, a service preference, and a service priority; and automatically directing the mobile station to switch to registering with a second service different from the mobile wireless subscriber loop service if said step of determining results in a determination that the mobile station should register with a service different from the mobile wireless subscriber loop service according to the predetermined service profile associated with the mobile station.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the second service is a service of the first network.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the second service is a service of a second network different from the first network.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the service profile is stored in a storage device of the network.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the service profile is stored in a storage device of the mobile station.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined service profile includes at least one of information identifying subscribed zones for the mobile station, calling features, identification information for the mobile station and billing information for the mobile station.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
194 words
A first network providing a mobile wireless subscriber loop service, wherein an amount billed for use of a mobile station does not depend on an amount of airtime used within a subscribed zone of the mobile wireless subscriber loop service, the first network having access to a service profile stored in a storage device, the first network comprising: radio equipment for communicating wirelessly with at least one mobile station registered with the network according to a first service; and a computer connected to the radio equipment and having access to the storage device, for determining whether the at least one mobile station should instead register with a service different from the first service based on a comparison of the first service with the service profile, and for directing the mobile station to re-register with a second service if it is determined that the at least one mobile station should instead register with a service different from the first service based on the comparison of the first service with the service profile, wherein the predetermined service profile includes at least one of a subscriber's profile, a service description, a service preference, and a service priority.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
194 words
A first network providing a mobile wireless subscriber loop service, wherein an amount billed for use of a mobile station does not depend on an amount of airtime used within a subscribed zone of the mobile wireless subscriber loop service, the first network having access to a service profile stored in a storage device, the first network comprising: radio equipment for communicating wirelessly with at least one mobile station registered with the network according to a first service; and a computer connected to the radio equipment and having access to the storage device, for determining whether the at least one mobile station should instead register with a service different from the first service based on a comparison of the first service with the service profile, and for directing the mobile station to re-register with a second service if it is determined that the at least one mobile station should instead register with a service different from the first service based on the comparison of the first service with the service profile, wherein the predetermined service profile includes at least one of a subscriber's profile, a service description, a service preference, and a service priority.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The first network of claim 7 , wherein the second service is a service of the first network.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The first network of claim 7 , wherein the second service is a service of a second network different from the first network.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
The first network of claim 7 , further including the storage device.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
The first network of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined service profile includes at least one of information identifying subscribed zones for the mobile station, calling features, identification information for the mobile station and billing information for the mobile station.
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