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Subscriber feature controlled high penetration messaging

US5884170A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 1996
Grant dateMar 16, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/18567
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile station communication network includes a high penetration network which schedules high transmission power level paging to reach a mobile station for which an acknowledgment signal is not received. A home location register stores mobile station high penetration network (HPN) subscriber feature information. The HPN analyzes mobile station class to determine an appropriate response when a mobile station fails to acknowledge a page request. The HPN further maintains a record of short message service (SMS) time out (timer) values and examines the ID of the center that generated the message to determine when the SMS center will time out. Just prior to the time out, the HPN will send a "user unavailable" signal to the originating SMS center to avoid unnecessary paging request retries by the SMS center.

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