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System and method for subscriber activity supervision

US6058303A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 1996
Grant dateMay 2, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/432
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for monitoring the activity of a mobile subscriber in a GSM-based PLMN system from an Intelligent Network (IN) telecommunications system comprising several Intelligent Peripherals (IPs) connected to a Service Control Point (SCP) over a network. The detailed technique is automatically initiated when the Service Control Point (SCP) of an IN system attempts to reach a mobile subscriber and fails. In the first phase, the SCP arms an SMS-IP using a dummy SMS message. Upon the detection of renewed subscriber activity of a mobile subscriber who was previously inactive or unreachable, a PLMN triggering notification is generated. In this second phase, the PLMN transmits an alert to the SMS-IP which in turn notifies the SCP.

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