RU2668219C1 - Method of construction by a mobile network operator of subscriber services - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: radio engineering and communications.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to mobile communication, namely, to provision of additional services to mobile network subscribers. When a mobile operator constructs subscriber services, the analysis of information received from the mobile network operator's network, location of a subscriber, location of other subscribers, history of subscriber movements, history of incoming, outgoing calls and SMS of subscribers dialed by a subscriber of USSD-commands and commands of the IVR voice menu. At the same time, the Main Module accumulates, stores and analyzes information about the time of services provision to subscribers, their transfer and the history of completed calls. In addition, the main module contains algorithms for providing services to subscribers, rules for accounting services, rules for processing signal traffic and rules for managing subscriber services.EFFECT: combination of operator platforms and formation of a single mechanism for building subscriber services by a mobile network operator, complementing each other and using information about subscribers, such as: the location of subscribers, history of subscriber movements, history of incoming and outgoing calls and SMS of subscribers, dialed USSD-commands, interactive IVR voice menu.1 cl, 3 dwg

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

A method for constructing subscription services by a mobile operator relates to the field of mobile communications, namely, to providing additional services to subscribers of a mobile communication network (SPS).

State of the art

A known (RU, patent 2336654) system for providing non-voice premium rate non-voice services to mobile cellular subscribers (i.e., additional paid telephone services using short numbers - special telephone numbers having a significantly shorter length than standard telephone network numbers) in roaming networks allowing the ATP operator to provide subscribers with additional services and mobile content. The inventive system is a hardware-software complex that contains a subscriber request block having a connection to the ATP network infrastructure and the main service logic block of the system, the main service logic block having a connection to the subscriber request block of the system, the ATP network infrastructure, service provider infrastructure and a system charging unit, a charging unit having a connection with the main service logic unit of the system and the ATP network infrastructure.

The disadvantages of the known system are the following factors: services are provided only to guest subscribers who are in the network of a mobile operator in roaming, the system describes a mechanism for providing Premium Rate services - i.e. paid services using short numbers, the system is presented only for non-voice services, as well as the complexity of its implementation.

Also, a utility model (RU, patent 109626 U1) is known for a complex for aggregation of mobile services, which describes a hardware complex for integrating content providers and service providers into the networks of mobile operators using various protocols (SS7, HTTP, SIP) and others, which contains interconnected with the infrastructure of the ATP network and between themselves, a request receiving unit, including modules that allow receiving requests via either SMPP, MAP, or ISUP, and an aggregation unit, including modules that allow delivery of user services to the readers, the request receiving unit additionally contains modules having connection to either the Internet network or the PSTN network, and the aggregation unit additionally contains a switching module connected to the request receiving unit, and an adaptation module connected to the switching module, service provider devices and service delivery module.

The disadvantages of the complex are the complexity of implementation and the inability to build a service for a mobile network operator himself, without involving a content provider and (or) a service provider.

Disclosure of the invention

Currently, ATP operators have platforms for building individual services: SMS (Short Message Service) - “short message service”, a technology that allows the reception and transmission of short text messages using a cell phone, is part of the cellular standards, Voice Mail - voicemail, a technology for recording, saving and playing back voice telephone messages, is part of the cellular standards, USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) is a technology that allows for interactive interaction between subscribers network and service application in the mode of transmitting short messages, included in cellular standards, LBS (Location-based service) technology, to determine the location of a subscriber in an ATP network, included in cellular standards, IVR (Interactive Voice Response) - technology for building voice menus for ATP subscribers, IN (Intelligent Network) - a technology for building an ATP intelligent network, is part of the cellular communication standards that are used separately from each other and do not have common additional services.

The technical result is the unification of operator platforms and the formation of a single mechanism for building subscriber services by an ATP operator, supplementing each other and using information about subscribers, such as: location of subscribers, history of subscribers' movements, history of incoming and outgoing calls and SMS messages of subscribers, dialed USSD commands Interactive IVR Voice Menus.

Description of drawings

In FIG. 1 presents - Scheme of construction by a mobile operator of subscriber services; FIG. 2 - An example of building a subscription service “Call barring for a child at school”; FIG. 3-Block diagram of the subscription service "Call barring for a child at school."

The implementation of the invention

A method for constructing subscriber services by a mobile operator (Fig. 1) comprises signaling traffic processing module (3) connected to the infrastructure of the ATP operator and to each other by means of at least one telecommunication network, which allows receiving signal traffic messages, SMS messages and USSD commands from ATP via the MAP, CAP, Diameter, and Voice Processing and Switching Module (4), which allows exchanging information via ISUP, SIP, dialing to subscribers, receiving calls from subscribers, losing autoinformers, performing DTMF work, recording voice conversations of subscribers and organizing conferences. In this case, both modules (3,4) have a connection with the Main module (2), which allows you to manage subscriber services and stores information about the time of the provision of services, their cost, the history of incoming and outgoing phone calls, and is connected to the Interface module (1) , with the help of which the configuration and diagnostics of the modules (2, 3, 4) are carried out by the ATP operator.

To implement this method, the ATP operator allocates subscriber numbers. When a subscriber dials a selected number, the ATP operator routes the subscriber’s call to the Processing and Switching Module for Voice Communication Channels (4) and receives the call, and sends information about the call to the Interface Module (1), which analyzes the services of the called subscriber, and all additional information it is requested through the modules (2, 3, 4) and, depending on the activated settings of the selected subscriber number, the call is returned to the ATP operator to connect to the subscriber or the answering machine is played. List of activated settings, such as:

- category of the calling number (short number, city number, federal number, long-distance number, international number);

- category of the called subscriber (short number, city number, federal number, long-distance number, international number);

- location of the called and calling ATP subscribers and other ATP subscribers;

- previous calls of the subscriber and the rules for routing these calls;

- USSD dialed subscriber teams;

- balance of subscribers,

it is configured during the formation of each service and is stored in the Interface Module (1). After the analysis and depending on the subscriber settings, the Main module (2) makes a decision on making an incoming call or connecting the calling and called subscribers, or playing a sound file of an autoinformer, or playing a voice menu with a choice of one of its items, or transferring a call to another number, or combining several calls into a conference.

An example of building a subscription service by an ATP operator based on the claimed invention:

In FIG. Figure 2 presents an example of the construction of a subscription service “Barring calls to a child at school,” which shows how an incoming call (1) from the equipment of an ATP operator arrives, through the Processing and Switching Module for Voice Communication Channels, to the Main Module (2), which analyzes the information about the incoming Call: incoming call number, date and time of the call. If the calling number is in the list of allowed numbers, for example, the parent, and the date and time corresponds to the allowed number for receiving calls, then the Main module allows the call. If additional information is needed to make a decision on call resolution, the Main module sends a request (3) to the Signal Traffic Processing Module to determine the location of the child's phone number and then sends this request (4) to the equipment of the ATP operator, which routes it (5) and transmits it (5) (6) to the Main module, which makes the decision: transfer the incoming call to the child’s phone (7.8) or play back with the help of the autoinformer a record about the inability to receive the incoming call at this time (9, 10).

FIG. 3 Block diagram of the subscription service “Call barring for a child at school":

1. Analysis of the incoming subscriber number;

2. Checking the conditions: the presence of the incoming subscriber number in the list of allowed and checking the time and date of the call;

3. Transfer of the incoming subscriber number to the child's phone number;

4. Analysis of the location of the child's phone number;

5. Checking the location of the child's phone number at school;

6. Transfer of an incoming call to the child's phone number;

7. Play autoinformer about the impossibility of accepting a call at a given time.

The proposed method allows you to combine operator platforms and is a single mechanism for building an ATP operator of subscriber services using information about subscribers, which can greatly simplify their implementation, reduces the load on servicing the equipment of the ATP operator, reduces the time it takes to start services, increases the reliability of equipment operation , by reducing its number and, consequently, reducing the number of "points of failure."

The present invention is illustrated by a specific example, which is not the only possible, but clearly demonstrates the possibility of achieving the above set of features of the required technical results.

Claims (1)

The mobile operator’s construction of subscriber services is based on the analysis of information received from the mobile operator’s network about the location of the subscriber, the location of other subscribers, the history of movement of subscribers, the history of incoming, outgoing calls and SMS messages of subscribers, dialed by the subscriber of USSD commands and commands IVR voice menu, in which the Main module accumulates, stores and analyzes information about the time of providing services to subscribers, their movement and history of calls made, ayuschiysya that the main module contains algorithms to provide services to subscribers, the rules for accounting services, rules for handling signaling traffic and the rules for management of subscriber services.

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