Patent ID: 6490449
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A radio telecommunications network system covering a geographic area comprised of a plurality of service areas each of which is served by a mobile switching center (MSC) having an identification indicator (MSCID), the system including:(A) a Service Control Point (SCP) which comprises: (A1) a customer service data set associated with a mobile subscriber, the customer service data set including a first plurality of telephone number code portions associated with an MSC serving a home service area of the mobile subscriber, the code portions comprising at least one code portion selected from a group consisting of; a mobile switching center (MSC) name portion, home mobile switching center identification indicator (MSCID) name portion, Intenational Access Code (IAC) portion, National Access Code (NAC) portion, Country Code (CCD) portion and an Area Code (ACD) portion; (A2) an operator service data including a second plurality of telephone code portions associated with a visited MSC serving a visited service area, and a type portion for designating a type parameter for the visited MSC; and (A3) roaming detecting means for detecting whether the mobile subscriber is located in the visited service area; (B) means available to the mobile subscriber for entering a short digital number associated with a called party's telephone number; and (C) means for generating a call treatment instruction in response to a service query from the visited MSC, wherein the SCP executes a service portion in response to the call treatment instruction provided, when the mobile subscriber is located in the visited service area and enters the short dial number for the called party, the service portion returning an indication with respect to the called party.