Patent ID: 6085105
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: H04B,H04M,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A method for administering additional services in a mobile communication network having networked switching equipment device to which communication terminal equipment that enable subscriber access are connectible via further devices and/or via which the transitions to further networks can be effected, having at least one service control unit that controls a respective additional service, and having at least two memory units for subscriber-specific data, comprising the steps of:storing additional information about allocation of additional services to respective service control units and storing status of a present respective additional service in subscriber-specific fashion in the at least two memory units allocated to a subscriber;generating an image of current additional information in the at least two memory units for every re-allocation of a memory unit of the at least two memory units to a subscriber and/or for every modification of additional information; andselecting one of a plurality of service providers by offering the respective additional service, by evaluating an identity of a service provider within unstructured additional service data, and by addressing a dataset of the additional information that selects the service provider.