Patent ID: 6070070
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A method of communicating a command from a central host to a remote station via a cellular mobile radio network, comprising:a) sending the command from the central host to a network switch, the command comprising a mobile identification number (MIN) and an electronic serial number (ESN);b) querying a database associated with the network switch to locate the remote station, the query specifying the MIN and the ESN;c) if the database associated with the network switch does not locate the remote station on the basis of the MIN and ESN, then:1) reporting the location of the remote station to the database associated with the network switch, the report specifying the MIN and ESN;2) reporting to a database associated with a mobile switching center (MSC) serving a remote station identified by the ESN that the remote station is no longer being served by the MSC, the report specifying the ESN;3) reporting the location of the remote station to the database associated with the MSC serving the remote station, the report specifying the MIN and ESN;4) acknowledging to the database associated with the network switch receipt of the report on the location of the remote station, the report specifying the MIN and ESN; and5) sending the command by calling the remote station using the MIN and ESN.