Patent ID: 7383041
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for a radio communication system having a mobile node operable to communicate with a network part of a communication network, the network part operable to route a call, originated at the mobile node, to a first service center, the first service center capable of being called from telephone stations and mobile nodes that are within a predetermined geographic area, by the use of a first mobile-node identifier code, the apparatus comprising: an identifier code request generator embodied at the mobile node, said identifier code request generator selectably operable to generate a request for communication to the network part, the request generated by said identifier code generator requesting a first, short dialing code, which identifies, to the network part, the first service center; an indexer embodied at the mobile node, said indexer for indexing the first short dialing code that identifies, at the mobile node, the first service center, together with a corresponding first network-part identifier code returned to the mobile node responsive to the request generated by said identifier code request generator; and a transposer coupled to said indexer and selectably operable responsive to initiation of call placement by the user of the call to the first service center using the first mobile-node identifier code, used by the user pursuant to the initiation, into the first network-part identifier code.