Patent ID: 8620290
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of scheduling and setting up a voice call, comprising steps of: receiving a call scheduling request in a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) in communication with a mobile communication network, sent as a mobile messaging service message addressed to a short code from a user's mobile station through the mobile communication network, wherein the call scheduling request includes a scheduled time for the call and two or more telephone numbers for enabling communication with at least two other parties intended to be on the call; identifying, in the SMSC, an application server associated with the short code to which the mobile messaging service message is addressed; routing the mobile messaging service message from the SMSC through a packet network to a destination address of the identified application server associated with the short code; in response to the routing, receiving in the SMSC from the identified application server through the packet network, a response to the call scheduling request message, wherein the response to the call scheduling request message is automatically transmitted by the application server to the SMSC at the scheduled time; identifying the user's mobile station identified in the response to the call scheduling request message; and routing from the SMSC to the identified user's mobile station through the mobile communication network the response message for automatically initiating, at the scheduled time, set-up of a voice call communication for the user's mobile station using the two or more telephone numbers included in the call scheduling request message, by sending a mobile messaging service message through the mobile communication network to the user's mobile station to cause the user's mobile station to automatically establish the voice call communication from the user's mobile station using the two or more telephone numbers included in the call scheduling request message for the two or more other parties intended to be on the call.