Patent ID: 6144849
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
An over-the-air service provisioning (OTASP) system for provisioning service for a mobile telephone through a mobile switching center (MSC) communicating with the mobile telephone over a wireless network, comprising:a server platform having a single server computer system connected for communication to at least one MSC over a SS7 signaling network;one or more instances of an OTASP computer program executing on the server platform, wherein each instance handles OTASP for a different type of wireless service;a plurality of client platforms;at least one client computer program executing on each client platform;the client computer program and the OTASP computer program connected over a computer network in a client-server architecture;each instance of OTASP computer program supporting one or more OTASP sessions, wherein each session is initiated by one of the client programs, and wherein each session includes the steps of:a) the client program sending a request to the instance of the OTASP computer program over the computer network;b) in response to the request from the client program, the OTASP computer program sending a request to a MSC over the SS7 signaling network;c) in response to the request from the OTASP computer program, the MSC sending a request to the mobile telephone over-the-air;d) in response to the request from the MSC, the mobile telephone sending a reply to the OTASP computer program over-the-air;e) in response to the reply from the mobile telephone, the MSC sending a reply to the OTASP computer program over the SS7 signaling network; andf) in response to the reply from the MSC, the OTASP computer program sending a reply to the client program over the computer network; andwherein the requests and responses sent between the client computer program, the OTASP computer program and the MSC accomplishes the service provisioning of a mobile telephone over-the-air.