Patent ID: 6570973
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A system for alerting a user who has a first wireless communication unit with an identifier used for communication routing, comprising:a. a first wireless network element operative: (1) to receive a communication directed to a second communication unit, wherein said communication comprises a dialed number; (2) to translate said dialed number to a number used to process said communication; (3) to request communication processing instructions from a second network element; b. the second network element being in communication with the first wireless network element, the second network element being operative: (1) to trigger a query wherein the number used to process said communication is used to identify a switch serving the second communication unit to determine the type of communication to the second communication unit; (2) if the communication is a toll call, to provide instructions to the first wireless network element to provide the user notification concerning the type of communication; and (3) if the user desires to complete the call, to provide the communication processing instructions to the first wireless network element.