Patent ID: 6292656
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: H04M,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A method for setting up a call in a telecommunications system comprising:signaling from a telephone to a local network;signaling from a local network to a wireless enhanced service platform;sending a query for one or more prepaid call parameters from the wireless enhanced service platform to a home location register;sending a query for a prepaid access forwarding temporary local directory number from the home location register to a mobile switching center;sending the prepaid access forwarding temporary local directory number from the mobile switching center to the home location register;sending prepaid call parameters, including the prepaid access forwarding temporary local directory number, from the home location register to the wireless enhanced service platform;encapsulating by the wireless enhanced service platform one or more prepaid call parameters relating to a wireless call within a super generic digit field of an initial address message; andsending the initial address message with the prepaid call parameters encapsulated within the super generic digit field of the initial address message from the wireless enhanced service platform to a prepaid platform, the prepaid platform determining whether a subscriber corresponding to the prepaid call parameters has an account with sufficient funds, and when there are not sufficient funds in the account, the prepaid platform initiates releasing of the wireless call, and when there are sufficient funds in the account, the prepaid platform initiates completion of the call.