Patent ID: 9008632
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a mobile station, comprising the steps of: detecting user input of a selected one of a plurality of destination numbers on the mobile station, each of the destination numbers corresponding to one of a plurality of account related services; responsive to the user input detecting, intercepting outgoing communication to a destination otherwise associated with the one detected destination number; responsive to the communication intercepting, executing a self-service application on the mobile station to transfer the communication via a wireless communication network to a self service server requesting authentication of the mobile station to the wireless communication network; if the mobile station is authenticated to the network, obtaining from the server, via the communication through the network, account specific data for a user account associated with the mobile station and specific to the account related service corresponding to the one detected destination number; based on further execution of the self-service application on the mobile station, presenting a visual display to the user on the mobile station including the data for the user account specific to the account related service corresponding to the one detected destination number; prior to the detecting step: upon first detecting user input of any of the plurality of destination numbers on the mobile station, sending an inquiry through the mobile communication network from the mobile station to determine if service calls to the destination numbers should be intercepted; responsive to an instruction received through the mobile communication network from the server, activating an intercepting function on the mobile station to enable intercepting of outgoing communications responsive to user inputs of the plurality of destination numbers; and responsive to another instruction received through the mobile communication network from the server, deactivating the intercepting function on the mobile station to disable intercepting of outgoing communications responsive to user inputs of the plurality of destination numbers.