Patent ID: 6160995
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A method for uniform call termination treatment in a global telecommunications network, the network including subscribers with wireless subscriber units, comprising the steps of:(a) receiving calls for the wireless subscriber units for the global telecommunications network;(b) determining unconnected calls that cannot be connected to their respective wireless subscriber units;(c) routing the unconnected calls to a message origination controller;(d) uniformly providing each caller of the unconnected calls an option to leave a voice message, a numeric message, or a text message for a respective subscriber, wherein the providing step (d) comprises the steps of:(d1) determining if the respective subscriber has network voice mail service;(d2) determining if the respective subscriber has network numeric messaging service;(d3) uniformly providing each of the callers of the unconnected calls with a first option to leave a voice message and a second option to leave a text message if the respective subscriber has network voicemail service;(d4) uniformly providing each of the callers of the unconnected calls with the second option to leave a text message and a third option to leave a numeric message if the respective subscriber has the network numeric messaging service;(d5) storing each of the caller's messages at the message origination controller; and(e) delivering the message to the respective subscriber.