Patent ID: 7653388

Claim:
A method of controlling a mobile communication process in a system where a home mobile switch in a first country and a visitor mobile switch in a second country are interconnected by a telecommunications network to allow a first mobile terminal in the first country to reach a second mobile terminal that is using global roaming service after having moved from the first country to the second country, the method comprising: sending terminal location information of the second mobile terminal from the visitor mobile switch to the home mobile switch; consulting the terminal location information in the home mobile switch when a call request addressed to the second mobile terminal is placed by the first mobile terminal; sending an overseas destination notice from the home mobile switch to the first mobile terminal to indicate that the second mobile terminal is located in the second country; sending an incoming call indication from the home mobile switch to the second mobile terminal via the visitor mobile switch in response to the first mobile terminal requesting the home mobile switch to proceed with the call request after receiving the overseas destination notice; terminating call processing for the call request being placed in response to the first mobile terminal requesting the home mobile switch to cancel the call request after receiving the overseas destination notice; sending a call log record from the home mobile switch to the visitor mobile switch upon receipt of the cancellation of the call request, wherein the call log record indicates that there was a call attempt by the first mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal; and delivering the call log record from the visitor mobile switch to the second mobile terminal in response to a request from the second mobile terminal to the visitor mobile switch; wherein the overseas destination notice includes information about call charge per unit time which is applicable to calls from the first country to the second country, a local time in the second country that indicates when the call request was placed, or a combination thereof.