Patent ID: 6922562

Claim:
A method for providing information services to a wireless device roaming in a wireless system, comprising the steps of: obtaining normal network message traffic information from the wireless system, and transmitting the normal network message traffic information to a protocol converter; in the protocol converter, extracting roamer information from the normal network message traffic information, and converting the roamer information into a protocol analyzer format; transmitting a query to a Mobile Switching Center requesting information regarding the wireless device's serving cell; receiving information regarding the wireless device's serving cell; combining the information regarding the wireless device's serving cell with the converted roamer information to form a roamer trigger; transmitting the roamer trigger to a protocol analyzer; in the protocol analyzer, extracting specific information pieces regarding the wireless device; transmitting the extracted specific information pieces to a data interpreter; in the data interpreter, translating the specific information pieces into format needed to determine a message to be sent to the wireless device; and transmitting the specific information pieces to a message selection and delivery system.