Location and events reporting in a wireless telecommunications network
OwnerLaurie M. Jampolsky, Douglas A. Bagarozy +1inventors
InventorsLaurie M. Jampolsky, Douglas A. Bagarozy, Von K. McConnell
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Abstract
A wireless telecommunications network (10) that is operable to collect and report data relating to the status and use of a wireless phone (34) or other telecommunications device in near real-time in response to data collection requests made by subscribers or other authorized persons.
Claims23
A method of collecting and reporting data relating to a telecommunications device served by a network, wherein the network includes a switching center and a control point, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a data collection request relating to the telecommunications device;
- (b) setting a trigger in the switching center for the telecommunications device;
- (c) launching a query from the switching center to the control point in response to triggering of the trigger;
- (d) sending a data collection query from the control point to the switching center in accordance with the data collection request;
- (e) sending data relating to the telecommunications device from the switching center in response to the data collection query;
- (f) collecting the data relating to the telecommunications device;
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- (g) reporting the data.
A method of collecting and reporting data relating to a telecommunications device served by a network, wherein the network includes a switching center and a control point, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a data collection request relating to the telecommunications device;
- (b) launching a query to the control point;
- (c) sending a data collection query from the control point to the switching center in accordance with the data collection request;
- (d) collecting data relating to the telecommunications device from the switching center in response to the data collection query;
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- (e) reporting the data.
A method of collecting and reporting data relating to a telecommunications device served by a network, wherein the network includes a switching center and a control point, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a template in the form of a World Wide Web document adapted to facilitate creation and transmittal of a data collection request for data relating to the telecommunications device, wherein the data collection request specifies a particular type of data to be reported;
- (b) receiving the data collection request relating to the telecommunications device;
- (c) launching a query to the control point;
- (d) sending a data collection query from the control point to the switching center in accordance with the data collection request;
- (e) collecting data relating to the telecommunications device from the switching center in response to the data collection query;
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- (f) reporting the data in the form of a World Wide Web document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.