System and method for real-time interactive selection of call treatment in a radio telecommunications network

In a radio telecommunications network, a method of providing real-time call-treatment instructions from a user to the network for handling an incoming call to the user's mobile station (MS), said method comprising the steps of:

• sending call information regarding the incoming call from a mobile switching center (MSC) to the MS;
• activating a browser in the MS to display a pop-up menu showing the user the call information and call-treatment options for the incoming call;
• registering a call-treatment option selected by the user for the incoming call;
• sending the user's selected call-treatment option for the incoming call from the MS to the MSC;
• sending the user's selected call-treatment option for the incoming call from the MSC to a network service node;
• and
• routing the incoming call in accordance with the user's selected call-treatment option for the incoming call.

A system for interactively selecting call treatment in real time for an incoming call in a radio telecommunications network, said system comprising:

• a mobile station that includes:
• a browser application that presents call information regarding the incoming call and call-treatment options for the incoming call to a user;
• means for a user to select a call-treatment option for the incoming call;
• and
• means for sending the selected call-treatment option for the incoming call to a mobile switching center (MSC);
• a function within the MSC for selectively directing a message with the call-treatment option for the incoming call to a service node;
• and
• a server within the service node that receives the message from the MSC and translates the selected call-treatment option for the incoming call into service scripts understood by the service node.