System and method for providing menu data using a communication network
Assignee@Track Communications, Inc.
InventorsWilliam C. Kennedy, III, Dale E. Beasley, Terry S. Parker, Thomas D. Russell, William C. Saunders
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Abstract
A communication system includes mobile units, a network switching center, and service centers to provide a variety of enhanced services to the mobile units. In one embodiment, a service center communicates menu data to a mobile unit using a voice network. The mobile unit displays at a user interface menu options generated in response to the menu data communicated by the service center. Selecting a menu option at the user interface enables a function associated with traditional or enhanced services.
Claims31
A communication system, comprising:
- a mobile unit coupled to a communication network, the mobile unit comprising a user interface operable to display a plurality of menu options specified by menu data, wherein the mobile unit communicates a service message in response to a selection of a menu option at the user interface, the service message specifying a call type associated with a service enabled by the selected menu option;
- and
- a server coupled to the communication network and operable to:
- communicate the menu data to the mobile unit using the communication network;
- store a profile table that relates the mobile unit to a plurality of service centers;
- receive the service message communicated by the mobile unit;
- select one of the service centers using the profile table and the call type specified in the service message;
- and
- establish a communication session between the mobile unit and the selected service center using the communication network.
A communication method, comprising:
- communicating menu data from a server to a mobile unit using a communication network such that a user interface of the mobile unit displays a plurality of menu options specified by the menu data;
- storing a profile table that relates the mobile unit to a plurality of service centers;
- receiving a service message communicated by the mobile unit, the service message specifying a call type associated with a service enabled by a selected menu option;
- selecting one of the service centers using the profile table and the call type specified in the service message;
- and
- establishing a communication session between the mobile unit and the selected service center using the communication network.
A server coupled to a mobile unit using a communication network, the server comprising:
- a memory operable to store a profile table that relates the mobile unit to a plurality of service centers;
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- a processor coupled to the memory and operable to:
- communicate menu data to the mobile unit using the communication network such that a user interface of the mobile unit displays a plurality of menu options specified by the menu data;
- receive a service message communicated by the mobile unit in response to a selection of a menu option at the user interface, the service message specifying a call type associated with a service enabled by the selected menu option;
- select one of the service centers using the profile table and the call type specified in the service message;
- and
- initiate establishing a communication session between the mobile unit and the selected service center using the communication network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.