Location dependent service for mobile telephones

A subscriber information processing system of a mobile telephone network including:

• for each subscriber, a respective database record including data defining a plurality of service profiles to be provided to the subscriber,
• detection means for detecting a characteristic of the circumstances of the subscriber's mobile telephone,
• means for selecting one of the plurality of service profiles of the subscriber's database record in accordance with the circumstance detected, and
• means for transmitting the selected service profile to a temporary store for controlling the operation of the mobile station,
• wherein the database record comprises a first service profile in which a specified service function is implemented in a first component type, and a second service profile in which the specified service function is implemented in a second component type.

A system for processing information relating to a mobile telephone, the system comprising:

• a home mobile telephone network which establishes wireless communication with the mobile telephone when the mobile telephone has a location such that the mobile telephone is registered with the home mobile telephone network;
• and
• a visitor mobile telephone network which establishes wireless communication with the mobile telephone when the mobile telephone has a location such that the mobile telephone is registered with the visitor mobile telephone network;
• wherein the home mobile telephone network includes a database record having a first service profile for the mobile telephone and a second service profile for the mobile telephone which is different than the first service profile;
• and
• one of the first and second service profiles is automatically selected for controlling operation of the mobile telephone based on which one of the home and visitor mobile telephone networks the mobile telephone is currently registered to so that the first service profile is automatically selected if the mobile telephone is currently registered to the home mobile telephone network and the second service profile is automatically selected if the mobile telephone is currently registered to the visitor mobile telephone network.

A method of processing information relating to a mobile telephone, the method comprising:

• establishing wireless communication between a home mobile telephone network and the mobile telephone when the mobile telephone has a location such that the mobile telephone is registered with the home mobile telephone network;
• and
• establishing wireless communication between a visitor mobile telephone network and the mobile telephone when the mobile telephone has a location such that the mobile telephone is registered with the visitor mobile telephone network;
• and
• storing a first service profile for the mobile telephone and a second service profile for the mobile telephone which is different than the first service profile in a database record, the database record being a part of the home mobile telephone network;
• and
• wherein one of the first and second service profiles is automatically selected for controlling operation of the mobile telephone based on which one of the home and visitor mobile telephone networks the mobile telephone is currently registered to so that the first service profile is automatically selected if the mobile telephone is currently registered to the home mobile telephone network and the second service profile is automatically selected if the mobile telephone is currently registered to the visitor mobile telephone network.