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US 7,680,488 B2Granted
Apparatus for notification in a cellular communication system
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsAnthony O'Leary, Paul McCann, Joseph M. O'Connor
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AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsAnthony O'Leary, Paul McCann, Joseph M. O'Connor
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A notification apparatus 201 for a cellular communication system 100 comprises a call detector 209 which detects a communication initialization involving a first subscriber 101. A notification processor 211 determines if a communication notification requirement is stored for the first subscriber. If so, the notification processor proceeds to determine a second subscriber 115 associated with the first subscriber and the communication notification requirement. A notification message generator 215 then generates a notification message and transmits this to the second subscriber. The notification message comprises an indication of the communication initialization and may specifically be a text message indicating the nature of the communication and the involved parties.
A notification apparatus for a cellular communication system, the apparatus comprising:
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Monitoring or handling of messages: providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
Arrangements for supervision, monitoring or testing: call monitoring, e.g. for law enforcement purposes; Call tracing; Detection or prevention of…
Calling party identification service: notifying the called party of information on the calling party
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: message…
Term ended 27 Mar 2026 (estimated)
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for notification in a cellular communication system and in particular to notification of a communication initialisation to subscribers.
In recent years, a plethora of new communication services has become available to the general consumer and this has led to a change in the communication behaviour and habits for many people. In particular the younger generation has quickly and enthusiastically adopted new means of communication and consequently the behaviour and interactions have changed substantially for especially this group of users.
For example, it has become common to interact with other users through mobile stations of cellular communication system using for example voice based or text based communications including for example messaging services such as text based messaging (e.g. a Short Messaging Service) or multimedia based messaging(e.g. a Multimedia Messaging Service).
Embodiments of the invention will be described, by way of example only, with reference to the drawings, in which
FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a cellular communication system in which embodiments of the invention may be employed;
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of Radio Network Controller comprising a notification apparatus in accordance with some embodiments of the invention;
The following description focuses on embodiments of the invention applicable to a UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) cellular communication system but it will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to this application but may be applied to many other cellular communication systems including for example a GSM (Global System for Mobile communication system) cellular communication system.
FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a cellular communication system 100 in which embodiments of the invention may be employed.
In a cellular communication system, a geographical region is divided into a number of cells each of which is served by a base station. The base stations are interconnected by a fixed network which can communicate data between the base stations. A mobile station is served via a radio communication link by the base station of the cell within which the mobile station is situated.