Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Roamware, Inc.

Globetouch, Inc.

International Thinklink Corporation

Mobileum, Inc.

John Yue Jiang

Stephen C O'Neal

David Gillot

Zongwei Han

The present invention provides a method and system for trading exchange to facilitate local data services for roaming users. The trading exchange includes an ecosystem of a plurality of operators, having home network (HPMN) and visited network (VPMN) operators. The trading exchange further includes a gateway for facilitating local data services for users, where the user is roaming in VPMN, by configuring a Domane Name Resolution (DNS) of the VPMN's Gateway General Packet Radio System (GPRS) Support Node (GGSN) for its users. The trading exchange further includes an interface maintaining a bi-directional connection with the gateway to exchange information related to the roaming services, and a bi-directional connection with users via their mobile devices' user interface.

Trading exchange for local data services

The present invention provides a method for providing roaming services to an HPMN's prepaid subscriber. The method includes facilitating the prepaid subscriber's registration at a VPMN by an SG, despite absence of the prepaid subscriber's roaming profile at an HPMN HLR. The HPMN and the VPMN are part of one or more partner networks and are unable to support IN protocol/agreement. The SG is deployed at either the HPMN, or an HPMN's MVNO, or a hub operator. The method further includes enabling mobile communication of the prepaid subscriber in the VPMN by the SG that converts protocol of all signaling messages, corresponding to the prepaid subscriber, into a format compatible with the HPMN. The method further includes billing the prepaid subscriber based on pre-defined criteria by using the SG that interfaces with an HPMN PPS via either: an HPMN SCP, or an HPMN service node, or an HPMN SMSC.

Method and system for providing roaming services to prepaid roamers of a home network

The present invention provides a method for enabling support of IN services for an HPMN's outbound roamer. The method provides a client-server architecture that enables exchange of messages between a client coupled to the outbound roamer's mobile device and a gateway coupled to the HPMN network. The method includes enabling a client on the outbound roamer's mobile device after successful registration of the outbound roamer with a VPMN and based on exchange of one or more parameters, encapsulated over one or more bearers, with a gateway. Moreover, the HPMN and the VPMN do not support either exchange of IN messages or an IN agreement. The method further includes facilitating communication between the client and an HPMN service node or an HPMN SCP, via the gateway that facilitates communication by translating the encapsulated IN messages in a protocol compatible with either the service node or the SCP. The method further includes managing the IN services using the gateway and either the service node or the SCP, by updating the outbound roamer's one or more traffic control conditions at the client.

Method and system for providing CAMEL services to a home network's outbound roamer without need for CAMEL support or agreement

A computer-implemented control center for permitting a subscriber of a plurality of communication services of a unified mess aging system to customize communication options pertaining to the plurality of communication services. The communication options include parameters associated with individual ones of the plurality of the communication services and routings among the plurality of communication services. The plurality of communication services comprise a voice telephone service through a telephony-centric network and an e-mail service through a data-centric network. The communication options are accessible via display terminals coupled to the data-centric network and via telephones coupled to the telephony-centric network.

Centralized communication control center and methods therefor

A computer-implemented method for permitting a subscriber of a call forwarding service to customize call forwarding parameters associated with the call forwarding service. The call forwarding service being configured to permit the subscriber to specify whether a call received at a telephone number associated with a given account of the call forwarding service be forwarded to a forwarding telephone number. The call forwarding parameters includes a call forwarding enable option and the forwarding telephone number. The method includes providing a subscriber communication profile database. The subscriber communication profile database has therein the account pertaining to the subscriber. The account includes the call forwarding parameters for the subscriber. The method further includes visually displaying the call forwarding parameters on a display terminal coupled to a data-centric network, using a computer server coupled to exchange data with the subscriber communication profile database, when the subscriber employs the display terminal to access the account. There is also included receiving from the subscriber via the display terminal a first change to the call forwarding parameters. The first change to the call forwarding parameters pertains to at least one of the call forwarding enable option and the forwarding telephone number. Further, there is included updating the first change to the account in the subscriber communication profile database, wherein subsequent calls to the given account are handled in accordance with parameters present in the subscriber communication profile database after the update.

Computer-implemented call forwarding options and methods therefor in a unified messaging system

A computer-implemented control center for permitting a subscriber of a plurality of communication services of a unified messaging system to customize communication options pertaining to the communication services through either a telephony-centric network using a telephone or a data-centric network using a display terminal is disclosed. The computer implemented control center includes a subscriber communication profile database having therein an account pertaining to the subscriber. The account includes the communication options for the subscriber. The communication options include parameters associated with individual ones of the communication services and routings among the communication services. There is also included a computer server coupled to exchange data with the subscriber communication profile database. The computer server is configured to visually display the communication options on the display terminal when the subscriber employs the display terminal to access the computer-implemented control center through the data-centric network. The computer server is also configured to receive from the subscriber via the display terminal a first change to the communication options and to update the first change to the account in the subscriber communication profile database. There is also included a telephony server coupled to exchange data with the communication profile database. The telephony server is configured to audibly represent the communication options to the telephone when the subscriber employs the telephone to access the computer-implemented control center. The telephony server is also configured to receive from the subscriber via the telephone a second change to the communication options and to update the second change to the account in the subscriber communication profile database.

Centralized communication control center for visually and audibly updating communication options associated with communication services of a unified messaging system and methods therefor

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