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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 2001
Xiaohong Mao, Allen, TX (US);
Hans Erik van Elburg, Oosterhout, NL;
Kiran Harpanhalli, Richardson, TX (US);
Tahir Hussain, Dallas, TX (US);
Ericsson Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and arrangements facilitate information interexchange between a telecommunications network and an information service provider. For example, a business-to-business (B2B) engine includes one or more logic modules for interfacing with the telecommunications network and with the information service provider. The B2B engine facilitates the reporting of, e.g., realtime information from the telecommunications network to the information service provider. This realtime information may include subscriber unit location that is proactively sent by the subscriber unit to the B2B engine for forwarding to the information service provider. To avoid possibly congesting the telecommunications network, the B2B engine is empowered to monitor the number of proactively-transmitted location messages and to limit them if they exceed a defined threshold.