RU2003118452A

RU2003118452A - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING TELEPHONE CALLS ADDRESSED BY UNAVAILABLE MOBILE PHONES

Info

Publication number: RU2003118452A
Application number: RU2003118452/09A
Authority: RU
Inventors: Паоло МУРРИ; Марио БИЦЦИ; Микеле ПАЛЕРМО
Original assignee: Телеком Италия Мобиле С.П.А.
Priority date: 2000-12-22
Filing date: 2001-12-11
Publication date: 2004-12-10

Claims

1. A method for processing a telephone call from a calling subscriber to a mobile radiotelephone of a called subscriber, the method comprises the steps of I - determining whether the called subscriber is unavailable due to the fact that the mobile phone is in the mute mode, or due to the lack of a radio signal, and if the call forwarding device to the answering machine service or another telephone number does not work, II - if confirmed, the telephone call is routed from the switching unit to the device for storing and managing With regard to the telephone call, III — extract the telephone number of the calling subscriber from the alarm component of the routed telephone call and record this telephone number and time / date of the telephone call in the list of numbers, IV — issue a delivery message to the switching node so that this switching node can release phonical telephone call channel, V - determine whether the mobile phone of the called subscriber is again available, VI - in case of confirmation send an SMS message containing onny number and time / date of the telephone call, VII - pass with SMS service center to the mobile phone of the called subscriber an SMS message indicating the phone number and time / date of the telephone call.

2. The method for processing a telephone call according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises the stage of IV ’sending a polite message to the caller informing him that the called subscriber is unavailable.

3. The method of processing a telephone call according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that in step III further a) check whether the telephone number of the calling subscriber is included in the list of numbers, b) if confirmed, replace the time / date of the last previous telephone number in the list of numbers call made by the caller, time / date of the phone call, c) otherwise add the phone number of the caller and the time / date of the phone call at the end of the list of numbers.

4. The method of processing a telephone call according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that in step VI further a) a list of numbers is divided into groups, each of which contains a combination of recorded telephone numbers and time / data of previous telephone calls, and b) for each of these groups, a message is sent to the called subscriber, containing a set of recorded phone numbers and time / data.

5. A device for storing and managing data related to a telephone call addressed to the called mobile phone when the latter is in the off mode, or when the radio signal does not reach the mobile phone, characterized in that it comprises means capable of interacting with the switching nodes of the mobile communication network and suitable for retrieving the caller’s phone number from the phone call signaling component, means for storing and processing the extracted phone number and time / date of the telephone call, means capable of interacting with the HLR of the mobile network to request notification of the return of the called mobile phone to an area reachable for radio signals, means capable of interacting with the SMS center of the mobile network to send an SMS message to the called mobile phone, returned to the area achievable for radio signals, the SMS message containing the extracted phone number and time / date of the phone call.