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Details

Inventors: Mills, James L.;
Assignee: Ericsson Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC)
Primary Examiner: Cosimano; Edward R.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Jenkens & Gilchrist

A mobile terminal is sold to a mobile subscriber without encoding a particular home location register address. When the mobile subscriber turns the mobile terminal for the first time, the mobile switching center (MSC) serving the geographic area covering the mobile terminal's current location ascertains the associated HLR network address and communicates that HLR network address to the mobile terminal via a Short Message Service (SMS) message. The mobile terminal receives the SMS message, extracts the newly assigned HLR network address and stores the address in a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card memory register. Whenever mobile terminal identification is requested by a visited MSC, the International Mobile Subscriber Identity along with the stored HLR network address are transmitted to the visited MSC. The visited MSC analyzes the HLR network address to locate and request the necessary subscriber information from the home HLR.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention provides a method and apparatus for programming an address of the associated home location register (HLR) for a particular mobile terminal within a mobile telecommunications system.
A mobile switching center (MSC) connected to a selected HLR communicates the network address representing the selected HLR to a particular mobile terminal using a message transmitted via an over-the-air communications link.
The mobile terminal receives the transmitted HLR network address and stores it in a memory register located within a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card.
Whenever the mobile subscriber initiates a service request to utilize telecommunications service and the mobile subscriber is unknown in the MSC, the IMSI number along with the stored HLR network address are requested by and transmitted to the MSC serving that particular geographic area covering the mobile terminal's current location.
By analyzing the received IMSI number along with the HLR network address, the serving MSC is able to determine which HLR has the requisite subscription information regarding that particular mobile terminal.
In one aspect, the present invention provides a system for transmitting an HLR network address from a MSC toward a mobile terminal via a Short Message System (SMS) message.
In another aspect, the present invention provides a system for transmitting an HLR network address from a MSC toward a mobile terminal via an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) message.
In still another aspect, the present invention provides a system for storing the associated HLR network address in a SIM card attached to the mobile terminal.
A still further aspect, the present invention provides a system for updating the HLR network address stored in a SIM card attached to the mobile terminal.
A still further aspect, the present invention provides a system for retrieving and transmitting the stored HLR network address from the mobile terminal to a MSC serving the current geographic area

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