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Mobile communication system which prohibits service to a mobile station having an ID number upon receiving a non-coincidence notice from the mobile station
Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1997-01-21
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Granted: 1998-05-12
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Expires: 2017-01-21
Abstract
Abstract A mobile communication system intended to early detect unlawful mobile station. User information about accumulated call account is totaled by the network and the mobile station individually so as to be subjected to a comparison to found an unlawful mobile station.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Ueno
- 👤 Takeshi Kunugi
- 👤 Kazuya Ohyama
- 👤 Hiroomi Yazaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 16:44
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W36/00; H04W36/34; H04W36/36; H04W36/365; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04W76/00; H04W76/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
246 words
A mobile communication system comprising: a mobile communication network comprising a mobile service switching center, a plurality of base control stations, each connected to the mobile service switching center, and a plurality of base stations controlled by the base control station; and a mobile station located in a cell of a base station, for communicating control data for placing a call via a control channel and a talk signal via a talk channel to the mobile station's own base station, wherein the mobile communication network comprises: a user information storing means for storing user information corresponding to an ID number of the mobile station, said user information changing each time a particular service to the mobile station being provided; and a user information notifying means for notifying information including said user information to the mobile station each predetermined time; and a service prohibiting means for prohibiting said service to the mobile station having said ID number upon receiving a non-coincidence notice from the mobile station, and the mobile station comprises: a mobile station user information storing means for renewing and storing said user information, said user information changing each time said particular service being requested; and a non-coincidence notifying means for comparing said user information notified at said predetermined time to the mobile station's own base station from the mobile communication network with said independently stored user information so as to notify the mobile communication network of a non-coincidence when the comparison result is not coincident.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
246 words
A mobile communication system comprising: a mobile communication network comprising a mobile service switching center, a plurality of base control stations, each connected to the mobile service switching center, and a plurality of base stations controlled by the base control station; and a mobile station located in a cell of a base station, for communicating control data for placing a call via a control channel and a talk signal via a talk channel to the mobile station's own base station, wherein the mobile communication network comprises: a user information storing means for storing user information corresponding to an ID number of the mobile station, said user information changing each time a particular service to the mobile station being provided; and a user information notifying means for notifying information including said user information to the mobile station each predetermined time; and a service prohibiting means for prohibiting said service to the mobile station having said ID number upon receiving a non-coincidence notice from the mobile station, and the mobile station comprises: a mobile station user information storing means for renewing and storing said user information, said user information changing each time said particular service being requested; and a non-coincidence notifying means for comparing said user information notified at said predetermined time to the mobile station's own base station from the mobile communication network with said independently stored user information so as to notify the mobile communication network of a non-coincidence when the comparison result is not coincident.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
122 words
A mobile communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein said particular service is a call service placed by the mobile station; said user information stored by the network is a first accumulated amount of fee at said mobile station ID number; said predetermined time is a moment at which said call placed from the mobile station is terminated; information to be notified to the mobile station is a fee of each call and said first accumulated amount of said fee; and said user information to be independently renewed by the mobile station is a second accumulation fee which is an independent accumulation of said fee of each call notified from the network each time said fee of each call was notified.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
96 words
A mobile communication system as recited in claim 1, wherein said particular service is reception of a call placed by the mobile station; said user information stored by the network is a number of times of receiving calls placed by the mobile station within a predetermined period; said predetermined time is a moment at which a broadcasting information is transmitted via a control channel from the network; and said user information to be independently renewed by the mobile station is a quantity of requests for placing calls from the own mobile station within a predetermined period.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
237 words
A mobile communication system comprising: a mobile communication network comprising a mobile service switching center, a plurality of base control stations, each connected to the mobile service switching center, and a plurality of base stations controlled by the base control station; and a mobile station located in a cell of a base station, for communicating control data for placing a call via a control channel and a talk signal via a talk channel to the mobile station's own base station, location of said mobile station being registered in the network for the mobile station to be paged, wherein the mobile communication network further comprises: a location number storing means for storing, upon request for location number registration, a location number of a location area in which the mobile station is located, in accordance with an ID number of the mobile station; a service prohibiting means for comparing the latest location number notified upon a request for placing a call from the mobile station with said location number stored in the network, and for prohibiting said service to the mobile station having said ID number when the compared result shows non-equality, and the mobile station further comprises: a location number storing means for storing a location number at the latest location number registration; and a latest location number notifying means for notifying, in placing a call, said stored location number to the network as said latest location number.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
237 words
A mobile communication system comprising: a mobile communication network comprising a mobile service switching center, a plurality of base control stations, each connected to the mobile service switching center, and a plurality of base stations controlled by the base control station; and a mobile station located in a cell of a base station, for communicating control data for placing a call via a control channel and a talk signal via a talk channel to the mobile station's own base station, location of said mobile station being registered in the network for the mobile station to be paged, wherein the mobile communication network further comprises: a location number storing means for storing, upon request for location number registration, a location number of a location area in which the mobile station is located, in accordance with an ID number of the mobile station; a service prohibiting means for comparing the latest location number notified upon a request for placing a call from the mobile station with said location number stored in the network, and for prohibiting said service to the mobile station having said ID number when the compared result shows non-equality, and the mobile station further comprises: a location number storing means for storing a location number at the latest location number registration; and a latest location number notifying means for notifying, in placing a call, said stored location number to the network as said latest location number.
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