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EP0894407A1 - Messagerie et methode de commutation specifiques aux applications sans fil - Google Patents

Messagerie et methode de commutation specifiques aux applications sans fil

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EP0894407A1
EP0894407A1 EP96911680A EP96911680A EP0894407A1 EP 0894407 A1 EP0894407 A1 EP 0894407A1 EP 96911680 A EP96911680 A EP 96911680A EP 96911680 A EP96911680 A EP 96911680A EP 0894407 A1 EP0894407 A1 EP 0894407A1
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application specific
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wireless communication
control channel
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Christoph Karl Ladue
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Aeris Communications Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W76/00—Connection management
    • H04W76/20—Manipulation of established connections
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/40—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game characterised by details of platform network
    • A63F2300/406—Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W68/00—User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W76/00—Connection management
    • H04W76/10—Connection setup
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W92/00—Interfaces specially adapted for wireless communication networks
    • H04W92/02—Inter-networking arrangements

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to systems for transmitting and receiving two-way wireless data messages. More specifically, the invention relates to methods for data transfer through control channels, access channels, digital traffic channels, and switches of wireless communications systems.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • the network envisioned could provide application specific services such as two-way paging, motor vehicle fleet management, motor vehicle anti-theft and recovery, shipping container tracking, railroad system management, personnel tracking and location, home arrest, public utility system management, highway call box add-on services, remote traffic signal control, private and commercial building security system status reporting, anti-kidnapping, child protection, keep aways, point-of-sales, credit card verification, automatic teller, and a myriad of other application specific short packet data communication services.
  • these application specific systems can be location based by integrating Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and other location computing systems into the architecture of specially designed communication apparatuses.
  • GPS Global Positioning System
  • Other location systems could be utilized and integrated into apparatuses which are direcdy applicable to the present invention's operational scheme.
  • Such location apparatuses can be read from control channels, digital control channels, digital access channels, and application specific asynchronous and synchronous data messages that are sent within the operating protocol of digital traffic channels over cellular and PCS base stations to mobile communications, and instructed to perform certain positioning and location reporting tasks. Such tasks would be received from and transmitted back to said control channels.
  • Other application specific service apparatus can be non-location in design and operation and provide direct communication of status, and a non-location apparatus can be instructed to perform certain tasks, over the respective control channels in use that are used in a particular starswitched communications system.
  • the system and apparatuses of the present invention provide a unique, simple and elegant solution to solving Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), Personal Communications Systems (PCS) and Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) infrastructure upgrade and cellular inter-system compatibility problems, in terms of technical, logistical and operational issues which are significantly limiting the non-voice wireless data communications industry at present.
  • the present invention also provides an economical and technically efficient means of delivering heretofore mentioned application specific services to the Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) Industry (NEXTELL), the Motorola Integrated Radio System (MIRS), and other related systems.
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • NXTELL Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • MIRS Motorola Integrated Radio System
  • the method and apparatuses of the present invention provide the technical and logistical means of providing application specific services to any communications standard which operates on wireless networks or which depends upon a centralized control model, or operations based on centralized subscriber specific authentication, registration, and inter-system control data channel, and digital signalhng architecture.
  • the present invention provides, for the first time, a system and apparatus which utilizes and exploits physical and logical control channel, digital traffic channel and digital access channel communication pathways for the purpose of direcdy sending and receiving data messages, and which direcdy communicates by radio link an entire Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) or Enhanced Mobile Radio (ESMR) network for the purpose of commercially operating heretofore mentioned applications for specific services that are directly controlled and communicated with on control channels that do not require any voice channel usage operations.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Mobile Radio
  • two-way data transmission can be fully accomplished without any voice channel set-up or access attempted.
  • An entire one-way and two-way message communicative act can be accomplished during the initialization and idle mode, as well as sending data bursts over Digital Traffic Channels and Digital Access Channels that take nano seconds to initialize and complete.
  • This method can be added to existing Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), Enhanced Mobile Radio (ESMR), and Mobile Satellite (MS) system radio sets and entire networks.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Mobile Radio
  • MS Mobile Satellite
  • Control channel pathways and communications protocols have, up to die present time, been limited to registration, authentication, anti-fraud, intemal system management roaming processes, voice encryption, and other related services, and in no way have been used to communicate application specific messaging directly to Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), Personal Communication Systems (PCS), and Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) communicator apparatus, or to a communicator apparatus capable of sending application specific messages to control channels by direct radio link, without specialized modems.
  • Such control channel data management presently involves many processes such as communicator apparatus control, which includes power control, voice quality control, and control and voice channel switching. Channel switching procedures are utilized for u e purpose of maintaining the strongest signal on the strongest usable control channels, digital traffic channels, digital access channels, and voice channels, as well as other related processes.
  • control channel data bits such as Mobile Identification Numbers (MIN), which are the ten-digit thirty-two bit telephone directory numbers assigned to Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) and Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) subscriber communication units.
  • MIN Mobile Identification Numbers
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • the present invention adds multi-bit application specific messaging to the control channels of said network systems. Additional control channel data bits the present invention manipulates, translates and encrypts are Shared Secret Data, A Key
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Mobile Radio
  • the system and apparatus of present invention require no expensive subscriber- specific end user equipment; nor do they require specialized modems or other cumbersome and expensive interface equipment.
  • the present invention is fully digital but operates on existing analog cellular, digital cellular, digital PCS, enhanced specialized radio equipment, and satellite system apparatus. This feature of the present invention is important, simply because all data control channels in use in the world today are essentially digital.
  • control channels are routinely called Forward Analog Control Channels, Reverse Control Channels, or Digital Traffic Channels, which include Fast Associated Control Channels, Slow Associated Control Channels, Forward Digital Traffic Channels, Reverse Digital Traffic Channels, Primary Paging Channels, Secondary Control Channels, Secondary Paging Channels, Digital Access Channels, TDMA Data Burst Fields, Access Channel Capsules, and CDMA access channel data burst fields.
  • Other cellular system control channels such as Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) control and Digital Traffic channels, Motorola Integrated Radio system control channels and digital set-up channels, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other cellular telephone and radio systems rely upon control channels and digital access channels for intemal system control and mobile station management.
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
  • the present invention is essentially transparent, regardless of what type of communications network system it is applied too.
  • ESMR Mobile Radio
  • the present invention provides, at a very low cost, an improved wireless communications- specific enabling system which overcomes d e many shortcomings of prior messaging systems. Furthermore, in order to fulfill die need to provide a wireless communication application specific enabling system to the Communications industry without requiring any mobile switching center (MSC) or base station or base transceiver station upgrades, add-ons or revisions, the present invention uniquely and elegantly utilizes the Remote Feature Access Control procedure. This procedure is utilized mroughout die world, for example in Global System for Mobile (GSM), all broadband PCS standards, and in U.S.
  • GSM Global System for Mobile
  • the present invention fully utilizes this feature in a completely novel and elegant manner.
  • the unique usage and protocol procedure so established by the present invention creates a remote access application messaging (RAAM) protocol d at further facilitates a seamless data packet routing protocol dirough any starswitched system that utilizes, for example, a home location register, a visitor location register, and the seamless interconnection protocols so specified in documents such as IS-41, ANSI Standards Tl.l 10 through Tl . 631, and European signalling standards so specified by European Telecommunications Standard technical committees (ETS).
  • the RAAM feature is activated at the switch by the means of initializing a new class of service in the parameter tables.
  • the parameter tables are constantly being updated dirough direct control by man-machine interface (MMI) terminals located at the mobile switching center (MSC), whereby new number classes such as the present invention's wireless communication application specific enabling system (WCASES) identity number (WIN).
  • MMI man-machine interface
  • WASES wireless communication application specific enabling system
  • WIN "looks" like a normal ten-digit mobile identification number (MIN).
  • MIN wireless communication application specific enabling system
  • MIN ten-digit mobile identification number
  • the switch determines that this WIN number is a roamer, then the entire WCASES packet is converted to IS-41-SS7 MAP protocol and sent to the Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS) via the SS7 network.
  • MCMS Master Central Monitoring Station
  • the WIN number cannot be used to place a voice call or receive a voice call from the landline telephone network.
  • the WCASES communicators can use the RAAM feature by unique communicator and Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS) software means that manipulates the data and converts the data into an application specific data.
  • MCMS Master Central Monitoring Station
  • standard dialed digits which are conventionally used for placing mobde to land and mobile to mobile voice channel calls, are manipulated automatically to produce a unique application specific data that supports non-voice communications.
  • the MCMS decodes said manipulated data and derives application specific status data and relevant application specific meaning from die decoding means derived from analyzing the manipulated data contained widiin dialed digit fields, mat "look" to the switch like conventional dialed digits transmitted over control channels, digital traffic channels, and digital access channels, but, in fact the data contained within the dialed digit fields is application specific status and command response data. Additional objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in die description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and obtained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
  • a method for seamlessly transmitting application specific messages over cellular radio system control channels and switches comprising in one embodiment, transmitting application specific messaging bits as a data packet configured to appear as an origination data packet having from eight- to thirty-two-digit fields containing data related to an application specific system utilizing control channel means and cellular switch remote feature control access request means.
  • a method for wireless communication on existing wireless communication networks for manipulation, translation, and encryption of control channel, access channel, and digital traffic channel data bits comprising: taking existing data and manipulating said existing data to create a manipulated data; translating said manipulated data into an application specific message; and applying said application specific message to control and communicate widi an application specific apparatus, whereby wireless communication on said existing wireless communication network is provided without causing disruption, system overload, or limitation on normal system communication.
  • the method for wireless communication is preferably transmitted through a plurality of physical and logical control channels, digital uaffic channels, and digital access channels as direct communications pathways for direct control of application specific communication apparatuses and application specific control and management apparatuses.
  • an apparatus for direct wireless communication on existing wireless communication networks comprising: circuitry and software means for taking existing data and manipulating said existing data to create a manipulated data; means for translating said manipulated data into an application specific message; and means for applying said application specific message to control and communicate with an application specific apparatus, whereby wireless communication on said existing wireless communication network is provided witiiout causing disruption , system overload, or limitation on normal system communication activity.
  • the present invention provides a wireless communications application specific enabling system (WCASES) technology, which provides an efficient and economical means for implementing such wireless data services in applications such as: motor vehicle fleet management, motor vehicle anti-tiieft locating and recovery, personnel management, interactive game data management, cable television data communications, shipping container tracking, railroad system management, point-of-sales, wireless gambling, personnel tracking and locating, home arrest, keep aways, child protection, anti-kidnapping system, outpatient management, remote drug and alcohol testing, diabetic monitoring, blood content, personnel identification, public utility system management, highway call box add-on services, remote traffic signal control, public utility system management, security system status reporting, offshore ship tracking and anti-piracy, robotic system control, medical alert, agricultural system management, vending machines, emergency 911, transmission line condition, roadway lighting status, industrial and motor vehicle emissions reporting, and many other application specific data communications, and system command and control services.
  • the term application specific relates to applications which are data communication specific only, which relate to: Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT),
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • PCS Personal Communications System
  • GSM Global System For Mobile
  • CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
  • PHS Personal Handy Phone System
  • SCH Satellite Cellular Hybrid
  • LEO Low Earth Orbit
  • Inmarsat satellite systems that can integrate and apply die present invention's method and apparatus, which will enable the communications systems to transmit messages to an apparatus which operates as a response to direct commands sent to the apparatus via cellular, PCS, satellite and or existing one-way broadcast paging networks, and die apparatus will perform directed tasks as a response to the commands from paging networks, cell broadcast, digital control channel (DCCH), broadcast control channel (BCCH), and various satellite systems.
  • DCCH digital control channel
  • BCCH broadcast control channel
  • the apparatus also sends data messages which relate to various parameters, conditions, and responses from systems and sensors, that the application specific apparatus is connected to or interfaced with.
  • control and direct communication activity will all occur on physical and logical control channels, digital access channels, and digital traffic channels that are integrated with Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), PCS, GSM, CDMA-PCS, Enhanced Mobile Radio (ESMR) and Satellite Cellular Hybrid (SCH) systems, and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) "brilliant pebbles," and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite systems which utilize physical and logical control channels, digital traffic channels, and digital access channels diat are data specific only in terms of logical communications protocols, and where the contents of the messages are contained within radio frequency carrier wave and wave form.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • PCS Personal Communications Service
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • CDMA-PCS Enhanced Mobile Radio
  • SCH Satellite Cellular Hybrid
  • LEO Low Earth Orbit
  • MEO Medium Earth Orbit
  • the present invention fully utilizes the conventional remote feature access control procedure that is a standard for relaying dialed digit information to a co- located and remote home location register (HLR) that is a service control point (SCP) on SS7, X.25, and ISDN networks in the U.S. and around the world.
  • HLR co- located and remote home location register
  • SCP service control point
  • RAAM Remote Access Application Messaging protocol
  • the present invention utilizes its own HLR type SCP data reception and processing message management system, in a unique application specific manner.
  • die present invention further takes conventionally formatted data that is manipulated data that contains application specific meaning received from a host SS7, or other public switched telephone (PSTN) signalling network, maintaining conventional standards and protocols, and decodes the data at the HLR-SCP point and manages the data in a unique and efficient manner.
  • the decoded data is then relayed to application specific central monitoring stations (ASCMS), also known as service facilitators or bearers for further processing.
  • ASCMS application specific central monitoring stations
  • the WCASES-RAAM feature is deployed in wireless systems without any need to add equipment or provide any costly software revisions to the host wireless provider.
  • the entire system can be configured in a starswitched wireless network wid minimal time and effort, establishing a wireless communication application specific enabling system (WCASES) diat creates a control channel application data (CCAD) driven system.
  • WASES wireless communication application specific enabling system
  • CCAD control channel application data
  • WSN specialized data-only WIN numbers and WCASES serial numbers
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a preferred wireless communications specific enabling method, network, and apparatus according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 shows a block diagram of a preferred wireless communications specific enabling mediod, network, and apparatus, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating the operation of transmittal of manipulated data and translated data into a wireless communications network, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 4 is a flow chart illustrating the method of receiving manipulated and translated data, and die processing of such data, according to die invention.
  • Fig. 5 is a flow chart illustrating the method of decoding the manipulated and translated data, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a bitmap illustrating the data space of die manipulated and translate data on a digital traffic channel, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 7 shows decoded data in a bitmap flow chart representing binary data traveling in a digital traffic channel, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 8 shows decoded data in a comparative data bas interpretation of manipulated and translated data as it is sent from a wireless network, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 9 is a logic flow chart of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit and Radio Frequency Circuit comprising the Communications Apparatus, according to die invention.
  • Fig. 10 is a logic flow chart of an Application Specific Load Control Apparatus, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 11 is a logic flow chart of an Application Specific Location and Security Apparatus for motor vehicles, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 12 is a logic flow chart of an Application Specific Video Game Unit, according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 13 is a flow chart of die Application Specific Video Game Unit score and status data as it circulates through a wireless communication system and a cable television system, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 14 is a block diagram of a wireless network control channel activity while the present invention is initiating an operations cycle widiin a routine control channel, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 15 is a block diagram of a wireless network control channel activity whde the present invention is continuing die operations cycle within the routine control channels, according to die invention.
  • Fig. 16 is a block diagram of a wireless network control channel activity while the present invention is concluding an operations cycle within said routine control channels, according to die invention.
  • Fig. 17 is an illustration of Application Specific Command and instruction Data as it operates on a forward control channel and a forward digital traffic channel, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 18 is a block diagram of a preferred interaction of die Communications Apparatus with various Application Specific Apparatuses, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 19 is an illustration of the Master Central Monitoring Station interacting with various cellular and PCS networks, according to the invention.
  • Fig. 20 is an illustration of the present invention's location communicator with integral GPS antenna and receiver, according to the invention.
  • a mediod for seamlessly transmitting application specific messages over cellular radio system control channels and switches comprising in one embodiment, transmitting application specific messaging bits as a data packet configured to appear as an origination data packet having from eight- to thirty-two-digit fields containing data related to an application specific system utilizing control channel means and cellular switch remote feature control access request means.
  • a method for wireless communication on existing wireless communication networks for manipulation, translation, and encryption of control channel, access channel, and digital traffic channel data comprising: taking existing data and manipulating said data to create a manipulated data; translating said manipulated data into an application specific message; and applying said application specific message to control and communicate with an application specific apparatus, whereby wireless communication on said existing wireless communication, and signalling networks is provided without causing disruption, system overload, or limitation on normal system communication activity.
  • An apparatus for direct wireless communication on an existing wireless communication network comprising: circuitry and software means for taking existing data and manipulating said existing data to create a manipulated data; means for translating said manipulated data into an application specific message; and means for applying said application specific message to control and communicate with an application specific apparatus, whereby wireless communication on said existing wireless communication network is provided without causing disruption, system overload, or limitation on normal system communication activity, thereby allowing data transmission without any interference or disruption with routine voice and related communications and control procedures of the wireless network.
  • the present invention's method, apparatus and communicating formats can be immediately implemented with existing Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) systems and Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) systems.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • PCS Personal Communications Systems
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • CDM Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • SCH Satellite Cellular Hybrid
  • Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio is a general term that relates to mobile communication systems which are controlled by a centralized switching and communicating scheme specifically designated as Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) and generically known as NEXTELL, Global System for Mobile (GSM), Personal Communications Systems (PCS), CDMA PCS, TDMA PCS and Motorola Integrated Radio (MIRS).
  • GSM Global System for Mobile
  • PCS Personal Communications Systems
  • MIRS Motorola Integrated Radio
  • the preferred method for wireless communication on existing wireless communication networks takes existing data and manipulates die data to create manipulated data.
  • the data may be data providing readings of a remote monitoring device, for example, or data monitoring a game apparatus, traffic signal control apparatus, shipping container tracking apparatus, or die like.
  • the manipulated data is transmitted dirough a plurality of physical and logically derived control channels, digital traffic channels, and digital access channels, as a direct communication padiways for direct control of an application specific communications apparatus, or application specific control and management apparatus, such as those discussed above.
  • the present invention is applicable, adaptable, and operable with all heretofore mentioned analog and digital Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) systems, Enhanced
  • ESMR Specialized Mobile Radio
  • ESMR Specialized Mobile Radio
  • systems and other wireless communications system that depend upon electronic operations commonly described as centralized control, registration, autiientication, anti-fraud, system management, intersystem communications, home location registers, and visitor location registers.
  • These electronic process are important for system operational efficiency, flexibility, overall system security and user specific security.
  • Such operational schemes traditionally include but are not limited to die following; electronic processes diat perform registration routines, authentication routines, system control management, network- to- network communications, subscriber specific system-to-system roaming, anti-fraud procedures, and voice encryption.
  • Other characteristics of aforementioned systems include intemal system maintenance and system performance analysis, base station-to-base station hand- offs and hand-overs, home system to serving system handoffs and hand-overs, and odier types of electronic data control channel related communications.
  • the present invention provides for application specific service implementation in single MetropoUtan Subscriber Areas (MSA), Metropolitan Transaction Areas (MTA), and Rural Subscriber Areas (RSA), which cover various Geographical Service Areas (GSA).
  • MSA MetropoUtan Subscriber Areas
  • MTA Metropolitan Transaction Areas
  • RSA Rural Subscriber Areas
  • GSA Geographical Service Areas
  • a subscriber area is controlled by a Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS), which controls certain Application Specific Central Monitoring Stations (ASCMS).
  • the MCMS and the ASCMS can be physically located in close proximity to one anod er, or physically located apart in various remote locations.
  • the MCMS and the ASCMS can be linked by a wide variety of communications pathways and protocols, which send digital electronic data signals at different bit rates or speeds via PSTN network elements.
  • the MSA in the United States, for example, are traditionally served by two cellular service providers, which are designated A side and B side.
  • a side service is provided by non-wireline carriers; that is, a service provider who has no affiliation with normal wireline telephone service providers.
  • B side providers are normally affiliated with wireline providers.
  • the B side is owned and managed by a Regional Bell operating company, which operates land-line telephone services in that same geographical area, or Geographical Subscriber Area (GSA).
  • GSA Geographical Subscriber Area
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • GSM Global System for Mobile
  • ESMR services are being installed and activated all over the U.S., and in other countries' National Subscriber Areas (NSA), along with other PCS operating platforms.
  • NSA National Subscriber Areas
  • the preferred embodiment of die present invention provides for national service implementation using the metiiodology and apparatus herein described.
  • One Master Central Monitoring Station MCMS
  • MCMS Central Monitoring Station
  • ASN Application Specific Network
  • ASCMS Application Specific Central Monitoring Stations
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio networks
  • BS Base Stations
  • MSC Mobile Switching Centers
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • Protocols such as SS7, X.25, ISDN, C7 Red and Blue, ANSI, CCllT TCAP, and other such communication data management formats, provide inter-system control from transmission tower or Base Stations (BS) which are strategically placed around a Geographical Service Area (GSA) and connected to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) in order to serve and manage a particular Metropolitan Subscriber Area (MSA) or Rural Subscriber Area (RSA).
  • GSA Geographical Service Area
  • MSC Mobile Switching Center
  • MSA Metropolitan Subscriber Area
  • RSA Rural Subscriber Area
  • the inter-system and intrasystem data control and system management links can be provided by SS7, X.25, (PSTN), line-of-sight microwave links, links provided by geosynchronous orbit satellites, and other similar types of communications links.
  • Region-to-region links can be provided by various satellite service providers. A region as applied here can be deemed a separate country or nation.
  • Such satellite service providers as INMARSAT, COMSAT, and other U.S. and international satellite service providers can provide communications pathways to and from Global System for MobUe (GSM), which is a form of Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) systems located throughout Europe.
  • GSM Global System for MobUe
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • Other European cellular systems can be linked in this manner, and a Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS) and an Application Specific Monitoring Station (ASMS) can be linked tiiroughout the world by the combination of land links, microwave links, and satellite system links.
  • Regional Master Central Monitoring Station MCMS
  • ASMS Application Specific Monitoring
  • RCMS Remote Monitoring Stations
  • MCMS Master Central Monitoring Stations
  • ASCMS Application Specific Central Monitoring Stations
  • MCMS Master Central Monitoring Stations
  • MCMS Master Central Monitoring Stations
  • the WCASES HLR/SCP acts as a home switch-central processing point of all other WCASES-compatible Mobile Switching Centers (MSC) confined within one Geographical Subscriber Area (GSA), a Metropolitan Subscriber Area (MSA), a Rural Subscriber Area (RSA), or an entire region or country.
  • GSA Geographical Subscriber Area
  • MSA Metropolitan Subscriber Area
  • RSA Rural Subscriber Area
  • HLR/SCP is physically connected to other Mobile Switching Centers (MSC) via electronic digital SS7, X.25, ISDN and other standard PSTN communication links.
  • MSC Mobile Switching Centers
  • Such communication links act as pathways whereby different communication protocols carry various forms of electronic data.
  • RCMS Remote Central Monitoring Station
  • MCMS Master Central Monitoring Station
  • Roamer Port or Signalling SS7 Port (SP) of that particular switch, which provides physical access to electronic data roamer information.
  • the roamer information can be utilized to manage and control Application Specific Subscriber Apparatuses (ASSA).
  • ASSA Application Specific Subscriber Apparatuses
  • the present invention manipulates, translates, and encrypts this data.
  • Such data contained in the Mobile Identification Numbers (MIN) and Shared Secret Data (SSD), A-key data, User Data (UD), and odier related data is utilized in the preferred embodiment of the invention in a novel manner, thus adding an entirely new and innovative means of providing additional subscriber specific and application specific services to existing Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) networks, Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) networks, and Personal Communication System (PCS) networks.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • PCS Personal Communication System
  • RDB Roamer Data Base
  • MSC Mobile Switching Center
  • BS Base Station
  • ESMR Mobile Cellular and Enhanced Mobile Radio
  • HLR/SCP HLR/SCP (HS) in the described aforementioned manner.
  • Said Geographical Subscriber Areas may utilize a Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) system, a Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) system, a Personal Communications System (PCS), or a Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications system without necessarily communicating said application specific information to other Enhanced Specialized
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • PCS Personal Communications System
  • GSM Global System for Mobile
  • EMR EMR
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • the present preferred embodiment of the invention enables increased capacity on voice traffic pathways that are physically and logically defined.
  • the present invention utilizes control channels, digital traffic channel, digital control channels, digital access channels, and other data-only mediums that are physically and logically defined.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone systems
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • This load limit is a technological limitation of current systems, and is also related to current government regulation, for the Federal Communications Commission allocates only so many frequencies and channel slots for system use.
  • the present invention communicates in short, high-speed data bursts over the control channels, digital traffic, and digital access channels, and will in no way create traffic overload on the overall system architecture, system load capacity, infrastructure, and normal voice-based call processing operations.
  • a Regional Central Monitoring Station which manages and controls an entire country or National Service Area (NSA), or a particular region of a given National Service Area (NSA). This is accomplished by interfacing with a National Service Areas (NSA) established Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR), Personal Communications System (PCS), or Global System for Mobile (GSM) network.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • PCS Personal Communications System
  • GSM Global System for Mobile
  • RDB Roamer Data Base
  • These types of networks are provided by the North American Cellular Network (NACN) and Mobilelink. as well as any other enclosed or open interconnected signalling system.
  • NACN North American Cellular Network
  • Mobilelink as well as any other enclosed or open interconnected signalling system.
  • the present invention's operating system can be linked by cooperating subscriber and Roamer Data Bases (RDB).
  • a Roamer Data Bases RDB
  • RDB is part of the SS7 IS-41 control management operational scheme, and it is a communications system in which Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), Global System for Mobile (GSM), TDMA PCS, CDMA PCS, and Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) systems are linked by the aforementioned communications patiiways and protocols.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • GSM Global System for Mobile
  • TDMA PCS Time Division Multiple Access
  • CDMA PCS Code Division Multiple Access
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • RDB Data Base
  • MSC Mobile Switching Centers
  • GSA Geographical Service Area
  • BS Base Stations
  • ASSA Application Specific Subscriber Apparatus
  • Subscriber information such as subscriber identification, mobile unit Electronic Serial Numbers (ESN), Mobile Identification Numbers (MIN), Shared Secret Data (SSD), A-Key Data, CAVE algorithm, Rand Shared Secret Data, Dialed Numbers, Personal Identification Numbers (PIN), User Data (UD), Filler Data (FD), Reserved Formats (RF), Additional Data (AD), and other subscriber mobile unit apparatus specific information is stored and managed at the Mobile Switching centers (MSC).
  • MSC Mobile Switching Centers
  • HLR Home Location Registers
  • VLR Visitor Location registers
  • the Roamer Data Bases (RDB) and the present invention's HLR service control point are linked by the aforementioned communications pathways and protocols to the Home Location
  • HLR Home Location Registers
  • VLR Visitor Location Registers
  • the Home Location Registers (HLR) and Visitor Location Registers (VLR) contain aforementioned subscriber specific information. For example, when a typical cellular subscriber visits or roams in a service area that he has not subscribed to as his home service system, intrasystem communication pathways provide subscriber specific data base updates.
  • WCASES communicators will almost always be configured as a roaming mobile, or stationary communicator designated as a roamer, for switch management purposes.
  • a user who subscribes to a PCS or a Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) service provider in New York visits or roams in a PCS-serving system in Miami, Florida
  • the system electronically checks the roaming subscriber's service record at the originator home system provider's subscriber specific data base through the aforementioned intrasystem communications pathways. This is accomplished by means, preferably a program operably linked to die Enhanced MobUe Radio (ESMR), and Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) communications apparatus using a code termed a System Identification Designation (SID) number.
  • ESMR Enhanced MobUe Radio
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • SID System Identification Designation
  • a System Designation Number (SID) is assigned to each Metropolitan Subscriber Area (MSA) and Rural
  • SID System Identification Number
  • ESMR Enhanced Mobile Radio
  • MT Mobile Telephone
  • SID System Identification Designation
  • a preferred embodiment of the present invention operates similarly, except the user sends and receives an encrypted control channel data packet, digital control channel (DCCH), broadcast control channel (BCCH), synchronous and asynchronous short messaging packets on digital traffic channels, and digital access channel data packets which act as an additional but transparent communications system which can be implemented and integrated with various Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) and all other PCS and satellite network systems.
  • DCCH digital control channel
  • BCCH broadcast control channel
  • CDM Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • Anodier means of identifying a Cellular MobUe Telephone (CMT) and MobUe Radio (MR) subscriber's home system is by electronically examining die first three digits of the Mobile Identification Number (MIN).
  • This number is a normal area code number, such as 408, 310, 415, which is part of a normal 10-digit telephone directory number .
  • This number is also called the Number Plan Area number (NPA).
  • NPA Number Plan Area number
  • Each operating home Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) system, Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) system, Personal Communications System (PCS), or other centrally controlled communications system which interacts with land based, hard-wired telephone networks is assigned a three-digit NPA area code number.
  • the present invention utilizes a special data-only NPA such as 175 that will not be used for voice calls initiated by a landline query. This number causes the present invention's remote access application message (RAAM) service class to be recognized by the serving MSC. Odier data indicators contained within the present invention's data packet cause the RAAM to be activated and the RAAM procedure to be completed.
  • RAAM remote access application message
  • the method and apparatus of the present invention allow for point-to-process and process-to-point communications capabilities, that is; sending commands or manipulated data from a centralized monitoring and control center to an application specific communicator apparatus, tiiereby providing individual commands to individual subscribers. Transmitting status reports from the specific communicator apparatus back to a centralized monitoring and control center is also possible . Additionally, the present invention provides for digital data dispatch commands to be sent to groups of application specific communicator apparatuses, preferably in die form of widely dispersed messages transmitted to each individual Application Specific Communicator Apparatus (ASCA) by a Command System (CS) that determines which transmission path is appropriate for a particular serving system configuration.
  • ASCA Application Specific Communicator Apparatus
  • CS Command System
  • the transmission path for command and instructions can be sent via an analog or digital forward control channel, one-way paging network, a particular satellite network, die digital control channel (DCCH) of a ceUular system that utilizes IS-54B/136 TDMA, or IS-95 CDMA, or GSM TDMA logical and physical control and digital traffic channels.
  • DCCH die digital control channel
  • These downlink or forward messaging pathways can send individual codes to each communicator apparatus which are part of larger application specific service groups.
  • Prior Cellular MobUe Telephone (CMT) systems have been incapable of sending blanket dispatch user specific communication messages in this manner.
  • Such status reports encompass but are not limited to location and positioning information that relates to Global Positioning System (GPS) vectoring, triangulation, contact closure and opening information that relates to security status information in homes, business and motor vehicle anti-dieft systems.
  • GPS Global Positioning System
  • Such encrypted data messages created by the present invention also provide velocity and direction information, power-on and power-off commands and information, information that relates to managing public utility information, automatic utility meter reading, timer-on and timer-off control for traffic signalling equipment, and a host of other application specific processes.
  • the apparatus can be sent commands from different central monitoring stations to direct the performance of desired functions, such as turn on and turn off, reset, send update location information, go to next designated location, and many others.
  • the preferred method and apparatus of the present invention allows for an application specific communications apparatus to receive an application specific message for control of and communication with the application specific apparatus; for example, location and non-location data of specific service apparatuses.
  • the location and non- location application specific communications apparatus is preferably configured and manufactured for data communications and control operations. Such operations as location specific motor vehicle tracking, motor vehicle anti-tiieft and recovery, shipping container tracking, personnel tracking, and other location-based data communications services can be provided by configuring the location CeUular Mobile Telephone (CMT), GSM, PCS and Enhanced Mobile Radio (ESMR) communications apparatus in accordance with the hereinafter described specific nomenclature and design parameters to accomplish electronically the application specific communications and control processes as described.
  • CMT CeUular Mobile Telephone
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • PCS Enhanced Mobile Radio
  • Stationary communicator apparatus means which are non location specific include utility management and control, roadside call box add-on services, remote traffic signal control, security system status reporting, and other related services, can be designed and implemented to provide application specific communications and application specific control processes.
  • the present invention may also provide for a hybrid location and non-location mediod and apparatus for control and management of recreational game information.
  • video games such as Sega Games, Nintendo, and wireless casino gambling terminals can be configured to send data such as game scores and other game related data over aforementioned control channel and digital traffic channels to a Central Monitoring Station (CMS) which is interfaced with the Application Specific Central Monitoring (ASCM), which in turn is interfaced with a cable television operations head end and control system.
  • CMS Central Monitoring Station
  • ASCM Application Specific Central Monitoring
  • This cable television head end sends game information over a dedicated cable channel that serves these video game players.
  • the channel acts as a video bulletin board and displays game scores and odier data.
  • These channels and scores can be regionalized; that is, scores can be received by all of the game players nationally or by one group or one person playing a video game in his home and competing widi odier game players next door or across die country.
  • the game player's module will contain the present invention's application specific circuitry which manipulates, translates, and encrypts control channel data and digital traffic channel data, and transmits this data into aforementioned Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR), GSM, PCS, and Satellite Hybrid (SCH) systems.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • PCS Global System for Mobile Communications
  • SCH Satellite Hybrid
  • This data is preferably relayed via a plurality of transmission towers, base stations, mobile switching centers, and onto central monitoring stations, and finally to cable television system head ends which provide an electronic bulletin board system which is transmitted to die game users watching die cable system game channels.
  • Game information is preferably transmitted periodically from individual game user modules into the aforementioned networks in order not to cause any control channel or digital traffic channel overload. Alternatively, this information can be downloaded at night or early in the morning, once or twice during a twenty-four hour period.
  • tiiis interactive game system can be implemented by utilizing the present invention's method and apparatus. This same approach can be utilized from smaller local area wireless networks contained within gambling casinos, whereas the video display can be a television set or a video display in a gaming terminal.
  • the gaming terminal can operate widiin a building, and when it no longer detects die carrier wave of die in-building network and detects the cellular system carrier wave, it can automaticaUy switch to the cellular system, and act as a true dual-mode gaming terminal.
  • the casino has a wireless gaming application specific central monitoring station at is connected to the central monitoring of the present invention via the PSTN.
  • the application specific communicator apparatus preferably contains within specially designed circuitry means by which it may add additional data, manipulate, translate, encrypt, transmit, and receive data such as Mobile Identification Numbers (MIN), WCASES identification numbers, dialed digits, autonomous registration packets, new class of service packets, and other packets created by the present invention.
  • Such circuitry means take Normal Mobile Identification Numbers (NMIN) and create Modified MobUe Identification Numbers (MMIN), such as the WCASES identification numbers.
  • NMIN Normal Mobile Identification Numbers
  • MMIN Modified MobUe Identification Numbers
  • the Modified Mobile Identification Numbers (MMIN) are utilized to send and receive encrypted messages to and from the central monitoring systems that retrieve and transmit said Modified Mobile Identification Numbers (MMIN) through Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) systems.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • Enhanced MobUe Radio ESMR
  • PCS Personal Communications Systems
  • the term transparent describes the operational condition of the present invention which does not overload, disrupt, or cause any operational problems widi normal Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) and Enhanced Mobile Radio (ESMR) voice- based communications operations, especially in terms of traditional control channel, digital access, digital control channel (DCCH), and digital traffic channel operations.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Mobile Radio
  • DCCH digital control channel
  • the present invention effectively utilizes dialed digit data fields to transmit data-only non-voice communication packets in many of its applications.
  • the application specific communicator apparatus preferably contains a specially designed circuitry means by which it manipulates, translates, encrypts, transmits and receives control channel data such as dialed digits, in addition to creating Modified Mobile Identification Numbers (MMIN).
  • MMIN Modified Mobile Identification Numbers
  • the circuitry means takes Normal Shared Secret Data (NSSD) and creates Modified Shared Secret Data (MSSD).
  • the Modified Shared Secret Data is utilized to send encrypted data messages to central monitoring data terminals in the same way Normal Mobile Identification Numbers (NMIN) are modified, manipulated, translated and encrypted by the present invention's electronic processes and design.
  • NMIN Normal Mobile Identification Numbers
  • Other data such as User Data (UD), FiUer Data (FD), Reserved Formats (RF), and Additional Data (AD) can also manipulated in the same manner.
  • the application specific communicator apparatus further contains specially designed circuitry means which correlate and add additional data bits which carry GPS coordinates, security status, electrical load control status, and odier application specific status and command control information.
  • the Central Monitoring Stations contain data management and control systems means which receive the encrypted data from Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), GSM, PCS, and Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) networks' Mobile Switching
  • ASCA Application Specific Communicator Apparatus
  • CMS Central Monitoring Stations
  • ASCA Application Specific Communicator Apparatus
  • the ASCA receives the application specific command data and acts electronicaUy according to the application specific electronic processing and interpretation of said command data.
  • Odier control channel and digital access channel specific data such as A Key data, CAVE Algorithm, RAND Shared Secret Data, Dialed numbers, User Data, FiUer Data, Reserved Formats and personal identification numbers (PIN) can be manipulated, translated, and encrypted in order to send and receive data message instructions to the application specific communicator apparatus, and such data can also be transmitted from the same apparatus.
  • PIN personal identification numbers
  • all of die control data is transmitted by the Application Specific Communicator Apparatus (ASCA) to die Central Monitoring Station (CMS) by way of Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), PCS, GSM and Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) network control channel data processing and transmission systems; received, processed, relayed, and in turn transmitted back to the Application Specific Communicator Apparatus (ASCA) by a technicaUy and logistically participating Cellular MobUe Telephone (CMT) network system, and Mobile Radio (MR) systems, which include but are not limited to: CeUular MobUe Telephone (CMT), Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR), Motorola Integrated Radio System (MIRS), Personal Communications System (PCS), Satellite
  • CeUular Hybrid systems or by any other Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) or Enhanced Specialized MobUe Radio (ESMR) system which depends upon a central data management scheme in which the process of subscriber registration, authentication, inte al system data management, system maintenance, anti-fraud management, and odier intrasystem data management processes and control communications.
  • the overall system and data management schemes are preferably transmitted on control channels.
  • Other processes such as managing roamer data bases, or managing any multi-system data management protocol which encompasses related remote processes such as registration, authentication, data management, call processing, and other processes commonly considered and designated as control channel data communications, digital control channel communications, digital access channel and digital traffic channel communications, may also be utilized and applied with the present method and apparatus.
  • WCASES Wireless Fidelity
  • DRD Data Reception and Distribution terminal
  • DEC data Decoder terminal
  • CDB Comparative Data Base terminal
  • Command Data Control terminal Command Data Control
  • CMS Central Monitoring Station
  • Regional Data Reception and Distribution terminal RDRD
  • Regional Decoder terminal RD
  • Regional Comparative Data Base RCDB
  • Regional Command Data Control terminal RCDC
  • Master Data Reception and Distribution terminal MDRD
  • Master Decoder Terminal MDRD
  • Master Command Data Control terminal MCDC
  • ASDRD Application Specific Data Reception and Distribution terminal
  • ASD Application Specific Decoder terminal
  • ASCDC Application Specific Command Data Control terminal
  • die invention allows for die modification of Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), Enhanced Mobile Radio (ESMR), Personal Communications
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Mobile Radio
  • PCS Mobile Switching Centers
  • MSC Mobile Switching Centers
  • Key processing switches located within a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) are connected and operational widi the present invention method and apparatus and may also be used with small registration software and processing modifications or patches. These processing switch software modifications do not disrupt, alter, or violate the operational integrity or system security of the CeUular Mobile Telephone (CMT), GSM, PCS and Enhanced Specialized MobUe
  • the CMT and ESMR preferably include, but are not limited to, Cellular MobUe Telephone (CMT), Enhanced Specialized MobUe Radio (ESMR) systems, Personal Communications Systems (PCS), Global System for Mobile (GSM) network systems, or any other communications system.
  • CMT Cellular MobUe Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized MobUe Radio
  • PCS Personal Communications Systems
  • GSM Global System for Mobile
  • the present methodology provides a multi-featured wireless communications application specific enabling system which includes means for reading, analyzing, controUing, and communicating through various wireless communication networks and the signaUing, control channels, digital access channels, and through the digital traffic channels that operate widiin these networks.
  • Preferred networks which may be utilized include Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) NEXTELL, Specialized Mobile (GSM), Personal Communications System (PCS), and Satellite CeUular Hybrid (SCH) system.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • GSM Specialized Mobile
  • PCS Personal Communications System
  • SCH Satellite CeUular Hybrid
  • any wireless communications system that depends upon centralized control via data control channels and digital traffic channels for die purposes of user registration, billing, intemal system maintenance, intemal system security, sending user information, call forwarding, and other related operations is immediately usable by the present invention's apparatus and methodology.
  • any wireless communications system which utilizes separate data control channels, digital access channels, and digital traffic channels that are physically and/or logically defined for such aforesaid operations can be utilized and adapted for die present invention's application specific communications, operations, and application specific communications apparatus.
  • the invention includes means for remote monitoring and calculation of a motor vehicle's, person's, or odier moveable object's position and direction, and detection of local status events, and like, and calculation of a system response based on a plurality of weighted variables. From such calculated response, the system notifies the user of various status parameters of the object or person being monitored. In certain circumstances, the system may be used to notify an application specific central monitoring station via paging networks, satellite networks, and two-way data control channels, digital access channels, data burst fields DCCH, and other digital traffic channels to aUow the central monitoring station to respond appropriately to various situations such as summoning emergency vehicles, police, private security personnel, medical personnel, and other such emergency response services. Provision of a two- way control data channel and digital traffic channel communications system also aUows die Central Monitoring Station to positively verify the message which was sent by die motor vehicle, person, or moveable object being monitored or located.
  • the preferred embodiment of die apparatus for direct wireless communication on an existing wireless communication network presendy includes a plurality of computer displays and computerized graphic maps which display the relative position and status of an object or person being monitored, such as a motor vehicle, person or moveable object, derived from Global Positioning System (GPS), or other vectoring, triangulating, and other relative position computing system.
  • GPS Global Positioning System
  • Other methods of establishing a location can garnered by user input or by other automatic sensors and location systems, thereby providing a highly accurate real-time tracking and status communication enabling system.
  • the preferred apparatus for direct wireless communication also includes an integrated location system, a communication network via data control channels, and a plurality of digital traffic channel mapping systems operably coupled to status response systems, and application specific dispatch capability via a Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS), and an Application Specific Central Monitoring Station (ASCMS).
  • MCMS Master Central Monitoring Station
  • ASCMS Application Specific Central Monitoring Station
  • the location aspect of the present invention is especiaUy suitable for use in fleet vehicle management, vehicle theft deterrent, stolen vehicle tracking, railroad car tracking, cargo location, and so forth.
  • the apparatus when applied widi the mediod of the present invention, may be customized to a particular user's needs and, due to the preferred embodiment's use of the GPS and odier location designation systems, coupled with the present invention's adaptability, may be installed and used virtually anywhere in the world.
  • a plurality of calculating and control elements are preferably fixed in a given location. Such elements or devices can be interfaced with an unlimited number of systems and apparatuses which perform very simple tasks or complex tasks. Preferably such elements control and detect electrical device voltage loads, or detect and report security system status data, for use in commercial and residential buildings, control traffic signals, interface with roadside call boxes to provide existing data for manipulation and communications tasks such as measuring road conditions, counting vehicles that pass by, measuring local temperature, and many other related application specific functions. Other applications include collecting and reporting video game scores and odier interactive data, and operate conjunctively widi one-way paging networks, Direct Broadcast SateUites, and cable television networks.
  • Such fixed location elements or devices also calculate a system response based on all sorts of weighted variables, and report said variables to electronic Billboards (BBS).
  • BSS electronic Billboards
  • Such fixed location elements also respond to botii existing data, manipulated data, and application specific messages and commands, and report die results of said data messages and commands to an Application Specific Central Monitoring Station (ASCMS) via data control channels and digital traffic channel that are operated by aforementioned wireless communications networks that depend upon aforementioned centralized controls.
  • ASCMS Application Specific Central Monitoring Station
  • the fixed application specific communication apparatus reports d e status of an electrical load control device by transmitting data information on aforesaid data control channels that reflect whetiier the load control device detects voltage or not.
  • the electrical load control device can be commanded to turn on an electrical device or turn it off, by receiving said messages or instruction commands directly from data control channels, which are being operated by aforementioned wireless communications networks.
  • These data messages or instruction commands originate from an Application Specific Central Monitoring Station which is connected by various communications means to a Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS) which contains a WCASES HLR/SCP, whereby the Mobile Switching Center and the present invention's CMS is an integral intercommunicating central operating and communications control point in any of the aforementioned wireless communication networks.
  • MCMS Master Central Monitoring Station
  • the preferred embodiment of die present invention provides computer terminal displays which project status reports of various application specific stationary and mobile location devices.
  • Such common devices include facsimile machines, consumer level computer systems, and odier related devices which can act as application specific central monitoring stations for fleet management configurations and motor vehicle anti- theft and recovery configurations.
  • the fixed location elements or devices can be customized to a particular user's needs and, due to the preferred embodiment's total adaptability and flexibility, may be installed and used virtually anywhere in the world. Of great significance is that the mediod and apparatus of the present invention does not require any wireless communication network infrastructure upgrades or extensive modifications, and is immediately applicable and usable with die aforementioned wireless communications systems.
  • a stationary unit may represent any sort of fixed, non- moveable interface application such as an electrical load control management apparatus, video game management system, security system status reporting, roadside call box, or any odier stationary communications application.
  • the present invention acts as a communications interface, or enabler of communications for the operation and remote control of said fixed systems.
  • a mobile unit can be attached and interfaced with any sort of moveable object like a motor vehicle, a person holding or wearing a communicator apparatus as in a home arrest application or medical alert application, or a cargo shipping container which contains the present invention's communications enabling technology.
  • Such mobile objects or persons are to be monitored, located, and tracked.
  • a communications link is provided which is represented by wireless communications transmission towers 109A and 109B, Base Stations 106A and 106B, Mobile Switching Centers 104 and 105, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) 112A-112C, a paging network 448, and Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 111, which carry specialized data strings which are manipulated, translated, and encrypted data control channel information between die Stationary Unit 107 A, 107B and the Mobile Unit 108A, 108B, the MSC 104, 105 and a Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS) 100 and an Application Specific Central Monitoring Station (ASCMS) 101.
  • MCMS Master Central Monitoring Station
  • ASCMS Application Specific Central Monitoring Station
  • the central monitoring station and application specific central monitoring station is preferably manned by one or more trained operators 135 A and 135B.
  • the Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS) 100 contains processing systems. Inside die (MCMS) 100 are the Master Data Reception and Distribution terminal (MDRD) 113, the Master Decoder (MDEC) 114, and die Master Comparative Data Base (MCDB) 115.
  • MDRD receives, intercepts and scans all the data diat normally flows on aforementioned control, signalling channels, digital access channels, and digital traffic channels. That is, the MDRD identifies and selects the data that is WCASES specific.
  • the MDRD scans or "looks" at control, digital traffic channel and signalling channel data strings.
  • Application Specific MobUe Unit 108 or Stationary Unit 107 preferably has its own distinctive WCASES Serial Number (WSN) 427 A, 427B, System Identification Designation number (SID) 428A, 428B Group Identification number (GI) 429 A, 428B, WCASES Identification Number 1 (WIN1) 430A, 430B WCASES Identification Number 2 (WIN2) 431 A, 43 IB, and in some circumstances Shared Secret Data (SSD)
  • WSN Serial Number
  • SID System Identification Designation number
  • GI Group Identification number
  • WIN1 WCASES Identification Number 1
  • WIN2 WCASES Identification Number 2
  • SSD Shared Secret Data
  • control and digital traffic channel bit streams which contain application specific information such as location specific, identification specific, and status specific data.
  • data bit streams contain reserved formats, filler messages, and user data.
  • data are data bits that essentially take up space in a synchronous control channel and digital traffic channel message.
  • reserved formats, fUler messages, or user data bits can be used in die method and apparatus of the present invention to provide additional remote access application messaging (RAAM) dialed digit Application Specific Messaging Data (AASMD) 433A, 433B on the Control Channels, Digital
  • RAAM remote access application messaging
  • ASMD Application Specific Messaging Data
  • the mobile unit and stationary unit send and receive application specific status messages and command or instructional messages. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, when the stationary unit is transmitting status or any other information, it is sent to the nearest Transmission Tower 109 A or 109B and Base Station 106A or 106B. The transmitted data is tiien relayed to its Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 104 or 105, and then relayed to the Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS) 100.
  • MSC Mobile Switching Center
  • MCMS Master Central Monitoring Station
  • the Master Data Reception and Distribution (MDRD) terminal 113 identifies WCASES data strings by recognizing distinctive WCASES specific data information as depicted in FIG. 3.
  • the WSN 427 A, 427B, SID 428 A, 428B and GI 429A, 429B is assigned to a Mobile Unit 108 A or 108B, or a Stationary Unit 107 A or 107B.
  • the MDRD 1 13 retrieves this information from the control data bit stream and distributes said information to the Master Decoder (MDEC) 114.
  • MDEC Master Decoder
  • the configurations of the control data bit stream and digital traffic channel bit stream is synonymous with other signalling operations that encompass
  • HLR/VLR based Roamer Data Bases Tl and T3 carriers, SS7, X.25 communications protocols, and other control channel, digital traffic channel, and intersystem signalling pathways.
  • the MDEC 114 deciphers the manipulated and translated data received from the MDRD 113 which is connected to the Home System Mobile
  • MSC Mobile Switching Center
  • ISDN interface 1 12 determines what type of unit transmitted said data, and the application specific configuration of said Mobile Unit 108 or Stationary Unit 107, as illustrated in FIG.3.
  • the MDEC 114 is shown as having decoded the Transmitted Bitstream 426.
  • it is designated a Mobile Unit configured for
  • the WSN 427 A, the SID 428A, die Group Identification 429 A, SSD 432a, WIN group 430, and dialed digit RAAM data 433A are standard to CeUular Mobile Telephone (CMT) and Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) network voice and data operations.
  • CMT CeUular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • the "A" 447 contained in the RAAM data dialed digit fields activates d e RAAM feature when it is detected by the switch number parameter tables.
  • the detected "A” 447 coupled with the detected special WIN 427A "175" NPA, activate the present invention's RAAM feature, and d e automatic relay of the WCASES specific data packet to the CMS via the SS7, X.25, or ISDN network is initiated.
  • This data is expressed here in a standard synchronous bit stream form, which is essentially transparent to the network, however in terms of WCASES transmitted data, the decoded data breakdown is illustrated here.
  • the Application Specific Meaning 435 relates to the letters that bracket numerical characters 'a' through 'f,' indicating the numbers being manipulated, encrypted, and translated. In an actual bit stream these characters or numbers are bits of data. However, for the purpose of iUustration the data is converted from bit to decimal in FIG.3, 4, and 5.
  • Bracket Characters 435 indicate the interpretation of each dialed digit character. Character “a” indicates diat tiiis application is location based, and all other characters "b” through “g” are self explanatory. An important feature is that die characters derived and placed in the dialed digit fields are not entered by the user manually; they are derived and placed via automatic software and circuitry means. In reference to FIG 1 , these positioning coordinates are supplied by Global Positioning System sateUites 1 10A and 1 10B; however, these coordinates can be supplied by other electronic wireless positioning systems which are commonly available and can easily interface with die present invention's electronic circuitry. In FIG.
  • 433A contains many characters that represent application data that is recognized by the serving cellular system as dialed digits, but in application reality relate to status, instruction, and query response data.
  • These Ulustrated data strings are structured uniform data string lengths with a specified number of data bits. This operation scheme is utilized in order to maintain control channel, digital access channel, and digital traffic channel data integrity, and contain capacity and timing of data movement, which occurs between transmission and reception channels, switch parameter table software and other systems that need controlled, synchronized and orchestrated parameters. Synchronized data movement also factor in channel capacity predictability, data error correction, and other activity.
  • FIG. 5 the entire operation of Data String Processing 435 and manipulation, translation, and encrypting must accord to fully synchronized standards thus described.
  • Individual Characters and Bits 426 that are manipulated, translated, and encrypted must "look" like any other normal character and bit routinely transmitted and received on physically and logically derived data control, digital access and digital traffic channels.
  • FIG 6 another method of control channel data format and process is iUustrated and the manner in which the present method and apparatus utilizes, manipulates, translates, and encrypts this type of control and traffic channel data.
  • This iUustration of a generic digital traffic and digital access channel structure 436 is contained within IS-54B/136, IS-95, IS-41, ETS, Global System for Mobile (GSM), and Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) NEXTELL, which are national and international standards documents that set forth system operation and performance standards from the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), and European Telephone Standards (ETS) for Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT) and Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) networks in the United States, Europe, and other countries.
  • Telecommunications Industry Association TIA
  • ETS European Telephone Standards
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • the digital traffic and digital access channel structure map 436 iUustrates data mapping in the form of bits, the identification of tiiese bits, and what these bits represent.
  • the mediod and apparatus of die present invention utilizes data such as DCCH message user data 437 and 438, and Reserved Data 439 for the purpose of sending instruction and command messages, or application specific messages, to various application specific Mobile Unit and Stationary Unit communications apparatuses that operate under IS-54B/136, IS-95, IS-41, ETS, and GSM operation parameters and guidelines.
  • FIG. 7 a preferred method and apparatus for manipulating, translating, and encrypting DCCH User Data 437 and 438 is schematically illustrated.
  • a variation of DCCH user data is translated from bits to decimal characters that express application specific status messages and instruction commands that direcdy communicate to the mobile unit and the stationary unit communications apparatus while utilizing digital traffic channels.
  • the present invention utilizes the digital traffic and access channel widiout any sort of disruption or significant increase of overall system capacity problems associated widi voice channels and other related processes. As long as die logical structure meets with IS- 136, IS-95 and GSM standards, this is aU that matters.
  • Decoded Application Specific Data Meanings 435 are shown.
  • the longitude calculation is expressed in standard mapping coordinate.
  • Each one of die letters placed at the bottom of the bracketed numbers appearing within the DCCH user data 437 and 438 relates to data diat causes certain responses received at a Central Monitoring Station (CMS) through a CeUular Mobile Telephone (CMT) and a Enhanced MobUe Radio (ESMR) or a Satellite/Cellular Hybrid (SCH) system and certain actions initiated and completed by Mobile Unit and Stationary Unit Application Specific Apparatus, as response to said instruction commands as outlined in Decoded Application Specific Meanings 435.
  • CMS Central Monitoring Station
  • CMT CeUular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced MobUe Radio
  • SCH Satellite/Cellular Hybrid
  • the Master Comparative Data Base terminal (MCDB) 1 15 preferably collects decoded data from the Master Decoder terminal (MDEC) 114. While in FIG. 7, the Master Comparative Data Base (MCDB) 115 receives decoded data and searches which customer or client mis particular string of data is attributed to.
  • the WCASES Serial Number (WSN) 427A is preferably the set of numbers that identify the type of MobUe Unit or Stationary Unit communications apparatus mat is installed in a particular motor vehicle. Also die WSN identifies who the customer or client is, and odier pertinent data such as his address, make of vehicle, and the like. This is designated as Client Data 440. Client Data 440 also indicates die relative position of client's vehicle, velocity, and alarm status.
  • this Client Data 440 is relayed to a designated Application Specific Central Monitoring Station or Dispatch Center.
  • die Master Comparative Data Base 115 relays Client Data to the Application Specific Monitoring Station (ASMS) 100.
  • ASMS Application Specific Monitoring Station
  • diis Application Specific Central Monitoring Station shows many different types of application specific terminals, which manage different application specific systems and services. In application, however, these various systems and services will be physically located in many different central monitoring stations or dispatch centers located throughout a city, a region, a country, or the entire world. For example, a Home Arrest
  • HA Application Specific Terminal 120C
  • the Master Central Monitoring Station will relay client data and status, for example, to this terminal via an SS7, X.25 and or Integrated Services Digital Network Interface (ISDN) 112A, the Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) 111 and another ISDN interface 1 12C, and, finally, to the Home Arrest (HA) Application Specific Terminal 120C, a
  • ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network Interface
  • PSTN Public Switch Telephone Network
  • HA Home Arrest
  • Point-of-Sales (POS) terminal 120D via an Application Specific Data Reception and Distribution Routing Terminal 127 and intemal fiber optic or hardwire conductors of the Data Receive Digital Data Pathway 132 located inside an Application Specific Central Monitoring Station 101.
  • POS Point-of-Sales
  • a wide variety of application specific service terminals can be located in one monitoring facUity as depicted in HG. 1.
  • Such application specific service terminals preferably function as Utility Management (UM) 119C diat manage utility company load control devices which detect and control electrical voltage of an entire electrical city grid or a single residence or business, or a particular load control apparatus which controls and detects voltage to an individual system control such as a swimming pool motor located in a residence or apartment complex.
  • UM Utility Management
  • FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 A stationary unit electrical load control apparatus is depicted in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, which iUustrate a preferred configuration and operation methodology.
  • the load control device can be instructed to turn off or turn on via aforementioned transmission pamways, and report its on or off status.
  • the application specific service terminal for Utility Management (UM) 119C receives status reports from a Stationary Unit 107 A or 107B which is configured for electrical load control via a Home Transmission Tower 109 A, or "foreign" transmission tower 109B. Further, application specific status data is relayed from die transmission tower to the Home System Base Station 106A or to a "foreign" system Base Station 106B, depending on the operation location of this load control device and communications apparatus.
  • UM Utility Management
  • application specific status data transmitted from a stationary unit which is configured as a load control device is sent from the Base Station 106 A or 106B to the Mobile Switching Center 104 or 105 as desired.
  • application specific stationary unit 107A or 107B is located within the operating area of a CeUular Mobile Telephone (CMT), GSM, PCS or an Enhanced Special Mobile Radio (ESMR) network or a SateUite/Cellular Hybrid (SCH) network, and if the network is the system that the stationary unit electrical load control device is subscribed to or registered to is a home system or a "foreign" network system. If the stationary unit electrical load control device is registered to the system it is operating within, tiien it will send its application specific status data to the Mobile Switching Center 104 which is the home system for the
  • the home MSC 104 is connected direcdy to die Master Central Monitoring Center 100 and die stationary unit is preferably configured as an electrical load control apparatus which is controUed and monitored by application specific monitoring station 101 located widiin die same operation area of die Mobile Switching Center which is connected direcdy to die MCMS 100 which controls and manages a Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), Enhanced Mobile Radio (ESMR), or a Satellite/Cellular Hybrid (SCH) system for mat given Geographical Service Area (GSA).
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Mobile Radio
  • SCH Satellite/Cellular Hybrid
  • GSA Geographical Service Area
  • the CMS 100 can be coUocated widi die MSC 104. If, for example, the stationary unit electrical load control device is operating within anotiier Cellular Mobile Telephone (CMT), Enhanced Mobile Radio (ESMR), or a Satellite/Cellular Hybrid (SCH) system which is not directly connected to the Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS) 100, tiien die Stationary Unit electrical load control device is deemed a 'visiting roamer' by die 'foreign' operating system.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Mobile Radio
  • SCH Satellite/Cellular Hybrid
  • the Stationary Unit 107B which in the present example is configured as an electrical load control device transmits its application specific status data to die closest Transmission Tower 109B, die Transmission Tower relays the data to the Base Station 106B, and the Base Station transmits the data to the 'foreign' Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 105.
  • MSC Mobile Switching Center
  • the 'foreign' MobUe Switching Center (MSC) 105 relays Control Channel Data, Digital Access Channel, and Digital Traffic Channel data which contains data that is specified as 'Roamer' registration information or 'Roamer' user information from its Visiting Location Register (VLR) 117 located within the
  • VLR Visit Location Register
  • the 'foreign' Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 105 or direcdy to the CMS 100 via the SS7, ISDN network, when the CMS is configured as an HLR/SCP 1 18B point-of-presence on the SS7/ISDN network.
  • the WCASES Roamer information data packet is relayed to the 'Home' MobUe Switching Center (MSC) 104 and d e Roamer Data is verified at the Home Location Register (HLR) 118 collocated at the switch 118 A.
  • HLR Home Location Register
  • the Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS) 100 reads' all control channel data strings, digital access channel, and digital traffic channel data strings that have been converted by the serving MSC into SS7, IS-41 or ETS protocol.
  • the DCCH user data contained within is specificaUy read by the MCMS and determines which data belongs to application specific mobile units and stationary units and processes the data in the prescribed manner.
  • the application specific terminal in tiiis example, die Utility Management (UM) terminal 119C— sends a command to 'report status'.
  • This application specific command message is preferably sent to fiber optic or hardwired conductors represented by the Data Send Digital Patiiway 132 located within d e application specific monitoring station 101.
  • the Data Send Digital Pathway 132 acts as a conduit for the
  • Terminal 116 is preferably direcdy connected to an Integrated Services Digital Network interface (ISDN) 112C. This 'report status' command data or message is sent from the dispatch terminal to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 111.
  • PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
  • the stationary unit 107B which is preferably configured as a load control device, is located in a 'foreign' Mobile Cellular Telephone (CMT), or Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) operations area
  • 'report status' command data is preferably sent to the 'foreign' Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 105 via ISDN interface 112C, the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 111, and ISDN interface 112B.
  • This 'report status' command data is sent to the closest 'foreign' Transmission Tower 109B and base station 106B, and transmitted to stationary unit 107B, preferably configured as an electrical load control apparatus.
  • This stationary unit 107B immediately responds to the 'report status' command or messages and sends the 'status' of d e stationary unit in the form of control channel, digital traffic channel, and digital access channel bits to the nearest Transmission Tower 109B, and relayed to the base station 106B, which recognizes this 'status data' as normal control channel, digital access channel, and digital traffic channel information.
  • This data message is recognized as manipulated, encrypted, and translated data, which in a normal voice call is recognized as Mobile Identification Numbers (MIN), Shared Secret Data (SSD), A-Key Data, digital traffic channel DCCH User Data, control channel and digital traffic channel FiUer Data, Reserved Format data, and the like, which was originaUy intended to enable only certain types of intemal system procedures such as anti-fraud processes, voice encryption, registration, billing, intersystem communications, roaming procedures, text messages, and other related processes.
  • MIN Mobile Identification Numbers
  • SSD Shared Secret Data
  • A-Key Data digital traffic channel
  • DCCH User Data User Data
  • control channel and digital traffic channel FiUer Data FiUer Data
  • Reserved Format data and the like, which was originaUy intended to enable only certain types of intemal system procedures such as anti-fraud processes, voice encryption, registration, billing, intersystem communications, roaming procedures, text messages, and other related processes.
  • This data is relayed from the base station 106B to the 'foreign' Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 105 over signalling pathways via an ISDN interface 112B to the Public Switched Digital Network (PSTN) 1 11 and to the Home System Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 104.
  • MCMS Central Monitoring Station
  • ASCMS Application Specific Central Monitoring Station
  • PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
  • the signalling formats and protocols are line-of-sight microwave geosynchronous satellite signalhng padiways and or equivalents.
  • the 'status data' is processed at the Application Specific Central Monitoring Station (ASCMS) 101 and a response is made depending on the particular stationary unit status condition.
  • ASCMS Application Specific Central Monitoring Station
  • FIG. 2 a region-to-region communication system is tilustrated.
  • the method and apparatus operates essentially in die same manner, however, mere are some differences in these embodiments.
  • FIG. 2 depicts three different satellite systems that operate differently than one another.
  • Global Positioning SateUites 110A and HOB serve die functions of providing land-based positioning coordinates to the Mobile Units 108 A and 108B, and their communications apparatus which contain internally integrated global positioning receivers.
  • a geosynchronous satellite 341 provides a communications pathway between the Master
  • Satellite 341 contains a plurality of circuits, software, microprocessors, and other means weU known in die art, that receive and transmit Cellular MobUe Telephone (CMT) data and voice, Enhanced Specialized MobUe Radio (ESMR), and Global System for Mobile (GSM) data and voice signals independent of other system functions thus described.
  • Geosynchronous Satellite 341 transmits and receives Cellular MobUe Telephone (CMT), Enhanced Specialized MobUe Radio (ESMR) control channel, digital traffic channel, Tl and T2 carrier signals, SS7, X.25 and odier signalling protocols which manage and control roaming information, and other user specific data and messages.
  • CMT Cellular MobUe Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized MobUe Radio
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • PCS Personal Communications Systems
  • the method and apparatus of the present invention utilizes e same methodology with these sateUite systems.
  • satellite ground stations 357A and 357B preferably communicate direcdy with the Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS) 100 and the Application Specific Central Monitoring Station (ASCMS) 101 by providing communications patiiways for Application Specific Data (ASD) being sent to the Master Central Monitoring Station (MCMS) 100 from tiiese satellite systems
  • the satellite systems preferably directly receive and transmit data to Stationary Units 107 A and 107B and Mobile Units 108A and 108B configured to transmit and receive satellite signals.
  • These same satellite systems provide communications pathways to die Ground Stations 357A and 357B, and these stations relay this application specific data to Application Specific Central Monitoring Stations (ASCMS) 101 and the Master Central Monitoring
  • MCMS Centralized Mobile Radio
  • sateUite systems also carry terrestrial CeUular Mobile Telephone (CMT), GSM, PCS, and Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) control channel data, roamer data, and digital traffic channel data in the form of synchronous Tl, T2, SS7, X.25 carrier frequencies, data and carrier wave management protocols.
  • CMT CeUular Mobile Telephone
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • PCS PCS
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • a Communications Apparatus 210 can be operably connected to an electrical load control apparatus 215.
  • a principal part of this apparatus is an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) 240 diat comprises a plurality of microchips and includes the WCASES Microcomputer 200.
  • This microcomputer controls the Data Receiver 201 and the Data Transceiver 202, which are components of the Radio Frequency Circuit 241.
  • Data is transmitted to the Stationary Unit from a nearby transmission tower and base station, which is first received by d e Radio Frequency Circuit 241 unit Antenna 211 located on or near the Stationary Unit.
  • the data signal passes through the antenna and through d e Duplex Combiner 203 that combines the frequencies of data received by the unit and data transmitted by the Stationary Unit.
  • CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone
  • ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
  • die Duplex Combiner 203 allows full duplex simultaneous communication data received by the Data Receiver 201 and sent by die Data Transmitter 202.
  • the Microcomputer 200 also is utilized to control the functions of the specialized SNAM EPROM 206.
  • SNAM is an acronym which stands for Specialized Number Assignment Module (SNAM).
  • the SNAM is an EPROM micro chip that contains stored WCASES Identification Numbers (MIN), Shared Secret Data (SSD), A- Key Data, and other related control channel, digital access channel, and digital traffic channel data diat can be used for dialed digits, dialed digit fields, reserved formats, filler data and odier related data spaces normally used for non-application specific purposes.
  • the SNAM contains additional data, and user data used for application specific communications on control channels and digital traffic channels.
  • the WSN Module 204 stores the 32-bit 7-character number that represents the WCASES Serial Number (ESN).
  • ESN WCASES Serial Number
  • the WSN is a permanently stored number that uniquely identifies this particular Stationary Unit in the previously described manner.
  • Correlator 228 is also controlled by microcomputer 200 and acts as a data collector. Data is route to correlator 228 by microcomputer 200 from application specific devices interfaced to input ports 208A. Correlator 228 is preferably a microcompressor and functions as a coUector of data directly derived form die application specific apparatus 210 interfaced widi input ports 208 A. Microcomputer 200 preferably sends this collected data to the SNAM EPROM 206. Preferably, when die stationary unit transmits data on a control or digital traffic channel, microcomputer 200 instructs data transmitter 202 to lock on the strongest channel.
  • Microcomputer 200 instructs SNAM EPROM 206 to send data to data transceiver 202 while simultaneously, microcomputer 200 instructs correlator 228 to send die data it has coUected to SNAM EPROM 206. Accumulated data is then preferably sent to the nearest CMT, PCS, GSM network of ESMR network of SCH network, and the network relays this data to the MCMS in the aforementioned manner.
  • the MCMS 100 relays this data to the MSC 104, and the MSC determines die system location of the stationary or mobile unit, and tiien sends these instructions to die respective unit.
  • the preferred method and apparatus utilizes communications apparatus 210 which is a standardized WCASES system, thereby allowing for a tremendous amount of diverse application specific systems and apparatuses to be interfaced with communications apparatus 210.
  • FIGS. 10, 1 1, and 12 three different application specific apparatuses are shown that perform separate and distinct functions.
  • the present invention is not limited to being interfaced with only three application specific apparatuses.
  • a wide variety of application specific devices may be interfaced, performing an almost limidess number of status data gathering tasks, from a wide variety of sensor types and systems that take measurements electronically, and derive electronic digital data status from such measurements.
  • communications apparatus 210 includes input ports 208A and output ports 214A. These ports can be configured to accept RS232 devices, DIN PIN 9 pin in interfaces, RS422 serial and paraUel inputs, and any other format of interface plug.
  • stationary unit load control device 215 is interfaced widi communications apparatus 210, input port 208A, and output port 214A is operably connected to output port 214B of FIG. 10.
  • Stationary unit load control device 210 may be used to control and monitor any sort of 120-volt AC device or any 220 volt AC device, for example, power company switching, utility control, swimming pool motors, street lights, air conditioning systems, and the like.
  • FIG. 10 Another example of the operation and use of the method and apparatus of the present invention is seen in FIG. 10, where load control apparatus 215 controls electrical appliance 223 connected to load port B 227, which provides 120V AC rated at 20 amps.
  • the 120V 20-amp relay 225 is shown closed, providing a complete circuit whereby appliance 223 is turned on and fully powered.
  • Input port conductor 230 is preferably connected to load control sensor circuit 229 which sends bit data indicating that die 'circuit is powered' to Microcomputer 200 as shown in FIG 9.
  • Microcomputer 200 sends status bits to correlator 228.
  • command data bitmaps 228 are preferably transmitted over control channels, digital satellite, digital control channels, DCCH and digital traffic channels within the CMT, GSM, PCS, ESMR and SCH networks.
  • Bitmap 438 illustrates command data messages sent to a communications apparatus over the forward digital traffic channel, digital access channel, or DCCH from the ASCMS 101 to the MCMS 101, to the MSC 100, to die base station 106 A and transmission tower 109A, and to the stationary unit 107 A and it communication apparatus, via SS7, ISDN 112A, 112B, 1 12C, and PSTN 1 11 networks.
  • All of the bitmaps shown 438, 441, and 443 are bitmap formats operating on analog and digital cellular telephone systems, GSM, PCS, CDMA and enhanced specialized mobile radio systems such as NEXTELL, and related systems forward analog and digital control channels, digital access channels and forward digital traffic channels.
  • Bitmap 438 illustrates a command data string sent over the forward digital traffic channel, digital access, and DCCH of a digital cellular telephone system, PCS and/or enhanced specialized mobile radio system. Such bitmap can also be used in a global system for mobile system GSM as well. Bitmap 438 shows letters 'A' through 'G' and bracketed sets of numbers of command words. Each letter represents a command or instruction sent from d e application specific central monitoring station.
  • Application specific data meanings 442 show what each letter represents on die bitmap and the other two illustrated bitmaps. These bitmaps show various types of command data sent to different types of stationary units and mobile units on their respective communications apparatus.
  • die only command words or messages that are sent to a particular unit are die words or messages that relate to that particular application specific apparatus configuration and particular function.
  • bitmap 438 shows various command words or messages that cause certain responses from the application specific apparatus controlled by the communications apparatus.
  • the 'B word' commands this same unit to respond with status.
  • status data indicates that the unit is med off because of the action taken by the communications apparatus as a response to the 'A word' that preceded the 'B word' as a command.
  • the communications apparatus 210 receives the 'A word' command to turn off, and data receiver 201 receives the bit stream which contains the 'A word' through antenna 211 and duplex combiner 203. The data receiver 201 then sends this command data to microcomputer 200. Microcomputer 200 determines diat this command data contains the 'A word' and sends data bits to output port conductor 231 which is connected to the input N.O. point of the control module 227 for die 120V 20 amp relay controlling die 20V 20-amp appliance 223, which in turn opens this relay thereby cutting its power source. Immediately, because communications apparatus 210 received die 'B word', it transmits a bit stream which contains data that signals the application specific utUity management terminal its 'power off status. In FIG.
  • Load A 205 is not used nor is Load A Relay 207.
  • Load A and Load A Relay can be fully functioning and the input conductor 233 functions in a similar manner as input conductor 230 thereby detecting whetiier Load B Relay is open or closed, or powered or non-powered.
  • the AC power supply 224 that powered the load control apparatus 215 can either be 120 volt AC or 240 volt AC, depending on the power requirements of the appliance or system it is managing.
  • FIG. 11 a global positioning system receiver is shown and the interface with communications apparatus 210 via input and output ports, thereby allowing data bits to flow back and forth between the two apparatus as shown in Fig. 9.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 illustrate a compete mobile unit, configured, for example, for locating, tracking, and protecting a motor vehicle as used in automobile tracking and anti-theft applications.
  • diis combined mobile unit may also be used for a wide variety or other applications such as fleet management of motor vehicles, including trucks, taxis, ambulances, police vehicles, and odier public and private fleet vehicles.
  • Auto Security System 315 detects a vehicle intrusion which is indicated by an open contact closure 316 which is preferably fitted to a vehicle door, trunk lid, or hood.
  • Auto Security System 315 having detected an intrusion, sends alarm data and status information to Communications Apparatus 210 via an Input Port conductor 317 and to microcomputer 200 which instructs die integrated circuits to send manipulated and translated data through the Radio Frequency Circuit 241 and on through the
  • MCMS Master Central Monitoring Station
  • ASCMS Application Specific Central Monitoring Station
  • Communications Apparatus 210 receives command instructions from d e central monitoring stations to send location status.
  • the Radio Frequency Circuit 241 receives command instructions via d e unit Antenna 211, Duplex Combiner 203, Data Receiver 201, and then relays this data to the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) 240.
  • Microcomputer 200 transmits instructions to Location Apparatus 216 via Output Port conductors 231, 232, and to the GPS Microcomputer 303 so as to forward location coordinates to Input Port conductors 230, 233 and to die Correlator 228, the Data Transmitter 202, the Power Amp 209, Antenna 211, and into the wireless network in the aforementioned manner.
  • Game Unit 217 is preferably directly interfaced to Communications Apparatus 210 depicted in FIG. 9, via Input Ports 208 A, 208B, and Output Ports 214A and 214B.
  • Communications Apparatus 210 and Game Unit 217 are communicatively joined as one Integrated Video Game Communications Unit 103.
  • Game Unit 217 represent a generic game caddy which could be any home, casino gambling, or arcade video game playing apparatus. Of course, such could be downloaded and connected to Game Unit 217.
  • Integrated Video Game Communications Unit (IVGCU) 103 preferably includes video game firmware or Software Module 218 integrated widi Communications Apparatus 210 via Input Port 208 A, 208B, conductors 230, 233, and Output Port 214A, 214B, conductors 231 and 232. Seen in FIGS.
  • d e method and apparatus of the present invention provides a very efficient and inexpensive means and method to provide video game scores, gambling bets, odds, type of gaming to be played, levels of play, duration of play, particular game identification, and other data which is manipulated, translated, and transmitted to the Video Game Cable Channel Head End 102 in the same manner as that described for the other Application Specific Apparatus and Communication Apparatus systems.
  • IVGUC 103 preferably transmits gaming data into die wireless network in the aforementioned manner, and the Cable Head End 102 functions as an Applications Specific Dispatch Center that in turn broadcasts said gaming scores and other data to the users. This same center can be placed at a gambling casino.
  • a television set or monitor 236 iUustrates the game score and player status 226.
  • a cable television video game channel may transmit game score and player status, bets, paramutuals for horse racing, Keno, and sports betting for video game and gambling players from different parts of die country simultaneously.
  • the Cable Head End 102 operably receives Application Specific Data and translates this data back to alpha numeric text as seen on television monitor 236 and then broadcasts it in the manner described above.
  • FIGS. 1 the Cable Head End 102 operably receives Application Specific Data and translates this data back to alpha numeric text as seen on television monitor 236 and then broadcasts it in the manner described above.
  • Steps 400 through 445 show typical operations routine in a wireless network, including the method of die present invention. It is seen that when a Mobile Stationary Unit is activated, die Power On 400 sequence preferably initializes the ASIC circuits (computer) 401 to initialize a registration routine that in turn causes the WSN WIN/RAAM dialed digit field data 402 and other data to be transmitted. The ASIC circuits then cause the Data Transceiver to tune to die strongest paging, forward control channel, forward digital access channel, or forward digital traffic channel 404. Simultaneously the ASIC computer detects status bits 405 and send these bits to Correlator 406.
  • Correlator 406 sends bits to ASIC computer 407 which adds modified bits to the overall synchronous bit stream and sends these bits to SNAM 408.
  • SNAM send bits to ASIC computer 409 and ASIC computer 409 sends a data bit stream to data transceiver 410.
  • the data transceiver sends die bit stream to die mobile switching center (MSC) 412.
  • MSC 412 receives and processes the control channel, digital access channel, and digital data 414 data at the MCMS via conversion to SS7 IS-41 protocol.
  • MCMS preferably retrieves WCASES specific data bit streams mat have been converted from air interface data to IS-41 SS7 signalling protocol, from control channels, digital access, and digital traffic channels 415.
  • MCMS decodes WCASES specific data 416 and sends decoded data to ASCMS or to the Video Game Channel Cable Head End (GCCH) 417, gaming casino control center, point-of-sales, security system, or any other designated apptication specific central monitoring station.
  • GCCH Video Game Channel Cable Head End
  • the ASCMS receives decoded data 418 and the Application Specific Data Reception and Distribution Terminal (ASDRD) distributes such data to Application Specific Data Terminals (ASDT), which can also be located at GCCH 419, if desired.
  • ASDRD Application Specific Data Reception and Distribution Terminal
  • ASDT Application Specific Data Terminals
  • the ASDT receives status information data 420 and die ASDT software processes status data 421 to determine status. Then the ASDT transmits command data words to the MSC 422 which receives and transmits command data words on the forward control channels, forward digital control channels DCCH, satellite forward channels, and conventional one-way paging networks PNCC or forward digital traffic channels 423 for determination with the ASM or stationary unit, and tiien transmits command data to the base station and transmission tower closest to the ASM or stationary unit 425.
  • the base station then preferably transmits command bit stream data 426 to ASM or die stationary unit, and the ASM or stationary unit then responds to command data 455. During response procedure, the method begins all over again as shown in FIG.
  • command data in the same manner as its operations sequence during a power up and registration sequence as shown.
  • die power on sequence 400 is not repeated, however, specification 401 through 421 are repeated.
  • the process halts here if no command data need to be sent to the ASM or stationary unit If command data needs to be sent as a result of the ASCMS determining its status, then operations specification 401 through 455 are completed.
  • a Command Data Bitmap is shown, illustrating forward control channel digital access channel and forward digital traffic channel command data words and the data bit streams which carry the command data words.
  • Command data words for the digital traffic channel 438 are decoded 442, preferably in the form of words A through H.
  • Overhead or forward control channel Command Data words are preferably expressed in the form 441.
  • reserved format and/or RAAM dialed digit field data 433 A is manipulated and translated and the meanings are expressed by decoding die 'H word', in the Application Specific Command Data Meaning box 442.
  • command data words being sent on forward control channels, forward digital access channels, DCCH, one-way paging networks via POCSAG or FLEX paging protocols, satellites, and forward digital traffic channels cause die previously discussed actions for the ASM or Stationary Unit and the intemal communications apparatus and subsequently controlled Application Specific Apparatus.
  • the applications are truly large and varied. Status and command data can be sent and received in a uniform and transparent manner in existing wireless networks, without disruption of the network or overloading of die network, and without requiring infrastructure upgrades, with only some software modification requirements at an existing MSC and die inte al processing systems.
  • the illustration shows how the WCASES MCMS 100 interfaces with a cellular mobile telephone MSC 443, an enhanced specialized mobile radio (ESMR) MSC 444, a Global System for Mobile (GSM) MSC 444, and a person communication system (PCS) MSC 446 that could be a IS-95 CDMA MSC or any other PCS related platform.
  • ESMR enhanced specialized mobile radio
  • GSM Global System for Mobile
  • PCS person communication system
  • the depicted MSCs can send data of the MCMS 100 in real time, for the MCMS is a true interformatted data processing and management center. All air-interface converted data is sent on the ISDN/SS7 network 112A.
  • PSTN pubhc switched telephone network
  • DID dial in direct
  • V.35 19.2, 28.8, 56 kbps frame relay
  • Tl DSO
  • ISDN-B ISDN-A
  • T1-128A Etiiernet
  • Etiiernet TCAP
  • TCP/IP TCP/IP
  • FTP Internet point-of-presence
  • WWW world wide web
  • the illustration depicts a WCASES Location Communicator that is configured as a personal locator mobile unit 108C.
  • This communicator contains a normal voice service related cellular analog digital transceiver, plus circuitry that supports WCASES data protocols, a normal but fully integrated one-way paging receiver, and a global positioning GPS receiver 454, a GPS antenna 453, and power supply support electronics 455.
  • the flip-out enclosure housing 452 contains aU the aforementioned electronics, plus it acts as a container for the voice service microphone 463.
  • This truly novel approach allows for easy access to die GPS satellite transmitted C/P correlator bits that, when received from the GPS satellites 110A and 1 10B, are processed by the GPS receiver, that in fact reveals its relative earth bound location.
  • the flip-out GPS housing moves from a closed position to an open position 457.
  • a new GPS position is desired by the location phone user, he simply opens the flip-out housing, makes sure he has clear line-of-sight, and the green led light 461 flashes teUing the user that a new location has been calculated. Once this is accomplished he simply closes the location communicators 108C flip-out housing 452 and continues on.
  • the new location update just derived from die explained procedure also causes an automatic transmission of the location information to be transmitted to the MCMS via die present invention's WCASES RAAM methodology. This is just one way to send such data.
  • the location communicator 108C has a red LED 460 diat flashes when a message has been transmitted from any of the configured downlink transmission mediums, such as satellite, DCCH or normal one-way paging.
  • the instruction from the application specific central monitoring station could be "Report Your Position" 451 which is a readout on the units LCD display 450.
  • a message containing his canned response plus location information is sent via the serving cellular system network, and in particular using the present invention RAAM feature procedure, and completes the two-way paging action. Once this is done the user will hear a stutter dial tone from d e location unit, or two-way paging units speaker 462.
  • the host cellular or PCS carrier can opt to utilize a recording to be sent on the forward voice channel, for example, "Your message as been sent", or choose to only send a completion indicator on the forward control or digital paging channel.
  • the communicator software will detect the overhead action diat in fact causes the completion of the message action or transaction.
  • the communicator battery 456 powers all the communicator's components.
  • the LCD screen 450 displays all d e information received from the GPS receiver, die paging receiver, and any status that needs to be displayed to the user concerning the operations status of the ceUular transceiver and distinctive WCASES data communications.

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Méthode pour transmission continue de messages spécifiques à une application via les réseaux de communication sans fil existants (448) par des voies de commande, des voies d'accès, des voies de trafic numérique et des commutateurs, consistant à prendre des données existantes (426) et à les manipuler de manière à créer des données manipulées (228). Des bits de messagerie spécifique configurés comme un paquet de données émettrices possédant entre huit et trente-deux champs numériques, sont transmis via des voies de commande cellulaire (437). Les données manipulées (228) sont ensuite traduites (442) en message spécifique à une application (438). Le message spécifique à l'application (438) est utilisé pour transmettre une commande et une communication à un dispositif spécifique à cette application (210), une communication sans fil étant ainsi établie sur le réseau de communication sans fil existant, sans provoquer de rupture, de surcharge ou de limitation dans les activités de communication normales du système.
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