Method for informing a subscriber of a mobile telephony network about missed calls
A method for informing a subscriber of a mobile telephony network about incoming calls while the mobile telephone of the subscriber is switched off or is not connected to the mobile telephony network. The notification takes place via the mobile telephone of the subscriber as soon as the mobile telephone has re-registered itself in the mobile radio network, and the message including at least the call number of the missed caller. In the event of a calling line identification restriction (CLIR) from the caller, a message is automatically produced and sent to the caller, by which means the caller is prompted, by a dialogue, to temporarily release the call number transmission for the call, such that the call number of the caller can be communicated to the subscriber.
1. A system for notifying a subscriber of a mobile network service of a call received from a caller while a mobile phone of the subscriber was turned off, or while no connection to the mobile network existed, wherein the notification message occurs via the mobile phone of the subscriber as soon as the mobile phone has again registered in the mobile network, and the notification message comprises at least the phone number of the caller, the system comprising:
means for automatically transmitting a request message to the caller in the case of a restricted caller line identification (CLIR) to request the caller to temporarily release his/her phone number for the received call so that the phone number of the caller can be included in the notification message to the subscriber;
wherein said request message is transmitted to the caller when the subscriber cannot be reached and has not activated call forwarding; and
means for performing the notification to a said subscriber under conditions of call forwarding not reachable (CFNREACH), call forwarding busy (CFBUSY), or call forwarding no reply (CFNREPLY).
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said request message is transmitted to the caller via voice message.
3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said request message is transmitted to the caller via a text message.
4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission of said request message and interaction with the caller are performed by means of a voice mail system, or a server.
5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the caller communicates with a voice mail system via DTMF signaling on his/her mobile phone, thereby temporarily releasing the CLIR.
6. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the caller communicates with the voice mail system via DTMF signaling on his/her mobile phone, thereby temporarily releasing the CUR.
7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for use with a computer in a system for notifying a subscriber of a mobile network service of a call received from a caller while a mobile phone of the subscriber was turned off, or while no connection to the mobile network existed, wherein a notification message occurs via the mobile phone of the subscriber as soon as the mobile phone has registered in the mobile network, and the notification message comprises at least a phone number of the caller, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium contains computer executable program instructions for causing the computer to implement the steps of:
automatically transmitting a request message to the caller in the case of a restricted caller line identification (CLIR) to request the caller to temporarily release his/her phone number for the received call so that the phone number of the caller can be included in the notification message to the subscriber;
wherein said request message is transmitted to the caller when the subscriber cannot be reached and has not activated call forwarding; and
performing the notification to a said subscriber under conditions of call forwarding not reachable (CFNREACH), call forwarding busy (CFBUSY), or call forwarding no reply (CFNREPLY).