Local mobile number for a foreign resident mobile
View Patent ↗A system and method for providing a local number service at a native country mobile operator to a foreign resident mobile of a foreign resident country mobile operator. The service enables the foreign resident mobile to receive calls and SMS messages irrespective of its location. It also allows the foreign mobile to register with the native country mobile operator and perform communication services with a local identity.
1. A system for mobile communications for providing a local Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network Number (MSISDN) by a native country mobile operator to a foreign resident with a foreign mobile device having a single International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) of a foreign mobile operator at the foreign resident's country, the system comprising:
a signaling gateway (SG) at the native country mobile operator for associating the local MSISDN and an associated local IMSI of the native country mobile operator with the foreign mobile device IMSI and an associated foreign MSISDN of the foreign mobile device using only the foreign mobile operator SIM;
wherein the SG facilitates the forwarding of text messages and calls to the local MSISDN to the associated foreign MSISDN no matter where the foreign mobile device SIM is registered;
wherein the SG enables the foreign mobile device to register with the native country mobile operator and perform mobile communication service as if the foreign mobile device is a local mobile device with the local MSISDN and the associated local IMSI, when the foreign resident is visiting the native country and registered with the native country mobile operator with the foreign mobile device;
wherein the SG supports selecting one of a local profile and home profile by the foreign mobile device when registered at the native country mobile operator; and
wherein there is no special relationship between the native country mobile operator and the foreign mobile operator.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the local MSISDN is a prepaid account.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the local MSISDN is a postpaid account.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the enabled mobile communication service is one selected from a group consisting of Mobile Originated Short Message Service (MO-SMS), Mobile Terminated SMS (MT-SMS), Mobile Originated Call (MO-call), and Mobile Terminated Call and Data (MT call and data).
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the enabled mobile communication service is MO-SMS, and wherein the MO-SMS by the foreign resident mobile registered at the native country mobile operator to a native country number uses the local mobile number as a sender Identifier (ID).
6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the enabled mobile communication service is MO-SMS, and wherein the MO-SMS by the foreign resident mobile registered at the native country mobile operator to a non native country number uses the foreign mobile number as a sender ID.
7. The system of claim 4 , wherein the enabled mobile communication service is MO-call, and wherein the MO-call by the foreign resident mobile registered at the native country mobile operator to a native country number uses the local mobile number as a caller ID.
8. The system of claim 4 , wherein the enabled mobile communication service is MO-call, and wherein the MO-call by the foreign resident mobile registered at the native country mobile operator to a non native country number uses the foreign mobile number as a caller ID.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein one of the native country mobile operator and the foreign mobile operator is a network selected from a group consisting of a Global System for Mobile (GSM), Code Division Multiplexed Access (CDMA), Third Generation GSM (3GSM), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wireless Fidelity Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax), Long Term Evolution (LTE), and American National Standards Institute-41 (ANSI-41) network.
10. A method for mobile communication for providing a local Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network Number (MSISDN) by a native country mobile operator to a foreign resident with a foreign mobile device having a single International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) of a foreign mobile operator at the foreign resident's country, the method comprising:
associating the local MSISDN and an associated local IMSI of the native country mobile operator, at a signaling gateway (SG) at the native country mobile operator, with the foreign mobile device IMSI and an associated foreign MSISDN of the foreign mobile device using only the foreign mobile operator SIM;
facilitating the forwarding of text messages and calls to the local MSISDN to the associated foreign MSISDN no matter where the foreign mobile device SIM is registered;
enabling the foreign mobile device to register with the native country mobile operator and perform mobile communication service as if the foreign mobile device is a local mobile device with the local MSISDN and the associated local IMSI, when the foreign resident is visiting the native country with the foreign device; and
supporting a selection of one of a local profile and home profile by the foreign mobile device when registered at the native country mobile operator with the foreign mobile device;
wherein there is no special relationship between the native country mobile operator and the foreign mobile operator.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the local MSISDN is a prepaid account.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the local MSISDN is a postpaid account.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the enabled mobile communication service is one of Mobile Originated (MO) Short Message Service (SMS) (MO-SMS), Mobile Terminated (MT) SMS (MT-SMS), MO-call, and MT call and data.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the enabled mobile communication service is MO-SMS and wherein the MO-SMS by the foreign resident mobile registered at the native country mobile operator to a native country number uses the local mobile number as a sender Identifier (ID).
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the enabled mobile communication service is MO-SMS and wherein the MO-SMS by the foreign resident mobile registered at the native country mobile operator to a non native country number uses the foreign mobile number as a sender ID.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the enabled mobile communication service is MO-call and wherein the MO-call by the foreign resident mobile registered at the native country mobile operator to a native country number uses the local mobile number as a caller ID.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the enabled mobile communication service is MO-call and wherein the MO-call by the foreign resident mobile registered at the native country mobile operator to a non native country number uses the foreign mobile number as a caller ID.
18. The method of claim 10 , wherein one of the native country mobile operator and the foreign mobile operator is a network selected from a group consisting of a Global System for Mobile (GSM), Code Division Multiplexed Access (CDMA), Third Generation GSM (3GSM), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax), Long Term Evolution (LTE), and American National Standards Institute-41 (ANSI-41).