JP2000197114A - Mobile telephone terminal management system and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a mobile telephone terminal available by having only to replace a subscriber identification information device that user information is stored in the mobile telephone terminal with another device. SOLUTION: This management system consists of a mobile telephone terminal 10 that is a mobile terminal of a mobile communication system whose speech is made available by acquiring user information and of a mobile network 12 that makes a speech of the mobile telephone terminal 10 available by acquiring the user information or the like from the mobile telephone terminal 10. The mobile telephone terminal 10 is provided with a subscriber identification information device 14 that stores user identification information and can be inserted to the mobile telephone terminal 10 and with a user revision notice means 16 that acquires the identification information from the subscriber identification information device 14 and transmits the identification information on request from the mobile network 12, and the mobile telephone terminal 10 can be used without any contract with an enterprise by replacing the subscriber identification information device 14 with other device 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile telephone terminal management method for storing subscriber information in a mobile telephone terminal and exchanging identification information with the mobile telephone terminal when accessing a mobile network so that a user can talk. And methods.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional mobile phone, a user has a personal mobile phone terminal, so that a service contract of the user and a usage contract of the mobile terminal are made in one contract.
The contract information is managed by the mobile network operator, and at the same time, the minimum necessary contract information for the user to access the mobile network is stored in the mobile telephone terminal. In recent years, in consideration of a mode in which a user uses an unspecified number of mobile terminals, a method of storing service contract information in a device for user identification and attaching it to a mobile telephone terminal has been used. However, a conventional management method is also applied to mobile telephone terminals from the viewpoint of owner management.

[0003] An example of a conventional portable telephone in which a recording medium is inserted and managed is described in JP-A-5-284214. The mobile phone and the mobile phone monitor described in this publication can be connected to and separated from the mobile phone main body, and can receive an ID code, usage restriction information (expiration date, etc.), usage status information (telephone number, A recording medium for transmitting and receiving (call time, call time, etc.) with the control unit is provided, so that the user can easily grasp and manage the usage status of the mobile phone. Further, the invention described in the gazette is to check illegal use, promote efficient use, and solve problems such as an increase in communication cost expenditure.

[0004]

With the expansion of functions, a mobile telephone terminal may make a user feel inconvenient unless the terminal supports a new function. In addition, when replacing a mobile telephone terminal, unlike a fixed telephone terminal, the contract must be renewed with a mobile operator, which is inconvenient.

[0005] Further, in the conventional portable telephone described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-284214, there is a technique for storing and utilizing information of a user of the portable telephone by connecting a storage medium to the portable telephone. .

It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile telephone terminal management system and method which can access a mobile network by storing subscriber information in the mobile telephone terminal.

[0007]

A mobile telephone terminal management system according to the present invention comprises a mobile network having a communication line including a radio line of a mobile communication system and a node for exchanging and controlling communication from a mobile terminal; A mobile telephone terminal, wherein the mobile network can be connected to the mobile network by connecting a storage medium that stores subscriber identification information to the mobile network. A unique identification information reading means for acquiring subscriber identification information for user identification from a terminal, a user access information notifying means for notifying the mobile telephone terminal of contract information of a user relating to the use of a wireless system, and a mobile network Management number notification means for notifying the mobile telephone terminal of a management number for managing the location of the mobile telephone terminal in the area; identification information obtained from the mobile telephone terminal; And having a visitor entry register for storing location information of the mobile telephone terminal detected by the motion network.

A mobile telephone terminal management method according to the present invention includes a mobile network having a communication line including a wireless line of a mobile communication system and a node for exchanging and controlling communication from the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal, A mobile telephone terminal management method in a mobile telephone terminal management system, comprising: a mobile telephone terminal capable of connecting to the mobile network by connecting a storage medium storing subscriber identification information. Is connected to the mobile telephone terminal, the mobile network recognizes that the mobile network is an accessible mobile telephone terminal, and by connecting the storage medium to another mobile telephone terminal, the mobile network is connected to the other mobile telephone terminal. It is characterized in that it recognizes that the telephone terminal is also accessible.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention eliminates the need to pre-register management information such as attribute information of a mobile telephone terminal in a mobile network, and allows a user to purchase or borrow a mobile telephone terminal for identification information of the user. Can be used by inserting a device in which is stored. In addition, when a user moves from a subscribed network, which is a subscribed network, to a visited network, which is a current network, regardless of whether or not the user is subscribed, the mobile phone terminal stores the user's own identification information. By inserting the symbol, the network can be used in the visited network like a subscribed network. Here, the mobile network is a visited network and / or a subscribed network.

The configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle configuration of the present invention. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile terminal of a mobile communication system allows a user to make a call by acquiring user information, and a mobile terminal 10 obtains user information and the like from the mobile terminal 10. And a mobile network 12 that enables communication. The mobile telephone terminal 10 stores a subscriber identification information device 14 that stores user identification information and can be inserted into the mobile telephone terminal 10, and a subscriber identification information that has already been stored when the identification information is acquired from the subscriber identification information device 14. A user change notifying unit for notifying the mobile network when the information is different from the information; The mobile network 12 requests the transmission of identification information for identifying the mobile telephone terminal from the mobile network 12 to the mobile telephone terminal 10 and obtains unique identification information reading means 18 for obtaining the identification information. 10
User access information notifying means 20 for notifying the contract information of the user regarding the use of the wireless system, and management for notifying the mobile phone terminal 10 of the management number for managing the location of the mobile phone terminal 10 in the mobile network area. Number notifying means 22, identification information for identifying the mobile telephone terminal obtained from mobile telephone terminal 10, and mobile telephone terminal 10 detected by mobile network 12
And a location register 24 for storing the location information.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing an information exchange operation of the present invention. In the conventional mobile telephone terminal management, the assignment of the management number and the correspondence management with the user are performed in the visited network, but the present invention further involves the following operation. As shown in FIG. 2, when the mobile telephone terminal 10 accesses the mobile network 12,
The mobile network terminal identification information including the management number or the mobile phone terminal's unique identification number assigned from the mobile network 1
Notify 2. The mobile network 12 acquires and analyzes the identification information of the mobile telephone terminal 10, and determines whether it is a management number or an identification number. As a result of the determination, if the management number is obtained, the mobile telephone terminal 10 stored in the mobile network 12 is obtained from the obtained management number.
And the information for identification stored in the mobile telephone terminal 10 are obtained and compared with each other.
Check the validity of 0. If the validity cannot be confirmed at this time, the mobile network 12 obtains the information for identification from the mobile telephone terminal 10 by the unique identification information reading means 18 and performs the same operation as the case of the identification number described later. . As a result of the determination, if the identification number is found, the mobile network 1 which is the visited network
2 is registered in the area registration register 24, and the obtained identification information is stored and managed as information of the area registration.

When performing location registration, the mobile network 12 refers to the contract information of the user stored in the mobile network 12 based on the identification information of the user, and uses the wireless system such as an available subscribed network. Is notified to the mobile phone terminal 10 and the management number at the time of registration in the area, and is stored in the mobile phone terminal 10. Further, the mobile telephone terminal 10 has means for storing the user identification information of the attached subscriber identification information storage device 14, and detects a mismatch with the user identification information of the attached subscriber identification information storage device 14. In this case, the user change is notified to the mobile network 12 by the user change notification means 16. Upon receiving the user change notification, the mobile network 12 reads information related to the use of the wireless system from the user identification information in the same manner as described above, and notifies the mobile telephone terminal 10 to store the information.
In addition, the management number of the mobile telephone terminal 10 stored in the user's location management information is compared with the management number notified from the mobile telephone terminal 10, and if they do not match, the management number is stored on the mobile network side. The mobile telephone terminal 10 of the management number is determined to be no longer used, and the registration in the area is deleted.

As described above, since the information on the mobile telephone terminal 12 is temporarily managed in the visited network, the management information on the mobile telephone terminal is not fixedly held. Therefore, when the mobile telephone terminal 10 moves between mobile networks, when accessing the destination network, the registration information is registered in the destination network and the identification information or the like read from the source is read. In addition to taking over the storage and management, the registration of the mobile telephone terminal is canceled from the destination network to the source network. Further, the control unit notifies the mobile telephone terminal of the change of the management number accompanying the update of the registration in the area, and stores it.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, the area of the user identification information stored in the mobile telephone terminal for enabling one user to perform communication using a plurality of telephone numbers (and a plurality of user identification information) is defined as follows. A plurality is provided. The change accompanying the attachment / detachment of the subscriber identification information device shall be notified to the mobile network when any of the stored contents do not match, and the information on the user from the mobile network 12 is stored in the area corresponding to the user identification information. To memorize.

Further, since the user manages the mobile telephone terminal himself, information such as discarding of the terminal cannot be recognized by the mobile network. For this reason, the location management of the mobile telephone terminal in the mobile network has time monitoring means, and the time period starts when the mobile telephone terminal can access the mobile telephone terminal. If the time limit expires and there is no access within the time limit, the registration in the area is deleted. Since the registration is deleted only on the mobile network side, the management number stored in the mobile telephone terminal remains as it is. If the mobile phone terminal accesses the mobile network with the management number remaining,
Access is denied because there is no information even if reference is made to location registration information using a management number in a mobile network, or when another mobile telephone terminal is registered with the same management number, movement using the read identification information In some cases, the validity of the telephone terminal is determined to be invalid and access is denied. If the mobile phone terminal recognizes that this type of access rejection has been performed, it erases the stored management number and accesses the mobile network multiple times using the identification number of the mobile phone terminal as identification information to access the mobile network. Is realized.

[0016]

The mobile telephone terminal management system of the present invention eliminates the need for a contract between the user and the mobile network operator by inserting the subscriber identification information device into the mobile telephone terminal. is there. The user can freely select a mobile telephone terminal by replacing the subscriber identification information device. This makes it easy to switch to a mobile telephone terminal that supports the latest service functions.

Further, the user can go out without carrying the mobile telephone terminal because the mobile telephone terminal is not restricted, and use the subscriber identification information device in the mobile telephone terminal that is close at hand when going out. become. Since the mobile network operator does not have to manage the usage contract of the mobile telephone terminal, the mobile network operator is released from the complicated daily work of contract and contract change.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a principle configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing an information exchange operation of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile telephone terminal 12 Mobile network 14 Subscriber identification information device 16 User change notification means 18 Unique identification information reading means 20 User access information notification means 22 Management number notification means 24 Location register

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[Submission date] December 3, 1999 (1999.12.
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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A mobile network having a communication line including a wireless line of a mobile communication system and a node for exchanging and controlling communication from a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal, wherein a user stores subscriber identification information. A mobile telephone terminal that can be connected to the mobile network by connecting a storage medium, wherein the mobile network transmits subscriber identification information for user identification from the mobile telephone terminal. Means for reading unique identification information to be obtained, user access information notifying means for notifying the mobile telephone terminal of the contract information of the user regarding the use of the wireless system, and for managing the location of the mobile telephone terminal in the mobile network area. Management number notification means for notifying the mobile telephone terminal of a management number; identification information acquired from the mobile telephone terminal; and location information of the mobile telephone terminal detected by the mobile network. Mobile telephone terminal management system characterized by having a serving registration registers, the. 2. The mobile telephone terminal according to claim 1, wherein said mobile telephone terminal stores user identification information and can be inserted into said mobile telephone terminal, and means for acquiring and storing said identification information from said subscriber identification information device. And a difference detection unit for storing the stored user identification information and newly acquired identification information, and a user change notification unit for notifying the mobile network of a user change when the difference is detected. The mobile telephone terminal management system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. When the mobile telephone terminal accesses with the management number, if the management number has not been registered in the mobile network, a new management number is assigned and a unique identification information is read by the unique identification information reading means. Obtain identification information,
3. The mobile telephone terminal management system according to claim 2, wherein the mobile telephone terminal can be used by registering in the mobile network and notifying the mobile telephone terminal of the management number. 4. When the mobile network receives a user change notification from the mobile telephone terminal, the mobile telephone terminal informs the mobile telephone terminal of the user's wireless access usage information and stores the information, so that the mobile telephone terminal becomes unnecessary. 4. The mobile telephone terminal management system according to claim 3, wherein access to the mobile network is not performed. 5. A mobile communication system comprising: a mobile network which is a network of a wireless communication system; and a mobile telephone terminal which is a mobile terminal of the mobile network, wherein the mobile telephone terminal obtains identification information for identifying a user, thereby enabling the mobile communication. A mobile telephone terminal management method characterized in that a call can be made on a network. 6. The mobile network has means for acquiring the identification information possessed by the mobile telephone terminal, and means for acquiring information as to where the mobile telephone terminal is located in the mobile network, 6. The mobile telephone terminal management method according to claim 5, wherein the identification information and the position information obtained by each means are stored. 7. A mobile network having a communication line including a radio line of a mobile communication system and a node for exchanging and controlling communication from a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal, wherein a user stores subscriber identification information. A mobile telephone terminal that can be connected to the mobile network by connecting a storage medium, wherein a user connects the storage medium to the mobile telephone terminal. By recognizing that the mobile network is an accessible mobile telephone terminal, by connecting the storage medium to another mobile telephone terminal, the mobile network recognizes that the other mobile telephone terminal is also accessible. A method for managing mobile phone terminals. 8. A mobile communication system comprising: a mobile network which is a network of a radio communication system; and a mobile telephone terminal which is a mobile terminal of the mobile network, wherein the mobile telephone terminal is provided from the mobile network when accessing the mobile network. The mobile network notifies the mobile network of user identification information including a management number or a unique identification number of the mobile telephone terminal, the mobile network acquires and analyzes the identification information of the mobile telephone terminal, If it is a management number as a result of the determination, information for identification of the mobile phone terminal stored in the mobile network from the obtained management number and the mobile phone terminal are stored. The mobile phone terminal is obtained and compared with the information for identification to confirm the validity of the mobile phone terminal. If the identification result shows that the mobile phone terminal is the identification number, a new management number is assigned and the mobile phone terminal is located. Located in mobile network Registering, acquiring information for identification from the mobile phone terminal, storing and managing the information as location registration information, and notifying the mobile terminal of a newly assigned management number. Terminal management method.