System for Optimizing Cellular Telephone Call Placement With Minimal User Overhead

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-23
MOBILEMAX
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[0031]It is an objective of the present invention that the subscriber experience no added inconvenience when placing calls using any of the subscriber calling options as described above. Preferably, embodiments of the present invention will automatically manage financial accounts for the subscriber, including, but not limited to: calling card purchase and maintenance (such as “recharging”, which is renewing the calling time on a calling card); purchase of calling time; purchase of SIM, where possible; and purchase of other related services.
[0032]It is also an objective of the present invention that the operation, including the automatic choice of subscriber calling option, be pre-authorized by the subscriber but during operation be performed in a manner that is transparent to the subscriber; or, if subscriber input is required, that such input be done in a manner t

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As noted previously, however, mobile telephones with the capabilities such as disclosed in Ericsson and Alanara are not readily available to subscribers.
Moreover, relying on functions that have been integrated into the mobile telephone operating system may restrict the subscriber from being able to take advantage of new calling services or expanded service opportunities.
Unfortunately, a limitation of the prior art solutions, as presented above, is that they must be incorporated into the mobile telephone at the time of manufacture or initial configuring of the mobile telephone, and cannot be retrofit into an existing mobile telephone by a subscriber.
This limitation is due to the difficulty of altering the low-level operational characteristics of mobile telephones to incorporate automatic calling card and/or call-back program support, where no such support originally existed.
Without programming access to the

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[0051]The principles and operation of a system and method for placing mobile telephone calls according to the present invention may be understood with reference to the drawings and the accompanying description.

Prior Art Calling Card Support and the Limitations Thereof

[0052]To appreciate the novel advances of the present invention for the support of calling cards and call-back programs, it is helpful to first review the prior art implementation

[0053]FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a prior art mobile telephone 101 with embedded capabilities for handling the placement of calls via calling cards, such as described in Ericsson and in Alanara. Internal functions block 103 includes a user interface 105, a signal processor 107, a radio 109, a controller 111, and an optional SIM 133. Controller 111 contains the following functional units: a processor 125, an I / O control 127, a timing source 129, an optional SIM interface 131 for optional SIM 133, and a memory and storage 113 for data

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A method and system for automatically placing calls made from a mobile telephone in an economical manner via calling card and call-back programs, with minimal user overhead. The system may be installed on an existing telephone by the user. To operate, the user initiates the placement of a call in the regular manner, as if the call were placed directly, and the system automatically places the call in the most economical way, such as via calling card or call-back program. The user can employ any dialing conveniences offered by the mobile telephone, including “speed dialing”, “phone book” dialing, or recent call dialing. All interaction with the calling card/call-back server is handled automatically; the user need not be aware that the call is being placed via a calling card or call-back program. Additional automatic features include automatic calling card recharging and selection of SIM for telephones supporting multiple SIM's.

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