USER DATA NOTIFICATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

摘要

Data stored about user equipment, such as mobile phones, that is stored in a Home Location Register of at least one wireless, cellular voice network communications system configured, for example, as a 3G network deployment, is augmented with supplemental information and is communicated automatically to active users in the network. The invention is particularly advantageous for mobile systems that are deployable where normal networks have been disrupted, such as among emergency personnel who need to communicate and cooperate as a group at a disaster scene. Supplemental information includes, for example, the identity of a user or device that has entered or exited the network, the function, position, rank, responsibility level, etc., that each user has, and what group the user is affiliated with.

主权项

1. An apparatus configured to:
retrieve, in response to a trigger, a first information element comprising data identifying a role associated with a user of a first user equipment and a second information element comprising data identifying a role associated with a user of a second user equipment that is connected to a telecommunications network; transmit the retrieved first information element to the second user equipment; and transmit the retrieved second information element to the first user equipment, wherein the trigger comprises determining that the first user equipment has connected to the telecommunications network.