Roaming Communication Suspension System
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Solution Overview
Problem
The delivery of advertisements and messages to roaming mobile phone subscribers can be wasteful and costly due to higher roaming charges, as existing systems do not prevent communication delivery regardless of the subscriber's location.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allows subscribers to temporarily suspend the delivery of advertisements and messages by opting out through an internet site, service center, or mobile device feature, such as a 'holiday' button, preventing delivery when roaming.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If advertisements and messages are delivered to roaming subscribers, then the mobile telephone operator can maintain advertising revenue and subscriber engagement, but roaming charges increase and communication delivery becomes wasteful
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by detecting the subscriber's roaming status before delivering advertisements or messages. The Home Location Register (HLR) continuously monitors the subscriber's location, and when roaming is detected, the system proactively blocks communication delivery before it occurs, preventing wasteful roaming charges while maintaining advertising effectiveness during home network usage
Solution Approach 2:
The HLR acts as an intermediary between the advertisement delivery system and the roaming subscriber. It receives roaming status information from the network, processes this information to determine delivery eligibility, and controls whether communications are forwarded to the subscriber, thereby mediating between advertising revenue goals and roaming cost reduction
2Loss of information
If the HLR indicates roaming status, then the subscriber's location information is available, but communication delivery is not prevented and roaming charges accumulate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback loop where the HLR continuously provides roaming status information to the communication delivery system. This feedback mechanism ensures that delivery decisions are based on real-time location data, automatically preventing advertisement delivery when the subscriber is roaming and resuming delivery when the subscriber returns to the home network, thereby eliminating wasteful roaming charges while maintaining information utilization
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AI summary
Method and system for managing delivery of communications such as advertisements to mobile telephone subscribers where delivery to subscribers is temporarily prevented or blocked at the request of the subscribers. In particular, a subscriber can temporarily suspend delivery of advertisements when they are roaming.