Sender Activated Mobile Call Overloading via Core Network Nesting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack an efficient method to securely transmit data requests between mobile devices using mobile telephone calls, while ensuring that the data exchanged is not exposed to third parties and maintaining a secure communication channel.
Innovation Solution
A sender-activated, rule-based framework using mobile telecommunication core network entities to overload mobile telephone calls with data access or profile activation requests, ensuring secure data transmission by dynamically choosing the communication channel based on response type, cost, size, network resource availability, and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If mobile telephone calls are used to transmit data requests between mobile devices, then data exchange efficiency is improved, but security and protection against third-party exposure deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds data requests and profile activation commands within the existing mobile telephone call signaling protocol. The data request is nested inside the call setup messages (e.g., INVITE, SETUP), allowing the call to serve dual purposes: voice communication and secure data transfer. This nesting approach maintains the efficiency of using call infrastructure while ensuring security through the established call authentication mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a telecommunication core network entity (such as HLR, VLR, or MSC) as an intermediary between the sending mobile device and receiving mobile device. This intermediary handles the data request routing, authentication, and profile activation, ensuring that data is not directly exposed between devices but is processed through a secure, controlled network path that prevents third-party access.
2Reliability
If mobile telecommunication core network entities are used to execute data requests, then data transmission security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the telecommunication core network entities perform multiple functions: traditional voice call routing plus data request handling and profile activation. By making these existing network elements multi-functional, the patent avoids adding separate dedicated infrastructure, thereby limiting the increase in system complexity while achieving enhanced security through the centralized control of the core network.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables the mobile network infrastructure to automatically handle data request processing and profile activation without requiring complex client-side implementation. The core network entities autonomously execute the data requests and manage the profiles, reducing the complexity burden on individual devices while maintaining high security through network-controlled operations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If communication channel is dynamically chosen based on response type, cost, size, and security, then adaptability is improved, but decision-making complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-configures multiple communication channels and profile settings in advance within the mobile network infrastructure. When a data request is received, the core network entity selects the appropriate pre-configured channel based on simple criteria (response type, cost, size), rather than requiring complex real-time decision-making. This preliminary configuration simplifies the decision process while maintaining high adaptability.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method for sender activated mobile call overloading (SAMCO) is described that includes processors configured for receiving request call data comprising a data request initiated by a sending mobile device intended for a receiving mobile device, receiving active call data corresponding to a telephone call placed by the sending mobile device to the receiving mobile device, wherein the active call data comprises the data request, determining that the receiving mobile device is subscribed to a data request service configured to execute the data request, determining that the sending mobile device is authorized to access the receiving mobile device, and responsive to determining that the sending mobile device is authorized, the method includes processors configured for transmitting the data request to the receiving mobile device.