1. A method for processing messages associated with prepaid mobile subscribers in a number portability environment, the method comprising:
(a) receiving, from a visited mobile switching center (VMSC), a registration message relating to a roaming prepaid mobile subscriber;
(b) formulating a registration response message and inserting an ID of an STP as a prepaid platform ID for the prepaid subscriber in the registration response message;
(c) forwarding the registration response message to the VMSC;
(d) at the STP, receiving a query message from the VMSC relating to a call originated by the prepaid mobile subscriber;
(e) performing a lookup in at least one database and locating a routing number corresponding to a called subscriber and a prepaid subscriber database address corresponding to the prepaid mobile subscriber; and
(f) inserting the routing number in the query message and routing the query message to a prepaid subscriber database corresponding to the prepaid subscriber database address.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving a registration message relating to a roaming prepaid mobile subscriber includes receiving the message at a home location register (HLR).
3. The method of claim 2 wherein formulating a registration response message includes formulating the registration response message at the HLR.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein forwarding the registration response message to the VMSC includes forwarding the registration response message from the HLR.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving a query message includes receiving an initial DP (IDP) message message.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the IDP message is addressed to a point code of the STP.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein performing a lookup in at least one database includes performing a lookup in a number portability database to locate the routing number.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein performing a lookup in at least one database includes performing a lookup in a prepaid database location database to locate the prepaid subscriber database address.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the number portability database and the prepaid database location database are located in the STP.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein the number portability database and the prepaid database location database are located external to the STP.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein routing the query message to the prepaid subscriber database includes performing global title translation for the query message to determine a point code for the prepaid subscriber database and routing the query message to the prepaid subscriber database corresponding to the point code.
12. A system for processing query messages associated with prepaid mobile subscribers, the system comprising:
(a) a home location register for receiving a registration message relating to a prepaid mobile subscriber, for formulating a registration response message and inserting an ID of an STP as a prepaid platform ID for the prepaid subscriber in the registration response message, and for forwarding the registration response message to the VMSC; and
(b) a signal transfer point for receiving a query message from the VMSC relating to a call originated by the prepaid mobile subscriber, for obtaining a routing number corresponding to a called subscriber and a prepaid subscriber database address corresponding to the prepaid mobile subscriber, for inserting the routing number in the query message and routing the query message to a prepaid subscriber database corresponding to the prepaid subscriber database address.
13. The system of claim 12 wherein the HLR comprises a GSM HLR.
14. The system of claim 12 wherein the HLR comprises an IS-41 HLR.
15. The system of claim 12 wherein the STP includes a targeted message screening function for screening messages and identifying the query message from the screened messages.
16. The system of claim 12 wherein the STP includes a number portability database containing the routing number.
17. The system of claim 12 wherein the STP includes a prepaid subscriber database location database including the prepaid subscriber address.
18. The system of claim 12 wherein the STP is adapted to access a number portability database located outside of the STP to obtain the routing number.
19. The system of claim 12 wherein the STP is adapted to access a prepaid subscriber database location database outside of the STP to obtain the prepaid SCP address.
20. The system of claim 12 wherein the STP is adapted to perform global title translation for the query message to obtain a point code corresponding to the prepaid subscriber database and to route the query message to the prepaid subscriber database corresponding to the point code.
21. A prepaid subscribernumber portability routing node comprising:
(a) at least one interface module for sending and receiving signaling messages over a network, the interface module receiving a query message relating to a call originated by a prepaid mobile subscriber;
(b) a number portability function for extracting a called party number from the query message and obtaining a routing number from a number portability database corresponding to the called party number;
(c) a prepaid subscriber database location function for obtaining a prepaid subscriber database address corresponding to a calling party number in the query message; and
(d) a routing function for routing the query message to a prepaid subscriber database corresponding to the prepaid subscriber database address.
22. The prepaid subscribernumber portability routing node of claim 21 wherein the interface module comprises an SS7 link interface module for sending and receiving SS7 signaling messages.
23. The prepaid subscribernumber portability routing node of claim 21 wherein the interface module comprises an Internet protocol (IP) link interface module for sending and receiving IP telephony signaling messages.
24. The prepaid subscribernumber portability routing node of claim 21 comprising a number portability database accessible by the number portability function for obtaining the routing number.
25. The prepaid subscribernumber portability routing node of claim 21 comprising a prepaid subscriber database location database accessible by the prepaid subscriber database location function for obtaining the prepaid subscriber SCP address.
26. The number portabilityprepaid subscriber routing node of claim 21 comprising a global title translation function and a global title translation database for translating the prepaid subscriber database address into a point code, wherein the routing function is adapted to route the query message to the point code.
27. The prepaid subscribernumber portability routing node of claim 21 comprising a targeted messsage screening function for identifying an initial DP (IDP) message as the query message.
28. A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions embodied in a computer-readable medium for performing steps comprising:
(a) receiving, from a visited mobile switching center (VMSC), a registration message relating to a roaming prepaid mobile subscriber;
(b) formulating a registration response message and inserting an ID of an STP as a prepaid platform ID for the prepaid subscriber in the registration response message;
(c) forwarding the registration response message to the VMSC;
(d) at the STP, receiving a query message from the VMSC relating to a call originated by the prepaid mobile subscriber;
(e) performing a lookup in at least one database and locating a routing number corresponding to a called subscriber and a prepaid subscriber database address corresponding to the prepaid mobile subscriber; and
(f) inserting the routing number in the query message and routing the query message to a prepaid subscriber database corresponding to the prepaid subscriber database address.
29. The computer program product of claim 28 wherein receiving a registration message relating to a roaming prepaid mobile subscriber includes receiving the message at a home location register (HLR).
30. The computer program product of claim 29 wherein formulating a registration response message includes formulating the registration response message at the HLR.
31. The computer program product of claim 30 wherein forwarding the registration response message to the VMSC includes forwarding the registration response message from the HLR.
32. The computer program product of claim 28 wherein receiving a query message includes receiving an initial DP (IDP) message message.
33. The computer program product of claim 32 wherein the IDP message is addressed to a point code of the STP.
34. The computer program product of claim 33 wherein performing a lookup in at least one database includes performing a lookup in a number portability database to locate the routing number.
35. The computer program product of claim 34 wherein performing a lookup in at least one database includes performing a lookup in a prepaid database location database to locate the prepaid subscriber database address.
36. The computer program product of claim 35 wherein the number portability database and the prepaid database location database are located in the STP.
37. The computer program product of claim 35 wherein the number portability database and the prepaid database location database are located external to the STP.
38. The computer program product of claim 28 wherein routing the query message to the prepaid subscriber database includes performing global title translation for the query message to determine a point code for the prepaid subscriber database and routing the query message to the prepaid subscriber database corresponding to the point code.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A curable resin composition comprising:
a polyorganosiloxane (A);
an isocyanurate compound (B); and
a silane coupling agent (C),
the polyorganosiloxane (A) comprising
a polyorganosiloxysilalkylene comprising a structure represented by Formula (I):
wherein Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, and Rf are, independently in each occurrence, selected from hydrogen, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and a monovalent heterocyclic group, where at least one of Ra to Rf is an aryl group; Rg represents, independently in each occurrence, a divalent hydrocarbon group; and s1 and s2 each independently represent an integer of 1 or more.
2. The curable resin composition according to claim 1,
wherein the polyorganosiloxane (A) comprises
a polyorganosiloxane having a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of from 500 to 4000 as determined by gel permeation chromatography and calibrated with a polystyrene standard.
3. The curable resin composition according to claim 1,
wherein the polyorganosiloxane (A) comprises
a polyorganosiloxane having a molecular-weight dispersity (MwMn) of from 0.95 to 4.00, where the polyorganosiloxane has a weight-average molecular weight of Mw and a number-average molecular weight of Mn as determined by gel permeation chromatography and calibrated with a polystyrene standard.
4. The curable resin composition according to claim 1,
wherein the polyorganosiloxane (A) comprises
a polyorganosiloxane (A1) comprising an aliphatic carbon-carbon double bond.
5. The curable resin composition according to claim 1,
wherein the polyorganosiloxane (A) comprises
a polyorganosiloxane (A2) comprising a S\u2014H bond.
6. The curable resin composition according to claim 5,
wherein the polyorganosiloxane (A) comprises 50 percent by weight or more of the polyorganosiloxane (A2) comprising a S\u2014H bond based on the total amount (100 percent by weight) of the polyorganosiloxane (A).
7. The curable resin composition according to claim 1,
wherein the isocyanurate compound (B) comprises
an isocyanurate compound represented by Formula (1):
wherein Rx, Ry, and Rz are each, identically or differently, selected from a group represented by Formula (2) and a group represented by Formula (3):
wherein R1 and R2 are each, identically or differently, selected from hydrogen and C1-C8 straight or branched chain alkyl.
8. The curable resin composition according to claim 7,
wherein at least one of Rx, Ry, and Rz in Formula (1) is the group represented by Formula (3).
9. A cured product of the curable resin composition according to claim 1.
10. An encapsulant obtained by using the curable resin composition according to claim 1.
11. A semiconductor device obtained by using the curable resin composition according to claim 1.