US 11,445,050 B2 · Header modifications for supplementary services based on policies

Abstract

Handling supplementary services offered in association with Internet Protocol multimedia services based on particular policies is described. In an example, server(s) can receive, from a first user device, a policy associated with handling one or more communications directed to a particular identifier. The server(s) can subsequently receive a communication from a second user device, the communication being associated with a header identifying the particular identifier as the intended recipient of the communication. The server(s) can determine whether the policy is to be applied to the communication and, based at least partly on determining that the policy is to be applied to the communication, the server(s) can update the header based at least in part on the policy. The server(s) can transmit the communication based at least in part on the header, thereby transmitting the communication pursuant to the policy.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, from a first user device, a request to initiate a policy;
sending one or more policy options to the first user device;
receiving a policy from the first user device, the policy being associated with at least one policy option of the one or more policy options;
mapping the policy with a profile associated with first identifier;
sending an authentication notification to the first user device;
receiving a communication from a second user device, the communication being associated with a header identifying the first identifier as an intended recipient of the communication;
and
replacing, based at least in part on the policy, the first identifier in the header with a second identifier, wherein the first identifier corresponds to a first communication line associated with the first user device and the second identifier corresponds to a second communication line associated with the first user device.

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A system comprising:

one or more processors;
a memory;
and
a plurality of programming instructions stored on the memory and executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a first user device that is associated with multiple communication lines, a request to initiate a policy;
sending one or more policy options to the first user device;
receiving a policy from the first user device, the policy being associated with at least one policy option of the one or more policy options;
mapping the policy with a profile associated with a first identifier that corresponds to a first communication line of the multiple communication lines, the policy including one or more instructions for re-routing one or more communications in which the first identifier is an intended recipient to a second identifier corresponding to a second communication line of the multiple communication lines;
and
sending an authentication notification to the first user device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Header modifications for supplementary services based on policies

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Header modifications for supplementary services based on policies

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Abstract

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