Apparatus, and associated method, for providing an instance indentifier to a network database node of a mobile network
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsADRIAN BUCKLEY, ANDREW ALLEN
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for an IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) mobile network to transfer an IMEI or IMEISV to an equipment ID register. A SIP, or other IP-based, message including the IMEI or IMEISV of a user equipment is converted by a protocol converter embodied at an application server into a MAP or DIAMETER message. A forwarder forwards on the MAP or DIAMETER message to EIR.
Claims22
Apparatus for facilitating access to a network database node in an Insternet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, mobile network, said apparatus comprising:
- a protocol converter adapted to receive a first indication of an instance identifier, formatted pursuant to a first protocol, said protocol converter configured to convert the indication of the instance identifier into a second indication of the instance identifier formatted pursuant to a second protocol;
- and
- a forwarder configured to forward the second indication of the instance identifier, formatted pursuant to the second protocol on to the network database node.
A method for facilitating access to a network database node in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, mobile network, said method comprising the operations of:
- providing a first indication of an instance identifier of a mobile equipment pursuant to a mobility related event, the instance identifier formatted pursuant to a first protocol;
- converting the first indication of the instance identifier formatted pursuant to the first protocol into a second indication of the instance identifier, the second instance identifier formatted pursuant to a second protocol;
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- forwarding the second indication of the instance identifier, formatted pursuant to the second protocol, on to the network database node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.