Allocating identifiers to communication devices
AssigneeNokia Siemens Networks Oy
InventorsLorant Farkas, Attila Molnar
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Abstract
A method of allocating a routing identifier to a subscription (FIG. 2) in order for an application server (218) to be able to send a message to or call a mobile terminal (108) comprising the steps of sending a request for the routing identifier from the application server to a subscription database (step 1); selecting a routing identifier (steps 2 and 3); using the request to create an association between the routing identifier and a subscription identifier in the subscription database (steps 2 and 3); and de-allocating the routing identifier once message sending or calling is complete (step 7).
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- sending a request for a routing identifier;
- selecting the routing identifier;
- using the request to create an association between the routing identifier and a subscription identifier in a subscription database;
- and
- de-allocating the routing identifier.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code,
- wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to, at least,
- send a request for a routing identifier to a database application in order for the database application to select the routing identifier,
- allocate the routing identifier to a subscription, and
- create an association between the routing identifier and a subscription identifier in a subscription database,
- wherein the server is configured to de-allocate the routing identifier.
An apparatus comprising:
- a subscription database;
- a front end which is configured to communicate with a server;
- and
- a database handling part configured to modify the subscription database, wherein the front end is configured to receive a request for a routing identifier, select the routing identifier, and allocate the routing identifier to a subscription, and wherein the database handling part is configured to create an association between the routing identifier and a subscription identifier in the subscription database,
- wherein, following allocation, the apparatus is configured to de-allocate the routing identifier.
A communication system, comprising:
- a server configured to send a request for a routing identifier;
- and
- a database application configured to receive the request, select the routing identifier, allocate the routing identifier to a subscription, and use the request to create an association between the routing identifier and a subscription identifier in a subscription database,
- wherein, following allocation, the system is configured to de-allocate the routing identifier.
A computer program product comprising software code embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, said software code, when executed on a computing system, controls the computing system to perform a method, comprising:
- sending a request for a routing identifier;
- selecting the routing identifier;
- using the request to create an association between the routing identifier and a subscription identifier in a subscription database;
- and
- de-allocating the routing identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.