Subscriber record context objects
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsPeter K. Jorgensen, Robert A. Mann
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Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device, wherein the Diameter message is associated with a subscriber; establishing a subscriber record context object in response to receiving the Diameter message, wherein the subscriber record context object is associated with a subscriber record of the subscriber; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the subscriber record context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.
Claims20
A non-transitory machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for execution by a network device, the medium comprising:
- instructions for establishing an object representative of a subscriber record associated with a subscriber, comprising:
- instructions for configuring the object to access data from the subscriber record associated with the subscriber;
- instructions for evaluating operator-defined rules at run-time in connection with a received network message, comprising:
- instructions for accessing subscriber data via the object representative of the subscriber record in response to evaluating a reference that identifies the object and that is within an operator defined rule.
A network device comprising:
- a network interface configured to receive and transmit messages;
- a storage device configured to store operator-defined rules;
- a processor configured to:
- establish an object representative of a subscriber record associated with a subscriber, comprising:
- configuring the object to access data from the subscriber record associated with the subscriber;
- evaluate the operator-defined rules at run-time in connection with a received network message, comprising:
- accessing subscriber data via the object representative of the subscriber record in response to evaluating a reference that identifies the object and that is within an operator defined rule.
A method for execution by a network device, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the network device, a received network message carrying a subscriber identifier associated with a subscriber;
- retrieving a subscriber record carrying the subscriber identifier;
- evaluating at least one operator-defined rule at run-time in connection with the received network message;
- accessing the subscriber record based on a first reference within the at least one operator-defined rule;
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- processing received network message based on the first reference within the at least one operator-defined rule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.