Cloud-based device twinning
AssigneesAT&T Mobility II LLC, AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsEdward G. Schmit, Jayanta Das
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Abstract
A network-based service is utilized to facilitate twinning of two or more communication devices associated with a subscriber account. Incoming communication is intercepted by a communication device and forwarded to a network server, which in turn transmits the incoming communication to the multiple twinned devices. In addition, identifier data associated with outgoing communication is replaced with a primary identifier (e.g., customer telephone number (CTN)) of a user's primary device or a common identifier (e.g., a mobile one number (MON)) assigned to devices associated with the user's subscriber account. Communication devices can be temporarily twinned for a defined time period, during which a common bill can be generated for the twinned devices.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving communication data that is directed to a destination device, wherein the communication data comprises first identifier data representing a first user equipment,
- based on information accessed from a network data store of a communication network, determining that the first identifier data has been linked to second identifier data representing a second user equipment, and
- in response to the determining, replacing, within the communication data, the first identifier data with the second identifier data to generate updated communication data that is to be directed to the destination device.
A method, comprising:
- linking, by a system comprising a processor, identifiers of communication devices associated with a common subscriber identity;
- based on input data, selecting, by the system, a primary identifier of the identifiers;
- and
- in response to receiving, from a secondary communication device of the communication devices, communication data, comprising a secondary identifier of the identifiers and that is directed to a destination device, replacing, by the system, the secondary identifier with the primary identifier to generate modified communication data that is to be directed to the destination device.
A machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- based on receiving input data, associating communication devices that are related to a common subscriber identity;
- determining a primary identifier associated with the common subscriber identity;
- and
- in response to receiving, from a source communication device of the communication devices, communication data that comprises a source identifier indicative of the source communication device and that is directed to a destination device, replacing the source identifier with the primary identifier to generate modified communication data that is to be provided to the destination device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.