Dynamic subscriber profile management
OwnerNandita Sharma, Subramania Kaushikinventors
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Abstract
A dynamic subscriber profile management system allows subscriber device profiles to be selected and applied based on the subscriber profile based on device type, a location of the device, or a combination of both. The system may receive information relating to the subscriber, the type of device, and the location of the device to perform a lookup of available profiles or profile settings and either update an existing profile for current use or select a profile from a catalog of available profiles.
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A dynamic subscriber profile service (DSS), comprising:
- a location identification module that receives location information corresponding to a plurality of devices, each of the plurality of devices having a set of device-specific features, wherein the plurality of devices belong to one user having a plurality of subscriber profiles;
- a database storing service features associated with location attributes;
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- a processor coupled to the location identification module and the database, the processor is configured to identify a location of a device of the plurality of devices, determining attribute data about the location, and updating one of the plurality of subscriber profiles for the user associated with the device according to one or more service features associated with an attribute of the location.
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A method of operating a dynamic subscriber profile service (DSS), the method comprising:
- receiving, at the DSS, a location of a subscriber device, from one of a plurality of subscriber devices associated with a subscriber, each of the plurality of devices having a set of device-specific features, wherein the plurality of devices belong to one user having multiple subscriber profiles;
- receiving, at the DSS, a device identifier of the one of the plurality of subscriber devices;
- determining, at the DSS, a device type of the subscriber device based on the device identifier;
- determining, at the DSS, a service feature associated with a combination of the location of the subscriber device and the device type of the subscriber device;
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- updating, via the DSS, one of the plurality of subscriber profiles of the subscriber according to the device type and the service feature associated with the location of the subscriber device.
A method of operating a dynamic subscriber profile service (DSS), the method comprising:
- receiving, at the DSS, a device type of one of the plurality of subscriber devices, from one of a plurality of subscriber devices associated with a subscriber, each of the plurality of devices having a set of device-specific features, wherein the plurality of devices belong to one user having multiple subscriber profiles;
- selecting, by the DSS, one or more services associated with the device type of the one of the subscriber devices;
- updating, via the DSS, one or more services of the plurality of subscriber profiles of the subscriber based on the one or more services associated with the plurality of subscriber devices;
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- operating the plurality of subscriber devices according to the updated plurality of subscriber profiles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.