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US 6,888,823 B1Granted
Method for providing alternative network-associated service address mobile registration
AssigneeCingular Wireless II, LLC
InventorRichard Zaffino
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Abstract
A method provides for utilizing a packet-switched network to support services provisioned to mobile station subscribers. Address information is exchanged with a mobile switching center that services the subscriber so as to be able to identify data port addresses to be utilized to support the services via transmissions over a packet-switched network.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- receiving a registration request for a subscriber to a wireless service at a service node;
- determining, at the service node, an address communicable with by an alternative network and associated with the wireless service, the address supporting the wireless service for a plurality of subscriber devices;
- and
- transferring information in support of the wireless service between the subscriber and an information source or recipient using the determined address;
- wherein said step of determining includes sending a registration notification to a Service Control Point (SCP) and receiving, from the SCP, an IP address associated with the wireless service;
- and
- wherein an alternative network corresponding to said address is selected from the group consisting of a connection-oriented network and a connectionless network, wherein the connectionless network comprises the Internet.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a registration request for a subscriber to a wireless service at a service node;
- determining, at the service node, an address communicable with by an alternative network and associated with the wireless service, the address supporting the wireless service for a plurality of subscriber devices;
- and
- transferring information in support of the wireless service between the subscriber and an information source or recipient using the determined address;
- wherein said step of determining includes sending a registration notification comprising a service identifier and an Internet Protocol (IP) address update to a SCP and forwarding the IP address update to the wireless service;
- and
- wherein an alternative network corresponding to said address is selected from the group consisting of a connection-oriented network and a connectionless network, wherein the connectionless network comprises the Internet.
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A method of using an alternative network to provide wireless services comprising:
- determining a list of wireless services to be offered to a subscriber;
- identifying a corresponding list of addresses communicable with by an alternative network for each service;
- communicating the wireless services list and the corresponding addresses list between a service node and a Service Control Point (SCP).
A method for providing services to a mobile station subscriber, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing a subscriber service profile;
- receiving a registration notice;
- storing first information identifying a service node with which the subscriber has registered;
- and
- exchanging second information with the identified service node via a first network to enable a future information exchange with the identified service node via a second alternative network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.