Changing a first subscriber identifier to a second identifier
AssigneeData Advisors LLC
InventorSami Ala-Luukko
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Abstract
The invention relates to telecommunications systems, in which a subscriber is identified in a network with a first identifier and with a second identifier in a server providing services to the subscriber through the network. In the invention, the first identifier is changed (3-3) in a message to be transferred to the server to a second identifier before transferring the message to the server. Thus the message received from the network can be associated with a particular subscriber in the server.
Claims25
A method of associating a subscriber of a service provider with a message from the subscriber sent over a communications network, comprising:
- receiving the message at a gateway of the communications network, the message including a first unique subscriber identifier associated with the subscriber and the communications network, wherein the first unique subscriber identifier comprises an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number or a Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI) number;
- distinguishing, at the gateway, the first unique subscriber identifier from the message;
- searching in storage, at the gateway, for a subscriber identifier pair, wherein the subscriber identifier pair comprises a correlation of the first unique subscriber identifier associated with the subscriber and the communications network and a second unique subscriber identifier associated with the subscriber and the service provider, wherein the second unique subscriber identifier comprises a Mobile Subscriber International ISDN (MSISDN) number;
- replacing, at the gateway, the first unique subscriber identifier in the message with the second unique subscriber identifier;
- and,
- sending the message from the gateway to a server of the service provider.
A method of associating a subscriber of a service provider with a message from the subscriber sent over a communications network comprising:
- receiving the subscriber message at a gateway of the communications network, the message including a first unique subscriber identifier associated with the subscriber and the communications network, wherein the first unique subscriber identifier comprises an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number or a Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI) number;
- sending a request message, from the gateway, to a device on the communications network, the request including at least the first unique subscriber identifier;
- receiving, at the gateway, a response message including the second unique subscriber identifier associated with the subscriber and the service provider from the device to the gateway, wherein the second unique subscriber identifier comprises a Mobile Subscriber International ISDN (MSISDN) number;
- distinguishing, at the gateway, the second unique subscriber identifier from the response message;
- replacing, at the gateway, the first unique subscriber identifier in the subscriber message with the second unique subscriber identifier;
- and
- sending the subscriber message from the gateway to a server of the service provider.
A method of associating a subscriber of a service provider with a message from the subscriber sent over a communications network, comprising:
- receiving, at a gateway, a new subscriber message from the service provider, the message including at least a second unique subscriber identifier;
- storing the second unique subscriber identifier in the gateway;
- requesting from a device on the communications network a first unique subscriber identifier, the request including at least the second unique subscriber identifier;
- receiving the first unique subscriber identifier from the device at the gateway;
- storing the first unique subscriber identifier with the second unique subscriber identifier as the subscriber identifier pair;
- receiving the message including the first unique subscriber identifier associated with the subscriber and the communications network;
- distinguishing the first unique subscriber identifier from the message;
- searching in storage for the subscriber identifier pair, wherein the subscriber identifier pair comprises a correlation of the first unique subscriber identifier associated with the subscriber and the communications network and the second unique subscriber identifier associated with the subscriber and the service provider;
- replacing in the message the first unique subscriber identifier with the second unique subscriber identifier;
- and
- sending the message to the service provider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.