Method, apparatus, computer program product and network node for providing remote client deactivation
AssigneeCellco Partnership
InventorsFangqiu Tu, Peter Cheng-Lung Li, Richard A. Griffin, Jr.
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing remote client deactivation includes a processing element. The processing element may be configured to receive a message associated with a service related to a communication session with a client, determine whether the client is associated with an indication to deactivate the client and communicate a signaling message to deactivate the client in response to a determination that the client is associated with the indication to deactivate the client.
Claims23
A method for providing remote client deactivation comprising:
- receiving a message from a client, the message associated with a service related to a communication session with the client;
- determining if the client is a subscriber or a non-subscriber;
- determining whether the client is associated with an indication to deactivate the client, comprising determining, for a non-subscriber, if an identifier associated with the client is in a deactivation list that comprises a list of non-subscriber devices to be deactivated and determining, for a subscriber, if a deactivation entry associated with the subscriber indicates deactivation of the client;
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- communicating a signaling message to deactivate the client in response to a determination that the client is associated with the indication to deactivate the client and upon receipt of the message.
A computer program product for providing remote client deactivation, the computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
- a first executable portion for receiving a message from a client, the message associated with a service related to a communication session with the client;
- a second executable portion for determining if the client is a subscriber or a non-subscriber;
- a third executable portion for determining whether the client is associated with an indication to deactivate the client, comprising determining, for a non-subscriber, if an identifier associated with the client is in a deactivation list that comprises a list of non-subscriber devices to be deactivated and determining, for a subscriber if a deactivation entry associated with the subscriber indicates deactivation of the client;
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- a fourth executable portion for communicating a signaling message to deactivate the client in response to a determination that the client is associated with the indication to deactivate the client and upon receipt of the message.
An apparatus for providing remote client deactivation comprising a processing element configured to:
- receive a message from a client, the message associated with a service related to a communication session with a client;
- determine if the client is a subscriber or a non-subscriber;
- determine whether the client is associated with an indication to deactivate the client, comprising determining, for a non-subscriber, if an identifier associated with the client is in a deactivation list that comprises a list of non-subscriber devices to be deactivated and determining, for a subscriber, if a deactivation entry associated with the subscriber indicates deactivation of the client;
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- communicate a signaling message to deactivate the client in response to a determination that the client is associated with the indication to deactivate the client and upon receipt of the message.
A network node comprising a processor configured to execute a client application associated with a service related to a communication session with a server,
- wherein the client application is configured to receive a deactivation message from the server in response to a determination that the client application is associated with an indication to deactivate the client, the determination comprising determining, for a non-subscriber, if an identifier associated with the client is in a deactivation list that comprises a list of non-subscriber devices to be deactivated and determining, for a subscriber, if a deactivation entry associated with the subscriber indicates deactivation of the client, and
- the deactivation message comprising a signaling message sent upon receipt of a client message related to the communication session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.