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.
Claims24
A method, comprising:
- receiving a message at a node of a communications network, the message comprising a first unique subscriber identifier, wherein the first unique subscriber identifier comprises an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number or a Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI) number;
- distinguishing the first unique subscriber identifier from the message;
- searching for a subscriber identifier pair, wherein the subscriber identifier pair comprises a correlation of the first unique subscriber identifier and a second unique subscriber identifier, wherein the second unique subscriber identifier comprises a Mobile Subscriber International ISDN (MSISDN) number;
- including the second unique subscriber identifier in the message;
- and
- transmitting the message with the second unique subscriber identifier.
An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a message, the message comprising a first unique subscriber identifier, wherein the first unique subscriber identifier comprises an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number or a Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI) number;
- distinguishing the first unique subscriber identifier from the message;
- searching for a subscriber identifier pair, wherein the subscriber identifier pair comprises a correlation of the first unique subscriber identifier and a second unique subscriber identifier, wherein the second unique subscriber identifier comprises a Mobile Subscriber International ISDN (MSISDN) number;
- including the second unique subscriber identifier in the message;
- and
- transmitting the message with the second unique subscriber identifier.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a message at a first node of a communications network, the message comprising a first unique subscriber identifier, 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 first node to a second node of the communications network, the request message comprising at least the first unique subscriber identifier;
- receiving, at the first node, a response message comprising a second unique subscriber identifier, wherein the second unique subscriber identifier comprises a Mobile Subscriber International ISDN (MSISDN) number;
- distinguishing the second unique subscriber identifier from the response message;
- including the second unique subscriber identifier in the message;
- and
- transmitting the message with the second unique subscriber identifier.
An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a message, the message comprising a first unique subscriber identifier, 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 to a second node of the communications network, the request message comprising at least the first unique subscriber identifier;
- receiving a response message comprising a second unique subscriber identifier, wherein the second unique subscriber identifier comprises a Mobile Subscriber International ISDN (MSISDN) number;
- distinguishing the second unique subscriber identifier from the response message;
- including the second unique subscriber identifier in the message;
- and
- transmitting the message with the second unique subscriber identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.