Coordination of user information across session initiation protocol-based proxy servers

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a second node, a query from a first node for an address of a first party in a telecommunications network, wherein the query is based on no mapping of any indicium of the first party to the address of the first party being present at the first node;
• transmitting the address to the first node whenever a data set that comprises the address of the first party is received at the second node from a third node, for at least one occurrence of the receiving of the address at the second node;
• and
• subsequent to the transmitting of the address to the first node, transmitting at least one update to the first node, based on a change in information that is related to the first party,
• wherein transmitting, to the first node, at least one of the address, and
• the update causes the first node to populate a database with a mapping of the indicium of the first party to the address of the first party, and
• wherein at least one of the transmitting of the address to the first node, and
• the transmitting at least one update to the first node enables the first node to forward requests, received from telecommunication terminals and that include the indicium of the first party, to the address of the first party and bypass an intermediate node in the telecommunications network.

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a first request from a first telecommunications terminal for an address of a first party in a telecommunications network;
• a memory;
• a processor configured to determine that no mapping of any indicium of the first party to the address of the first party is present in the memory;
• and
• a transmitter configured to transmit to a first node a request for subscribing to a Session Initiation Protocol registration event package for the first party, wherein the transmitting of the request for subscribing is based on the processor determining that no mapping is present,
• wherein the receiver is further configured to receive from a second node a notification that comprises an indication that the first party is registered and the address of the first party,
• wherein the processor is further configured to populate a database with a mapping of an indicium of the first party to the address of the first party received as part of the notification,
• wherein the memory is further configured to store the database,
• wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a second request from a second telecommunications terminal, wherein the second request comprises the indicium of the first party, and
• wherein the transmitter is further configured to bypass the first node and forward the second request to the address of the first party, based on the mapping that is populated in the database.

An apparatus comprising:

• a proxy node configured to transmit a query for an address of a first party, based on no mapping of any indicium of the first party to the address of the first party being present at the proxy node;
• and
• a data distribution node configured to:
• receive the query;
• transmit the address to the proxy node whenever a data set that comprises the address of the first party is received at the data distribution node from another node, for at least one occurrence of the receiving of the address at the data distribution node;
• and
• subsequent to the transmitting of the address to the proxy node, transmit at least one update to the proxy node, based on a change in information that is related to the first party,
• wherein the proxy node is further configured to receive the address from the proxy node and populate a database to map the indicium of the first party to the address of the first party,
• wherein the proxy node is further configured to, subsequent to receiving the address of the first party and based on the mapping of the indicium of the first party to the address of the first party, bypass an intermediate node and forward, to the address of the first party, a request received by the proxy node from a terminal that includes the indicium of the first party.

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiver means for receiving, at a first node, a first request from a first telecommunications terminal for an address of a first party in a telecommunications network;
• a transmitter means for transmitting, from the first node to a second node, a request for subscribing to a Session Initiation Protocol registration event package for the first party, wherein the transmitting of the request for subscribing is based on no mapping of any indicium of the first party to the address of the first party being present at the first node;
• and
• a database means configured to map an indicium of the first party to an address of the first party,
• wherein the receiver means receives, at the first node, a notification from a third node, wherein the notification comprises an indication that the first party is registered and the address of the first party,
• wherein the database means is populated with a mapping of the indicium of the first party to the address of the first party,
• wherein the receiver means receives, at the first node and from a second telecommunications terminal, a second request that includes the indicium of the first party, and
• wherein the transmitter means forwards the second request to the address of the first party, based on a mapping of the indicium of the first party to the address of the first party, and bypasses an intermediate node in the telecommunications network.

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiver means for receiving, at a data distribution node, a query from a proxy node for an address of a first party in a telecommunications network, wherein the query is based on no mapping of any indicium of the first party to the address of the first party being present at the proxy node;
• and
• a transmitter means for transmitting the address to the proxy node whenever a data set that comprises the address of the first party is received at the data distribution node from another node, for at least one occurrence of the receiving of the address at the data distribution node;
• wherein the transmitter means transmits, subsequent to the transmitting of the address to the proxy node, at least one update to the proxy node based on a change in information that is related to the first party,
• wherein at least one of
• transmitting the address to the proxy node, and
• transmitting at least one update to the proxy node
• causes the proxy node to populate a database with a mapping of the indicium of the first party to the address of the first party, and
• wherein at least one of
• transmitting the address to the proxy node, and
• transmitting at least one update to the proxy node
• enables the proxy node to forward requests, received from telecommunication terminals and that include the indicium of the first party, to the address of the first party and bypass at least one intermediate node in the telecommunications network.