Automated application server (AS) permissions provisioning

A device connected to a network, comprising:

• memory;
• a home subscriber server (HSS) logic operably connectable to internet protocol (IP) multimedia core network service (IMS) components including a user database, an application server (AS), and a permissions database, wherein the HSS logic is as a portion of an IMS, and the HSS logic is to receive an AS-to-user-database-interface-message (AUDIM) from the AS;
• and
• a discovery logic to determine whether the AS from which the AUDIM is received is related to a record in the permissions database,
• wherein, in response to determining that the AS from which the AUDIM is received is not related to a record in the permissions database, the discovery logic is to determine that the permissions database is in an auto-discovery state and automatically update the permissions database by automatically creating a record related to the AS and adding the created record to the permissions database,
• wherein the discovery logic is to establish one or more pre-determined configurable values in one or more fields in the created record added to the permissions database, the created record being based, at least in part, on a value of one or more fields in the AUDIM, wherein the pre-determined configurable values are to control an AUDIM-initiated interaction between the AS and the user database,
• wherein the AUDIM includes one of a user data request (UDR), a profile update request (PUR), and a subscriber notify request (SNR), the UDR, the PUR, and the SNR being defined in an IMS Sh protocol, and
• wherein the user database is to store user data concerning one or more users of the IMS, the AS is to provide one or more services to the one or more users, and the permissions database is to store permissions information to control the AUDIM-initiated interaction between the AS and the user database.

A method, comprising:

• receiving from an application server (AS) an AS-to-user-database-interface-message (AUDIM) to initiate an interaction between the AS and a user database;
• and
• in response to determining that a permissions database does not include a record concerning the AS, determining that the permissions database is in an auto-discovery state and automatically creating and adding to the permissions database a record concerning the AS, wherein the record is to store data to control the interaction between the AS and the user database, and the record is based, at least in part, on a value of one or more fields in the AUDIM,
• wherein the permissions database and the user database are components of an internet protocol (IP) multimedia core network services subsystem (IMS), the AS is to provide a service for a user of the IMS, and the user database is to store data concerning the user.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions that, when executed by a computer, result in:

• receiving from an application server (AS) an AS-to-user-database-interface-message (AUDIM) to initiate an interaction between the AS and a user database;
• and
• in response to determining that a permissions database does not include a record concerning the AS, determining that the permissions database is in an auto-discovery state and automatically creating and adding to the permissions database a record concerning the AS,
• wherein the record is to store data to control the interaction between the AS and the user database, and the record is based, at least in part, on a value of one or more fields in the AUDIM, and
• wherein the permissions database and the user database are components of an internet protocol (IP) multimedia core network services subsystem (IMS), the AS is to provide a service for a user of the IMS, and the user database is to store data concerning the user.