System and method for event driven operations in a communications system
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorKaniz Mahdi
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Abstract
A system and method for event driven operations in a communications system. A method for communications subsystem operation includes detecting an occurrence of an event initiated by a user, accessing a database to retrieve information related to the user and the event, establishing a connection with an application, and performing an operation with the application through the connection. The application is based on the event and the information, and the operation is based on the event.
Claims23
A method for communications subsystem operation, the method comprising:
- detecting, by an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS), an occurrence of an event initiated by a user and communicated to the IMS by a service provider, wherein the event comprises a switch between service providers or access technologies by the user;
- accessing, by the IMS, a database to retrieve information related to the user and the event;
- establishing, by the IMS, a connection with an upstream customer application of a non-service provider upstream customer, wherein the upstream customer application is selected in accordance with the event and the information;
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- performing, by the IMS, an operation with the upstream customer application through the connection, wherein the operation is performed in accordance with the event, and wherein the operation comprises controlling delivery of a physical service provided by the non-service provider upstream customer to a downstream customer.
A method for upstream customer operation, the method comprising:
- establishing, by a non-service provider upstream customer, a connection with an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS);
- receiving, by the non-service provider upstream customer, information over the connection, wherein the information is in accordance with an event detected by the IMS via a service provider, and in accordance with an initiator of the event, wherein the event comprises a switch between service providers or access technologies by the initiator;
- verifying, by the non-service provider upstream customer, the initiator;
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- performing, by the non-service provider upstream customer, an operation with the IMS through the connection, wherein the operation is performed in accordance with the event, and wherein the operation comprises controlling delivery of a physical service provided by the non-service provider upstream customer to a downstream customer.
A communications system comprising an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) coupled to at least one downstream customer and to at least one upstream application of a non-service provider upstream customer, wherein the IMS is coupled to the downstream customer via a service provider, the IMS configured to:
- detect an event initiated by the downstream customer;
- retrieve information related to the downstream customer and the event;
- establish a connection with the application in accordance with the event and the information;
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- perform an operation with the application, wherein the event comprises a switch between service providers or access technologies by the downstream customer, and wherein the operation comprises controlling delivery of a physical service provided by the non-service provider upstream customer to the downstream customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.