Device querying of service entitlement status

• US 10,206,096 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2017
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2017
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stafford, Matthew Wayne, Wei, Qun
• Primary Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US15/460,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20180270648A1
• Time in Patent Office: 699 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

Device querying of service entitlement is presented herein. A method can comprise receiving a provisioning rule representing that a barred service is to be excluded from a group of available services that are available to a subscriber, receiving, from a user equipment, a first message representing that the user equipment is equipped to facilitate a performance of the barred service, in response to receiving, from the user equipment, a second message comprising a request for the group of available services, and in response to determining, based on the first message, that the user equipment is equipped to facilitate the performance of the barred service, excluding the barred service from the group of available services resulting in a modified group of available services, and sending a third message comprising the modified group of available services directed to the user equipment.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

first receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a provisioning rule representing that a barred service is to be excluded from a group of available services that are available to a subscriber;

second receiving, by the system from a user equipment, a first message representing that the user equipment is equipped to facilitate a performance of the barred service; and

in response to third receiving, by the system from the user equipment, a second message comprising a request for the group of available services, and in response to determining, based on the first message, that the user equipment is equipped to facilitate the performance of the barred service,

excluding the barred service from the group of available services resulting in a modified group of available services, and

sending a third message comprising the modified group of available services directed to the user equipment to facilitate preventing a representation of the barred service from being displayed via a display of the user equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second receiving comprises receiving a session initiation protocol publish message representing that the user equipment is equipped to facilitate the performance of the barred service.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the third receiving comprises receiving a session initiation protocol subscribe message comprising the request for the group of available services, and wherein the session initiation protocol subscribe message comprises an integrated services digital network directory number identifying the user equipment.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the sending the third message comprises sending a session initiation protocol notify message comprising the group of available services directed to the user equipment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the group of available services comprises a rich communication suite service.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the barred service comprises an IR.94 based video service.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the barred service comprises a chat session conducted pursuant to an open mobile alliance protocol.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising;

receiving, from a provisioning device, a provisioning rule that facilitates exclusion of a service from a group representing provisioned services corresponding to a communication device;

receiving, from the communication device, a publish message representing the communication device is capable of facilitating a performance of the service;

receiving, from the communication device, a subscribe message requesting confirmation of a subscription capability of the communication device; and

in response to the receiving the subscribe message, and in response to determining, based on the publish message, that the communication device has published support for facilitation of the performance of the service,

excluding, based on the provisioning rule, the service from the group representing the provisioned services resulting in a modified group, and

sending a notify message comprising the modified group directed to the communication device to facilitate preventing a selection item representing the service from being displayed via the communication device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the preventing comprises:

inactivating the performance of the service.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the publish message comprises a session initiation protocol publish message.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the subscribe message comprises a session initiation protocol subscribe message comprising an integrated services digital network directory number identifying the communication device.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the notify message comprises a session initiation protocol notify message comprising the group.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein service comprises a rich communication suite service.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the rich communication suite service comprises a video service.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the rich communication suite service comprises a chat service.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

sending a session initiation protocol publish message directed to a presence server device, wherein the session initiation protocol publish message represents the device is equipped to facilitate a performance of a service;

in response to the sending the session initiation protocol publish message, sending a session initiation protocol subscribe message directed to the presence server device, wherein the session initiation protocol subscribe message comprises a query of a subscription capability of the device;

in response to the sending the session initiation protocol subscribe message, receiving, based on a provision rule applicable to exclude the service from the subscription capability of the device, a session initiation protocol notify message comprising the subscription capability from the presence server device; and

in response to the receiving the session initiation protocol notify message comprising the subscription capability of the device, preventing a representation of the service from being displayed via a display of the device.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the session initiation protocol subscribe message comprises an integrated services digital network directory number identifying the device.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the service comprises a rich communication suite service.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to the receiving the session initiation protocol notify message, disabling a feature of the device corresponding to the service.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the disabling the feature of the device comprises:

inactivating, via the device, the performance of the service.