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User device selection

  • US 10,484,436 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2019
  • Issued: 11/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a device and from a user device, a message including a terminal identifier (ID) of the user device and a public user ID associated with a user of the user device;

    sending, to a network device, a request for user authentication data, wherein the request includes the public user ID and the terminal ID;

    authenticating the user device based on the user authentication data;

    creating a registration context of the user device, wherein the registration context of the user device includes the terminal ID, the public user ID, and a registration status of the user device;

    storing the registration context for the user device;

    sending, to the network device, a server assignment request (SAR) message;

    receiving, from the network device, a server assignment answer (SAA) message, wherein subsequent registrations from other user devices associated with the public user ID are to be directed to the device;

    storing, by the device, the registration status of the user device based on a combination of the terminal ID and the public user ID, wherein the registration status includes an authentication scheme associated with the user device, and wherein storing the registration status includes;

    storing the registration status and the authentication scheme locally when the terminal ID is based on a device type of the user device, andstoring the registration status and the authentication scheme at the network device when the terminal ID is unique for the user; and

    sending the message including the terminal ID and the public user ID to an application server, wherein the application server is to provide a session to the user device based on the registration context of the user device.

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