Communication initiation method employing an authorisation server
First Claim
1. A method of initiating communication between an accessing entity and a target entity across a communications infrastructure that comprises a data network to which the target entity is connected, an access network to which the accessing entity is connected, and a data-network access point which is located on the access network;
- the method involving an authorisation process in which the data-network access point, upon request by said accessing entity for access to the data network, seeks authorisation from an authorisation server in the course of which items of accessing-entity related information are sent by the access point to the authorisation server;
the method further involving passing at least one said item of accessing-entity related information from the authorisation server to the target entity at least in the event of access being authorised by the authorisation sever, whereby the target entity is informed about the accessing entity.
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Abstract
In initiating communication between an accessing entity connected to an access network and a target entity connected to a data network, access from the access network to the data network is generally effected through a data-network access point and is subject to an authorisation process involving an authorisation server. The authorisation process involves passing items of accessing-entity related information from the data-network access point to the authorisation server. To facilitate operation of the target entity, in the event of access being authorised, at least one item of accessing-entity related information is passed from the authorisation server to the target entity.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of initiating communication between an accessing entity and a target entity across a communications infrastructure that comprises a data network to which the target entity is connected, an access network to which the accessing entity is connected, and a data-network access point which is located on the access network;
- the method involving an authorisation process in which the data-network access point, upon request by said accessing entity for access to the data network, seeks authorisation from an authorisation server in the course of which items of accessing-entity related information are sent by the access point to the authorisation server;
the method further involving passing at least one said item of accessing-entity related information from the authorisation server to the target entity at least in the event of access being authorised by the authorisation sever, whereby the target entity is informed about the accessing entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- the method involving an authorisation process in which the data-network access point, upon request by said accessing entity for access to the data network, seeks authorisation from an authorisation server in the course of which items of accessing-entity related information are sent by the access point to the authorisation server;
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