Method and apparatus for a distributed location register
First Claim
1. A distributed location register comprising:
- one or more communication service registers each being associated with a particular type of communication service and containing communication parameters for a number of communication entities; and
a protocol interface operably coupled to the one or more communication service registers, the protocol interface facilitating accessing or updating, responsive to a request by at least one of the communication entities, one or more of the communication parameters in a selected one or more of the communication service registers.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for utilizing a distributed location register (20 or 22) within a wireless communication system (10) is accomplished by a distributed location register which receives a request for updating communication parameters of a particular communication entity, which may be a communication device, group of communication devices, or grouping of groups of communication devices, or for retrieval of communication parameters of the particular communication entity. To process the request, the distributed location register (20 or 22) interprets it to identify one of a plurality of communication service registers (28-32, 102-112, or 136-140) which stores the communication entity'"'"'s communication parameters. Having identified a particular communication service register, the communication service register receives, and subsequently processes, the request to retrieve the communication parameters of interest and/or update the communication parameters of interest.
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19 Claims
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1. A distributed location register comprising:
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one or more communication service registers each being associated with a particular type of communication service and containing communication parameters for a number of communication entities; and
a protocol interface operably coupled to the one or more communication service registers, the protocol interface facilitating accessing or updating, responsive to a request by at least one of the communication entities, one or more of the communication parameters in a selected one or more of the communication service registers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
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15. A method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by a protocol interface, a request from a communication entity;
identifying a communication service register storing communication parameters associated with a particular type of communication service associated with the request;
identifying one or more communication parameters to be changed in the communication service register;
determining changes to be made in the one or more communication parameters; and
providing the changes to the communication service register such that it updates the one or more communication parameters.
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19. A protocol interface comprising:
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a port that is operably coupled to receive a request;
a processing device operably coupled to the port;
a communication service register port operably coupled to the processing device; and
memory for storing programming instructions that, when read by the processing device, cause the processing device to;
identify a communication service register storing communication parameters associated with a particular type of communication service associated with the request;
identify one or more communication parameters to be changed in the communication service register;
determine changes to be made in the one or more communication parameters; and
provide, via the communication service register port, the changes to the communication service register, such that it updates the one or more communication parameters.
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