Method for enabling a subscriber entity to actively communicate in a communication network
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a subscriber entity to actively communicate in a communication network, a subscriber entity being identified by at least one assigned subscriber identity (IMSI, MSISDN), said communication network comprising at least one database entity of a first type (5a, 5b) keeping a first record of data of subscriber entities enabled to actively communicate in a communication network, the method being characterized by the steps of:
- storing said at least one assigned subscriber identity of at least one subscriber entity not enabled to actively communicate in said communication network in a database entity (4) of a second type, informing (S2a, S2b) said database entity (4) of said second type about a need to enable said at least one not enabled subscriber entity to actively communicate in said communication network, and, upon being informed, transferring (S3) information related to a subscriber entity not enabled, from said database (4) of said second type to a selected one (5b) of said at least one database entity of said first type (5a, 5b);
wherein said communication network further comprises a register entity (3) keeping a record of a third type including enabled and not enabled subscriber entities, said third record comprising, for each subscriber entity, said at least one assigned subscriber identity and an indication (HLR-INDIC) whether said subscriber identity has been transferred to a selected one of said at least one database entity of said first type, said method comprising a further step of;
setting (S5) said indication for said subscriber identity that has been transferred to a selected one (5b) of said at least one database entity of said first type, and wherein said indication comprises an identification of said database entity of said first type to which said transfer has been effected.
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Abstract
The present invention proposes a method for enabling a subscriber entity to actively communicate in a communication network, a subscriber entity being identified by at least one assigned subscriber identity (IMSI, MSISDN), said communication network comprising at least one database entity of a first type (5a, 5b) keeping a first record of data of subscriber entities enabled to actively communicate in a communication network, the method comprising the steps of: storing said at least one assigned subscriber identity of at least one subscriber entity not enabled to actively communicate in said communication network in a database entity (4) of a second type, informing (S2a, S2b) said database entity (4) of said second type about a need to enable said at least one not enabled subscriber entity to actively communicate in said communication network, and, upon being informed, transferring (S3) information related to a subscriber entity not enabled, from said database (4) of said second type to a selected one (5b) of said at least one database entity of said first type (5a, 5b). Also, the present invention proposes an accordingly adapted database entity of the above mentioned second type and a register entity for interaction with said database entity of said second type.
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1. A method for enabling a subscriber entity to actively communicate in a communication network,
a subscriber entity being identified by at least one assigned subscriber identity (IMSI, MSISDN), said communication network comprising at least one database entity of a first type (5a, 5b) keeping a first record of data of subscriber entities enabled to actively communicate in a communication network, the method being characterized by the steps of: -
storing said at least one assigned subscriber identity of at least one subscriber entity not enabled to actively communicate in said communication network in a database entity (4) of a second type, informing (S2a, S2b) said database entity (4) of said second type about a need to enable said at least one not enabled subscriber entity to actively communicate in said communication network, and, upon being informed, transferring (S3) information related to a subscriber entity not enabled, from said database (4) of said second type to a selected one (5b) of said at least one database entity of said first type (5a, 5b);
whereinsaid communication network further comprises a register entity (3) keeping a record of a third type including enabled and not enabled subscriber entities, said third record comprising, for each subscriber entity, said at least one assigned subscriber identity and an indication (HLR-INDIC) whether said subscriber identity has been transferred to a selected one of said at least one database entity of said first type, said method comprising a further step of;
setting (S5) said indication for said subscriber identity that has been transferred to a selected one (5b) of said at least one database entity of said first type, and wherein said indication comprises an identification of said database entity of said first type to which said transfer has been effected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A register entity (3) in a communication network, comprising:
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storage means keeping a record including information related to enabled and not enabled subscriber entities, said record comprising, for each subscriber entity, said at least one assigned subscriber identity and an indication (HLR-INDIC) whether said subscriber identity has been transferred to a selected one (5a, 5b) of at least one database entity of a first type, receiving means adapted to receive a request (S1) for a location update by at least one subscriber entity, detection means adapted to detect whether said location update request (S1) origins from a not enabled subscriber entity for which said indication that said subscriber identity has been transferred to a selected one of said at least one database entity of said first type, is not set in said record kept at said storage means, and transmission means, responsive to said detection means, adapted to trigger (S2a) a database entity of a second type (4) of said communication network storing said at least one assigned subscriber identity of said at least one subscriber entity not enabled to actively communicate in said communication network, to transfer (S3) information related to said subscriber identity not enabled to a selected database entity of said first type (5a, 5b) of said network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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