Registrations in a communication system

• US 20040196796A1
• Filed: 08/01/2003
• Published: 10/07/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Varga, Jozsef, Bajko, Gabor, Jaro, Gabor
• Application Number:
  US10/632,088
• Publication Number:
  US 20040196796A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/310
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A communication system and a method wherein a subscription can be associated with a plurality of public and private identities are provided. According to one embodiment, the method includes the steps of storing in a user information storage information of the relations between the identities and of a control entity in which at least one of the public and private identities is registered, and allocating the control entity to a further registration based on the information stored in the user information storage.

Claims

1. A method in a communication system wherein a subscription is associated with a plurality of public and private identities, the method comprising:

storing in a user information storage information of relations between the plurality of public and private identities and of a control entity in which at least one of the identities is registered; and

allocating the control entity to a further registration based on the information stored in the user information storage.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising the further steps of:

querying by a further control entity for a registration status of a user from the user information storage; and

responding to the query by returning routing information which enables routing of a registration request to the control entity.

3. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the querying step comprises querying by the further control entity which comprises an interrogating call state control function and the the control entity comprises a servicing call state control function.

4. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the responding step comprises responding to the query by returning the routing information which enables routing to the control entity and comprises a name of the control entity.

5. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the responding step comprises responding to the query by returning the routing information which enables routing to the control entity and comprises an address of the control entity.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising selecting at the user information storage the control entity to be allocated for the further registration.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of recognizing at the user information storage that the user has an existing registration.

8. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of recognizing at the user information storage that different private identities associated with a common public identity are associated with a subscription.

9. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of recognizing at the user information storage that different private identities associate with a common service profile.

10. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of recognizing at the user information storage that different private identities associate with a common subscription.

11. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storing step comprises storing in the user information storage which comprises a home subscriber server.

12. A communication system comprising:

a plurality of control entities;

a user information storage being configured for storing information of relations between public and private identities associated with users of a communication system and of a control entity in which at least one of the public and privates identities is registered; and

allocating means for allocating a call control entity to a further registration associated with a user based on the information stored in the user information storage.

13. A user information storage entity for a communication system, the user information storage entity comprising:

storing means for storing information of relations between public and private identities associated with users of a communication system and of a control entity in which at least one of the public and private identities is registered; and

allocating means for allocating the call control entity to a further registration associated with a user based on the information stored in the user information storage.

14. An entity as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

querying means for querying by a further control entity for a registration status of a user from the user information storage; and

responding means for responding to a query by returning routing information which enables routing of a registration request to the control entity.

15. An entity as claimed in claim 14, wherein the querying means queries by using the further control entity which comprises an interrogating call state control function and the the control entity comprises a servicing call state control function.

16. An entity as claimed in claim 14, wherein the responding means responds to the query by returning the routing information which enables routing to the control entity and comprises a name of the control entity.

17. An entity as claimed in claim 14, wherein the responding means responds to the query by returning the routing information which enables routing to the control entity and comprises an address of the control entity.

18. An entity as claimed in claim 13, further comprising selecting means for selecting at the user information storage the control entity to be allocated for the further registration.

19. An entity as claimed in claim 13, further comprising recognizing means for recognizing at the user information storage that the user has an existing registration.

20. An entity as claimed in claim 13, further comprising recognizing means for recognizing at the user information storage that different private identities associated with a common public identity are associated with a subscription.

21. An entity as claimed in claim 13, further comprising recognizing means for recognizing at the user information storage that different private identities associate with a common service profile.

22. An entity as claimed in claim 13, further comprising recognizing means for recognizing at the user information storage that different private identities associate with a common subscription.

23. An entity as claimed in claim 13, wherein the storing means stores the information in a user information storage which comprises a home subscriber server.