Systems and methods for IMS user sessions with dynamic service selection

• US 20080261593A1
• Filed: 04/17/2007
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aylus Networks Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Aylus Networks Incorporated
• Inventors: Naqvi, Shamim A., Wong, Ellis L., Day, Anju
• Granted Patent: US 7,856,226 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties

Abstract

Under one aspect, a system generates dynamic call models within an IMS network, allowing different user entities (UEs) to have different service experiences. The IMS network includes application servers (ASs) and a serving call state control function (S-CSCF) that receives and then forwards UE service requests. The system includes storage media storing a service tree, which defines potential call models that map potential UE service requests onto ASs. At least two potential call models map a specified potential UE service request onto different ASs that can provide different service experiences. The system includes control logic for providing session control, which receives UE service requests from the S-CSCF, receives the service tree from the storage media, generates a call model for each UE based on potential call models defined by the service tree and on the requested service, and invokes a specified AS based on the generated call model.

Claims

1. A system for generating dynamic call models within an IMS network so that different user entities (UEs) can have different IMS service experiences, the IMS network including application servers (ASs) for providing services to the UEs based on service requests by the UEs, the IMS network further including a serving call state control function (S-CSCF) for receiving service requests by the UEs and forwarding the requests, the system comprising:

storage media storing a service tree, the service tree defining a plurality of potential call models, the potential call models mapping potential service requests by the UEs onto the ASs, at least two of the potential call models mapping a specified potential service request by a UE onto different ASs capable of providing different service experiences to the UE; and

control logic for providing session control for the UEs, the control logic receiving service requests by the UEs forwarded by the S-CSCF and receiving the service tree from the storage media;

the control logic generating a call model for each UE based on the potential call models defined by the service tree and on the service requested by that UE; and

the control logic invoking a specified AS based on the call model generated for that UE.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control logic is in direct communication with the ASs.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the storage media stores a plurality of service trees for different groups of UEs.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the S-CSCF forwards service requests by the UEs to the based on a pre-configured initial filter criteria (iFC).

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the S-CSCF obtains the pre-configured iFC from a home subscriber subsystem (HSS).

6. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one UE includes agent logic to express a dynamic context of the UE in a message and to transmit the dynamic context message to the S-CSCF.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the dynamic context of the UE comprises an access network that becomes newly available to the UE.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the S-CSCF forwards the service request message with dynamic context information to the control logic based on a pre-configured initial filter criteria (iFC).

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the control logic generates a new call model for the UE based on the forwarded dynamic context message.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the control logic generates the call model based on a change in policy by a network operator using the control logic and the S-CSCF.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) use the control logic and the S-CSCF to provide services to groups of UEs subscribing to the MVNOs, and wherein at least some services that a first MVNO provides to a first subscribing group of UEs are different from at least some services that a second MVNO provides to a second subscribing group of UEs.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the control logic uses the service tree to generate call models for the first and second groups of UEs, and wherein the service tree maps service requests by the first subscribing group of UEs to ASs owned by the first MVNO, and wherein the service tree maps service requests by the second subscribing group of UEs to ASs owned by the second MVNO.

13. A method of generating dynamic call models within an IMS network so that different user entities (UEs) can have different IMS experiences, the IMS network including application servers (ASs) for providing services to the UEs based on service requests by the UEs, the IMS network further including a serving call state control function (S-CSCF) for receiving service requests by the UEs and forwarding the requests, the method comprising:

storing a service tree, the service tree defining a plurality of potential call models, the potential call models mapping potential service requests by the UEs onto the ASs, at least two of the potential call models mapping a specified potential service request by a UE onto different ASs capable of providing different service experiences to the UE;

providing session control for the UEs by;

receiving service requests by the UEs forwarded by the S-CSCF;

receiving the stored service tree; and

generating a call model for each UE based on the potential call models defined by the service tree and on the service requested by that UE.