Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a universal uniform resource identifier (UURI)

• US 20090049087A1
• Filed: 08/17/2007
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tekelec
• Original Assignee: Tekelec
• Inventors: Cackowski, David, Marsico, Peter J.
• Application Number:
  US11/893,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20090049087A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/301 Name conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a universal uniform resource identifier (UURI) are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for mapping a universal uniform resource identifier (UURI) to a uniform resource identifier (URI). The method includes receiving a message containing a UURI associated with a subscriber and containing a media type indicator indicating a media type; identifying a URI based on the UURI and media type indicator; and sending a message containing the identified URI.

Claims

1. A method for providing a universal uniform resource identifier (UURI), the method comprising:

(a) receiving a message containing a UURI associated with a subscriber and containing a media type indicator indicating a media type;

(b) identifying a uniform resource identifier (URI) based on the UURI and the media type indicator; and

(c) sending a message containing the identified URI.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the message containing the UURI and the media type indicator comprises receiving a message from a call session control function (CSCF).

3. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the message containing the UURI and the media type indicator comprises receiving a message from a session initiation protocol (SIP) router.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the message containing the UURI and the media type indicator is received from a first network entity and wherein the message containing the identified URI is sent to the first network entity.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the message containing the UURI and the media type indicator comprises a UURI resolution function (URF) query message and the message containing the identified URI comprises a URF response message.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the media type indicator indicates a media type of at least one of a data type, a call type, a message type, a media stream type, a video type, an audio type, and a text type.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the message containing the UURI and the media type indicator is received from a first network entity and wherein the message containing the identified URI is sent to a second network entity.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the message containing the UURI and the media type indicator comprises a first session initiation protocol (SIP) message and wherein the message containing the identified URI comprises a second SIP message.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the first and second SIP messages comprise SIP INVITE messages.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying a URI based on the UURI and the media type indicator includes identifying a first URI, determining a presence status associated with the first URI, and in response to determining that the presence status indicates that the subscriber is not available via the first URI, identifying a second URI associated with the subscriber.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying a URI based on the UURI and the media type indicator includes using a UURI resolution database (URDB) for associating a UURI and media type tuple to a subscriber URI.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the URDB comprises a relational database having records containing information identifying a UURI, a media type, and a subscriber URI.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the URDB associates a UURI, media type, and presence status tuple to a subscriber URI.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the URDB comprises a relational database having records containing information identifying a UURI, a media type, a presence status, and a subscriber URI.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the UURI is associated with a plurality of different media-type-specific URIs for contacting the subscriber over different types of communication media.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the identified UURI comprises a URI for contacting the subscriber via an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) network.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the message containing the UURI and sending the message containing the identified URI comprise sending and receiving the messages using at least one of a network that uses a session initiation protocol (SIP), a network that uses a next generation network (NGN) protocol, and a network that uses an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) protocol.

18. A system for providing a universal uniform resource identifier (UURI), the system comprising:

(a) a UURI resolution database (URDB) for associating a UURI and media type tuple with a subscriber uniform resource identifier (URI); and

(b) a UURI resolution function (URF) for;

(i) receiving a message containing a UURI associated with a subscriber and containing a media type indicator indicating a media type;

(ii) identifying, using the URDB, a uniform resource identifier (URI) based on the UURI and the media type indicator; and

(iii) sending a message containing the identified URI.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the URF is adapted to receive the containing the UURI and the media type indicator from a call session control function (CSCF).

20. The system of claim 18 wherein the URF is adapted to receive the containing the UURI and the media type indicator from a session initiation protocol (SIP) router.

21. The system of claim 18 wherein the message containing the UURI and the media type indicator is received from a first network entity and wherein the message containing the identified URI is sent to the first network entity.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the message containing the UURI and the media type indicator comprises a UURI resolution function (URF) query message and the message containing the identified URI comprises a URF response message.

23. The system of claim 18 wherein the media type indicator indicates a media type of at least one of a data type, a call type, a message type, a media stream type, a video type, an audio type, and a text type.

24. The system of claim 18 wherein the message containing the UURI and the media type indicator is received from a first network entity and wherein the message containing the identified URI is sent to a second network entity.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein the message containing the UURI and the media type indicator comprises a first session initiation protocol (SIP) message and wherein the message containing the identified URI comprises a second SIP message.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein the first and second SIP messages comprise SIP INVITE messages.

27. The system of claim 18 wherein the URF is adapted to identify a URI based on the UURI and the media type indicator by identifying a first URI, determining the presence status associated with the first URI, and in response to determining that the presence status indicates that the subscriber is not available via the first URI, identifying a second URI value associated with the subscriber.

28. The system of claim 18 wherein the URDB comprises a relational database having records containing information identifying a UURI, a media type, and a subscriber URI.

29. The system of claim 18 wherein the URDB associates a UURI, media type, and presence status tuple to a subscriber URI.

30. The system of claim 29 wherein the URDB comprises a relational database having records containing information identifying a UURI, a media type, a presence status, and a subscriber URI.

31. The system of claim 18 wherein the UURI is associated with a plurality of different media-type-specific URIs for contacting the subscriber over different types of communication media.

32. The system of claim 18 wherein the identified UURI comprises a URI for contacting the subscriber via an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) network.

33. The system of claim 18 wherein the URF is adapted to receive the message containing the UURI and send the message containing the identified URI using at least one of a network that uses a session initiation protocol (SIP), a network that uses a next generation network (NGN) protocol, and a network that uses an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) protocol.

34. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium for performing steps comprising:

(a) receiving a message containing a universal uniform resource identifier (UURI) associated with a subscriber and containing a media type indicator indicating a media type;

(b) identifying a uniform resource indicator (URI) based on the UURI and the media type indicator; and

(c) sending a message containing the identified URI.