SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING REGISTRATION MACROS IN AN IMS NETWORK-BASED DEVICE

• US 20090191867A1
• Filed: 01/24/2008
• Published: 07/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Labs Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Siegel, Steven A., Strahs, Leopold, Afshar, Siroos K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,246,950 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: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1095 Inter-network session transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks

Abstract

Disclosed are a network-based device, method and computer-readable medium for providing registration macros in an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS). The method embodiment includes receiving an instruction from a user regarding a plurality of registration changes of customer Public User Identities at one or several pieces of equipment and implementing a macro such that the first step comprising at least one of a registration or de-registration and a second step comprising one of a registration or a de-registration both occur based on the instruction from the user.

Claims

1. A method of operating an IMS Network Device in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), the method comprising:

receiving a single instruction from a user regarding a plurality of registration changes of customer equipment; and

implementing a macro such that a first step comprising at least one of a registration or a de-registration and a second step comprising one of a registration or a de-registration both occur based on the single instruction from the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction is received from a device associated with the first or second step.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction is received from a device that is not associated with the first step or the second step.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein implementing the macro comprises using a contact header in an IMS protocol.

5. A network-based device and an IP multimedia subsystem comprising:

a module configured to receive an instruction from a user regarding a plurality of registration changes of customer equipment; and

a module configured to implement a macro such that the first step comprising at least one of a registration or a de-registration and a second step comprising one of a registration or a de-registration both occur based on the instruction from the user.

6. The network-based device of claim 5, wherein the instruction is received from a device associated with a first or second step.

7. The network-based device of claim 5, wherein the instruction is received from a device that is not associated with the first step or the second step.

8. The network-based device of claim 5, wherein the module configured to implement the macro further uses a contact header in an IMS protocol.

9. A computer-readable medium storing instructions for controlling a network-based computing device and an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), the instructions comprising:

receiving an instruction from a user regarding a plurality of registration changes of customer equipment; and

implementing a macro such that the first step comprising at least one of a registration or a de-registration and a second step comprising one of a registration or a de-registration both occur based on the instruction from the user.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instruction is received from a device associated with a first or second step.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instruction is received from a device that is not associated with the first step or the second step.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein implementing the macro further uses a contact header in an IMS protocol.