METHOD AND SERVER FOR USER IDENTIFIER UPDATE

• US 20090248799A1
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Gavita, Edoardo
• Application Number:
  US12/058,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20090248799A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5069 for group communication, multicast communication or broadcast communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration

Abstract

A method and communication server for updating a user identifier, wherein the server detects that a user involved in a new communication has changed an old user identifier for a new identifier. The server also triggers a search for pre-defined groups containing the old user identifier and when determining that the user is part of one or more pre-defined groups, instructing an update of the one or more pre-defined groups with the new user identifier.

Claims

1. A method for user identifier update, the method comprising the steps of:

a. receiving an indication of a new communication being established;

b. responsive to the indication, detecting that a user involved in the new communication has changed an old user identifier for a new user identifier;

c. triggering a search for pre-defined groups containing the old user identifier;

d. when determining that the user is part of one or more pre-defined groups, instructing an update of the one or more pre-defined groups with the new user identifier.

2. The method claimed of claim 1, wherein the receiving step takes place in an application server of a communication network.

3. The method claimed in claim 2, wherein the communication network is an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) network.

4. The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the new communication is a one-to-one communication.

5. The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the new communication is a group communication.

6. The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the new communication comprises an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) message.

7. The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the new communication is an IM (Instant Message) communication.

8. The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the new communication is an e-mail message communication.

9. The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the new communication is a SMS (Short Message Service) message communication.

10. The method claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

e. determining group members from the pre-defined group in order to perform step b.)

11. The method claimed in claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

instructing the sending of a group advertisement message to the one or more pre-defined groups for informing group members of the new user identifier.

12. A communication server comprising:

a communication stack receiving an indication of a new communication being established;

a service logic module, that responsive to said indication, detects that a user involved in the new communication has changed an old user identifier for a new user identifier, and triggers a search for pre-defined groups containing the old user identifier, and when determining that the user is part of one or more pre-defined groups, instructs an update of the one or more pre-defined groups with the new user identifier.

13. The communication server claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

a database storage for storing the old user identifier and the new user identifier.

14. The database storage claimed in claim 13, wherein the database storage receives the instruction to replace the old user identifier with the new user identifier.

15. The communication server claimed in claim 12, wherein the communication stack is SIP (Session Initiated Protocol) stack.

16. The communication server claimed in claim 12, wherein the new communication is a one-to-one communication.

17. The communication server claimed in claim 12, wherein the new communication is a group communication.

18. The communication server claimed in claim 12, wherein the new communication is an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) communication.

19. The communication server claimed in claim 12, wherein the group communication is an IM (Instant Message) communication.

20. The communication server claimed in claim 12, wherein the group communication is an e-mail message communication.

21. The communication server claimed in claim 12, wherein the group communication is SMS (Short Message Service) message communication.

22. The communication server claimed in claim 12, wherein the communication stack determines the group members from the pre-defined groups.

23. The communication server claimed in claim 12, wherein the communication stack sends a group advertisement message to the one or more pre-defined groups informing them of the new user identifier.