SECURING CONTACT INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method of controlling user access to contact information associated with public user identities registered in respect of the user'"'"'s subscription within an IP Multimedia Subsystem, the method comprising:
- installing into a Serving Call/Session Control Function assigned to the user, one or more contact information access policies, the contact information access policy or policies defining if and under what circumstances the user can view or delete contact information; and
upon a request by the user to view and/or modify said contact information, evaluating and enforcing these contact information policies at the Serving Call/Session Control Function.
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Abstract
A method of controlling user access to contact information associated with public user identities (IMPUs) registered in respect of the user'"'"'s subscription within an IP Multimedia Subsystem. The method comprises installing into a Serving Call/Session Control Function assigned to the user, one or more contact information access policies, the contact information access policy or policies defining if and under what circumstances the user can view or delete contact information. Upon a request by the user to view and/or modify said contact information, the Serving Call/Session Control Function evaluates and enforces these contact information policies.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of controlling user access to contact information associated with public user identities registered in respect of the user'"'"'s subscription within an IP Multimedia Subsystem, the method comprising:
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installing into a Serving Call/Session Control Function assigned to the user, one or more contact information access policies, the contact information access policy or policies defining if and under what circumstances the user can view or delete contact information; and upon a request by the user to view and/or modify said contact information, evaluating and enforcing these contact information policies at the Serving Call/Session Control Function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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- 14. An apparatus for implementing a Serving Call/Session Control Function within an IP Multimedia Subsystem, the apparatus being configured to receive from a user terminal associated with a private user identity, a request to retrieve and/or modify contact information registered in respect of one or more further user terminals associated with respective different private user identities, where the private user identities are all associated with the same user subscription, the apparatus being further configured to apply to the request a contact information access policy or policies and to provide to the requesting user terminal only that contact information allowed by the policy or policies.
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