Communication services needs of a communication unit supplied through simultaneous affiliation with multiple service providers in a communication system
First Claim
1. In a communication system comprising separate service providers, a method of enabling a communication unit to select separate service providers to individually satisfy its communication service needs,the method comprising the communication unit performed steps of:
- cataloguing service attributes for each of the plurality of service providers;
identifying a request for a communication;
and,for at least two service needs of the communication unit, simultaneously selecting for affiliation, on the basis of said catalogued service attributes, at least two corresponding separate ones of said service providers capable of servicing said at least two service needs;
wherein each service provider maintains an affiliation list identifying each communication unit affiliated therewith and the associated service need, and whereby the step of identifying the communication request is in response to a service provider identifying the communication unit as being affiliated and forwarding the request thereto.
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Abstract
A radio communication system (100, 200) employs a method of providing communication services to a communication unit (104, 105) having a plurality of service requirements. The radio communication system (100, 200) further includes a plurality of service providers (101-103) for which the communication unit catalogues (506, 512) service attributes as part of the inventive method. Further, for each of the service requirements, the communication unit (104, 105) selects (514) one of the plurality of service providers (101-103) to facilitate that service requirement.
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26 Claims
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1. In a communication system comprising separate service providers, a method of enabling a communication unit to select separate service providers to individually satisfy its communication service needs,
the method comprising the communication unit performed steps of: -
cataloguing service attributes for each of the plurality of service providers; identifying a request for a communication; and, for at least two service needs of the communication unit, simultaneously selecting for affiliation, on the basis of said catalogued service attributes, at least two corresponding separate ones of said service providers capable of servicing said at least two service needs; wherein each service provider maintains an affiliation list identifying each communication unit affiliated therewith and the associated service need, and whereby the step of identifying the communication request is in response to a service provider identifying the communication unit as being affiliated and forwarding the request thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a communication system comprising separate service providers, a method of enabling a communication unit to select separate service providers to individually satisfy its communication service needs,
the method comprising the communication unit performed steps of: -
querying a centralized service directory to determine service attributes for each of the plurality of service providers; identifying a request for a communication; and for each service need of the communication unit, affiliating with a corresponding separate one of said service providers capable of servicing that service need; wherein at least a first service provider comprises an affiliation list including affiliation information of the other service providers, and whereby in response to the request for a communication with the communication unit and the affiliation information, said at least first service provider forwards the request to the service provider with which said communication unit is presently affiliated. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In a communication system comprising separate service providers, a method of enabling a communication unit to select separate service providers to individually satisfy its communication service needs,
the method comprising the communication unit performed steps of: -
querying each of the plurality of service providers to determine service attributes associated therewith; identifying a request for a communication; and for each service need of the communication unit, affiliating with a corresponding separate one of said service providers capable of servicing that service need; wherein at least a first service provider comprises an affiliation list including affiliation information of the other service providers, and whereby in response to the request for a communication with the communication unit and the affiliation information, said at least first service provider forwards the request to the service provider with which said communication unit is presently affiliated. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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