Method and system for provisioning authorization for use of a service in a communications network
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1. In a communications network comprising an entity maintaining a subscriber profile for at least one subscriber, a method comprising:
- Receiving from a user a message indicative of a service provided by the communications network; and
Based on the message, responsively performing an action selected from the group consisting of (i) provisioning the subscriber profile to indicate that the at least one subscriber is entitled to invoke the service and (ii) provisioning the subscriber profile to indicate that the at least one subscriber is not entitled to invoke the service,Wherein provisioning the subscriber profile to indicate that the at least one subscriber is entitled to invoke the service includes adding in the subscriber profile a new record that designates the service, andWherein provisioning the subscriber profile to indicate that the at least on subscriber is not entitled to the service includes identifying from the message the at least one subscriber and a set of dialed digits, recognizing that the set of dialed digits correspond to the service, and modifying parameters of the subscriber profile to indicate that the at least one subscriber is not entitled to invoke the service by modifying a set of service logic so that the set of service logic is not operable to carry out the service indicated by the message.
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Abstract
A method and system for provisioning authorization for use of a service in a communications network. In response to a dialed feature code by a subscriber, a network entity may modify the subscriber'"'"'s profile maintained by a serving system to authorize use of a service by the subscriber as indicated by the feature code. Alternatively, the subscriber'"'"'s profile may be modified to prohibit use of the service as instructed by the dialed feature code. Therefore, the subscriber may effectively subscribe to or unsubscribe from a service in this manner by dialing a feature code.
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1. In a communications network comprising an entity maintaining a subscriber profile for at least one subscriber, a method comprising:
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Receiving from a user a message indicative of a service provided by the communications network; and Based on the message, responsively performing an action selected from the group consisting of (i) provisioning the subscriber profile to indicate that the at least one subscriber is entitled to invoke the service and (ii) provisioning the subscriber profile to indicate that the at least one subscriber is not entitled to invoke the service, Wherein provisioning the subscriber profile to indicate that the at least one subscriber is entitled to invoke the service includes adding in the subscriber profile a new record that designates the service, and Wherein provisioning the subscriber profile to indicate that the at least on subscriber is not entitled to the service includes identifying from the message the at least one subscriber and a set of dialed digits, recognizing that the set of dialed digits correspond to the service, and modifying parameters of the subscriber profile to indicate that the at least one subscriber is not entitled to invoke the service by modifying a set of service logic so that the set of service logic is not operable to carry out the service indicated by the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a telecommunications network comprising at least one network entity maintaining a subscriber profile for at least one subscriber, a system for provisioning authorization for use of a service by the at least one subscriber comprising:
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A switch operable to receive a message from a telecommunications device operated by the at least one subscriber; and A central control point in a communication with the switch, the central control point being operable to receive the message from the switch and to determine that the message contains a feature code, the feature code being indicative of the service, Wherein the central control point sends a request message comprising the feature code to the at least one network entity, and based on the feature code, the request message causes logic within the at least one network entity to provision in the subscriber profile authorization for use of the service by the at least one subscriber by adding in the subscriber profile a new record that designates the service or to provision in the subscriber profile to indicate that the at least one subscriber is not entitled to invoke the service by modifying parameters of the subscriber profile and wherein the central control point is selected from the group consisting of a service control point (SCP), a home location register (HLR), an application server, a mobile Internet protocol (MIP) home agent, and a computer telephony interface (CTI). - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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