Method for managing SIP registrations in a telecommunications network
First Claim
1. A method of de-registering a SIP client from a SIP server, the SIP server having a registration that associates the SIP client with a wireless device, the method comprising, in combination:
- a network entity other than the SIP client making a determination that the wireless device is disconnected from a network; and
in response to the determination, the network entity other than the SIP client notifying the SIP server that the wireless device is disconnected from the network; and
the SIP server responsively deregistering the SIP client.
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Abstract
A wireless device may connect to a telecommunications network and register with a Session Initiation Protocol server. The Session Initiation Protocol server may notify a network element on the telecommunications network of the wireless device'"'"'s registration. In response to a disconnection of the wireless device from the telecommunications network, the network element may notify the Session Initiation Protocol server of the wireless device'"'"'s disconnection. The Session Initiation Protocol server may then responsively deregister the wireless device.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of de-registering a SIP client from a SIP server, the SIP server having a registration that associates the SIP client with a wireless device, the method comprising, in combination:
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a network entity other than the SIP client making a determination that the wireless device is disconnected from a network; and in response to the determination, the network entity other than the SIP client notifying the SIP server that the wireless device is disconnected from the network; and the SIP server responsively deregistering the SIP client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for registering and deregistering a SIP client from a SIP server, comprising:
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receiving a registration request from a SIP client running on a wireless device and responsively creating a registration for the SIP client; providing a notification to a network element other than the SIP client, wherein the notification indicates the registration for the SIP client; receiving a notification from the network element of a disconnection of the wireless device from a network; and in response to the notification deregistering the SIP client from the SIP server. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for managing a registration of a SIP client in a SIP server, comprising:
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a network element other than the SIP client receiving an indication of a registration of the SIP client with the SIP server, wherein the SIP client runs on a wireless device; detecting a disconnection of the wireless device from a telecommunications network; and the network element sending the SIP server a message that causes the SIP server to responsively deregister the SIP client. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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