Method and system for network presence notification
First Claim
1. In a packet-switched network in which a network access element provides network access to customers and sends status messages to an accounting element regarding services provided to said customers, a method for network presence notification from a network presence server to a destination, wherein said destination provides content to customers over said packet-switched network, said method comprising:
- said destination registering with said network presence server, wherein registration specifies network presence information to be supplied to said destination;
monitoring said status messages to obtain selected network presence information, at least in part, from said status messages;
forwarding said selected network presence information to said network presence server;
said network presence server comparing received network presence information with said registration;
providing said selected network presence information matching said registration to said destination, said destination including a content gateway for providing content to said customers, wherein said selected network presence information includes an identification of an accessing customer and a network address temporarily assigned to said accessing customer; and
said destination validating an attempt by said accessing customer to access said content according to said selected network presence information received from said network presence server.
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Abstract
In a packet-switched network, a subscribing application subscribes to a network presence server to receive selected network presence information. The network presence server obtains the selected network presence information, at least in part, from status messages that a network access server, such as a packet data serving node (PDSN), sends, for example, to an accounting server. The network presence server then provides the selected network presence information to the subscribing application. The selected network presence information may include an identification of a particular customer that has just initiated or terminated a data session and the network address the particular customer is or was using.
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1. In a packet-switched network in which a network access element provides network access to customers and sends status messages to an accounting element regarding services provided to said customers, a method for network presence notification from a network presence server to a destination, wherein said destination provides content to customers over said packet-switched network, said method comprising:
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said destination registering with said network presence server, wherein registration specifies network presence information to be supplied to said destination; monitoring said status messages to obtain selected network presence information, at least in part, from said status messages; forwarding said selected network presence information to said network presence server; said network presence server comparing received network presence information with said registration; providing said selected network presence information matching said registration to said destination, said destination including a content gateway for providing content to said customers, wherein said selected network presence information includes an identification of an accessing customer and a network address temporarily assigned to said accessing customer; and said destination validating an attempt by said accessing customer to access said content according to said selected network presence information received from said network presence server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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