Providing address information for reaching a wireless terminal
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1. A method of providing address information for reaching a wireless terminal, comprising:
- dynamically notifying substantially directly at least one other communicating party of a current public address of said wireless terminal, the at least one other communicating party being an originating party of communication between said wireless terminal and the at least one other communicating party;
said wireless terminal being connected to a first wireless communication network, said wireless terminal having a private address in the first wireless communication network and a dynamically allocated varying public address, and said wireless terminal being reachable from outside of the first wireless communication network by use of said varying public address,wherein said dynamically notifying further comprises directly identifying said wireless terminal to said at least one other communicating party so that said at least one other communicating party knows the current public address it has been notified of is the current public address of said wireless terminal.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of providing address information for reaching a wireless terminal, the wireless terminal being connected to a first wireless communication network, a varying public address being dynamically allocated to the wireless terminal, and the wireless terminal being reachable from outside of the first wireless communication network by means of the varying public address. The method comprises dynamically notifying substantially directly at least one other communicating party of a current public address of the wireless terminal.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of providing address information for reaching a wireless terminal, comprising:
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dynamically notifying substantially directly at least one other communicating party of a current public address of said wireless terminal, the at least one other communicating party being an originating party of communication between said wireless terminal and the at least one other communicating party; said wireless terminal being connected to a first wireless communication network, said wireless terminal having a private address in the first wireless communication network and a dynamically allocated varying public address, and said wireless terminal being reachable from outside of the first wireless communication network by use of said varying public address, wherein said dynamically notifying further comprises directly identifying said wireless terminal to said at least one other communicating party so that said at least one other communicating party knows the current public address it has been notified of is the current public address of said wireless terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for providing address information for reaching a wireless terminal, the system comprising:
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a wireless communication network, a wireless terminal coupled to said wireless communication network, said wireless terminal having a private address in the wireless communication network and being configured to have a dynamically allocated varying public address, and said wireless terminal being configured to be reachable from outside of said wireless communication network by use of said varying public address, and at least one other communicating party, the at least one other communicating party being an originating party of communication between said wireless terminal and the at least one other communicating party; said wireless terminal configured to dynamically notify substantially directly said at least one other communicating party of a current public address of the wireless terminal and to directly identify said wireless terminal to said at least one other communicating party so that said at least one other communicating party knows the current public address it has been notified of is the current public address of said wireless terminal.
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14. A wireless terminal coupled to a wireless communication network, comprising:
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a processor and associated memory configured; to have dynamically allocated varying public address, to be reachable from outside of said wireless communication network by use of said varying public address, and to dynamically notify substantially directly at least one other communicating party of a current public address of the wireless terminal, the at least one other communicating party being an originating party of communication between said wireless terminal and the at least one other communicating party, to directly identify said wireless terminal to said at least one other communicating party so that said at least one other communicating party knows the current public address it has been notified of is the current public address of said wireless terminal, wherein the wireless terminal has a private address in the wireless communication network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program executable in a wireless terminal coupled to a wireless communication network, said wireless terminal having a private address in a wireless communication network and having a varying public address dynamically allocated to it, and said wireless terminal being reachable from outside of said wireless communication network by use of said varying public address, said computer program when executed by said wireless terminal for:
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dynamically notifying substantially directly at least one other communicating party of a current public address of the wireless terminal, the at least one other communicating party being an originating party of communication between said wireless terminal and the at least one other communicating party, wherein said dynamically notifying further comprises directly identifying said wireless terminal to said at least one other communicating party so that said at least one other communicating party knows the current public address it has been notified of is the current public address of said wireless terminal.
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19. A communicating party configured to receive address information for reaching another communicating party substantially directly from said another communicating party, said another communicating party being an originating communicating party of communication between said another communicating party and said communication party, wherein the communicating party is further configured
to receive an address update request from said another communicating party, and to use a source address of the address update request as seen by said communicating party as a current public address of said another communicating party, wherein said another communicating party has a private address in a first wireless network and a dynamically allocated varying public address, and wherein said another communicating party is reachable from outside of the first wireless communication network by use of said varying public address, wherein said address update request comprises a direct identification of said another communicating party to said communicating party so that said at least one other communicating party knows the current public address it has been notified of is the current public address of said another communicating party.
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