Passing information to and from an application server in a communication system
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- participating in a registration of at least one subscriber entity with a network, wherein the registration includes receiving, from a subscriber information store associated with the at least one subscriber entity to a connection controller, information indicative of a service profile; and
enabling an access to an application service of an application provider,wherein the enabling comprises determining whether the application provider is in a trusted network, and in response to determining that the application provider is in the trusted network, transmitting, from the connection controller to the application provider located remotely from the subscriber information store, at least part of the information indicative of the service profile, and in response to determining that the application provider is not in the trusted network, transmitting from the connection controller to the application provider at least one of subscriber-specific information, wherein the at least one subscriber-specific information includes registration information other than the service profile,wherein at least some of the information, regarding whether subscriber-specific information is allowed to be fetched from the subscriber information store, is transmitted from the connection controller to the application provider via at least one session initiation protocol message, and wherein the subscriber information store comprises a home subscriber server.
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Abstract
A method for transferring information in a communication system whereby one or more subscriber units may communicate, the system comprising a network having a connection controller, one or more subscriber information stores and at least one application provider, the method comprising registering a subscriber unit with the network, including transmitting from the subscriber information store associated with that subscriber unit to the connection controller information indicative of the access of that subscriber unit to application services: and in order to enable access to services of the application provider, transmitting from the connection controller to the application provider at least one of: a. an indication of the address of at least one unit from which the application provider may retrieve subscriber specific information related to the services of the application provider; and b. subscriber specific information related to the services of the application provider.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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participating in a registration of at least one subscriber entity with a network, wherein the registration includes receiving, from a subscriber information store associated with the at least one subscriber entity to a connection controller, information indicative of a service profile; and enabling an access to an application service of an application provider, wherein the enabling comprises determining whether the application provider is in a trusted network, and in response to determining that the application provider is in the trusted network, transmitting, from the connection controller to the application provider located remotely from the subscriber information store, at least part of the information indicative of the service profile, and in response to determining that the application provider is not in the trusted network, transmitting from the connection controller to the application provider at least one of subscriber-specific information, wherein the at least one subscriber-specific information includes registration information other than the service profile, wherein at least some of the information, regarding whether subscriber-specific information is allowed to be fetched from the subscriber information store, is transmitted from the connection controller to the application provider via at least one session initiation protocol message, and wherein the subscriber information store comprises a home subscriber server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; participate in a registration of at least one subscriber entity with a network, wherein the registration includes receiving, from a subscriber information store associated with the at least one subscriber entity, information indicative of a service profile; and enable an access to an application service of an application provider, wherein the enabling comprises determining whether the application provider is in a trusted network, and in response to determining that the application provider is in the trusted network, transmitting, from the apparatus to the application provider located remotely from the subscriber information store, at least part of the information indicative of the service profile, and in response to determining that the application provider is not in the trusted network, transmitting from the apparatus to the application provider at least one of subscriber-specific information, wherein the at least one subscriber-specific information includes registration information other than the service profile, wherein at least some of the information, regarding whether subscriber-specific information is allowed to be fetched from the subscriber information store, is transmitted from the apparatus to the application provider via at least one session initiation protocol message, and wherein the subscriber information store comprises a home subscriber server. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform at least the following:
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participate in a registration of at least one subscriber entity with a network, wherein the registration includes receiving, from a subscriber information store associated with the at least one subscriber entity to a connection controller, information indicative of a service profile; and enable an access to an application service of an application provider, wherein the enabling comprises determining whether the application provider is in a trusted network, and in response to determining that the application provider is in the trusted network, transmitting, from the connection controller to the application provider located remotely from the subscriber information store, at least part of the information indicative of the service profile, and in response to determining that the application provider is not in the trusted network, transmitting from the connection controller to the application provider at least one of subscriber-specific information, wherein the at least one subscriber-specific information includes registration information other than the service profile, wherein at least some of the information, regarding whether subscriber-specific information is allowed to be fetched from the subscriber information store, is transmitted from the connection controller to the application provider via at least one session initiation protocol message, and wherein the subscriber information store comprises a home subscriber server. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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