Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing home subscriber server (HSS) proxy
First Claim
1. A method for providing a home subscriber server proxy, the method comprising:
- at a home subscriber server (HSS) proxy separate from a home subscriber server in a telecommunications network, wherein the home subscriber server maintains subscriber location information;
receiving, from a requesting network entity, a request for information maintained at the home subscriber server, the information being associated with a subscriber; and
in response to receiving the request for information maintained at home subscriber server, providing, from the HSS proxy, the information associated with the subscriber to the requesting network entity on behalf of the home subscriber server, wherein providing the information associated with the subscriber on behalf of the home subscriber server comprises performing a number portability lookup in a number portability database associated with the HSS proxy, determining whether the subscriber is ported out, and in response to determining that the subscriber is ported out, returning information identifying a switch currently serving the subscriber in a network to which the subscriber has been ported.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing a home subscriber server (HSS) proxy are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for providing a home subscriber server proxy. The method includes, at a node separate from a home subscriber server in a telecommunications network, receiving, from a requesting network entity, a request for information maintained at a home subscriber server, the information being associated with a subscriber, and, in response to receiving the request for information maintained at a home subscriber server, providing the information associated with the subscriber to the requesting network entity on behalf of the home subscriber server.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for providing a home subscriber server proxy, the method comprising:
at a home subscriber server (HSS) proxy separate from a home subscriber server in a telecommunications network, wherein the home subscriber server maintains subscriber location information; receiving, from a requesting network entity, a request for information maintained at the home subscriber server, the information being associated with a subscriber; and in response to receiving the request for information maintained at home subscriber server, providing, from the HSS proxy, the information associated with the subscriber to the requesting network entity on behalf of the home subscriber server, wherein providing the information associated with the subscriber on behalf of the home subscriber server comprises performing a number portability lookup in a number portability database associated with the HSS proxy, determining whether the subscriber is ported out, and in response to determining that the subscriber is ported out, returning information identifying a switch currently serving the subscriber in a network to which the subscriber has been ported. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing a home subscriber server proxy, the system comprising:
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at least one database that includes number portability information, technology migration information, and information maintained at a home subscriber server that maintains information about subscriber location; and a home subscriber server proxy node for receiving, from a requesting network entity, a request for information maintained at the home subscriber server, the information being associated with a subscriber, and, in response to receiving the request for information maintained at the home subscriber server, providing, from the HSS proxy node, the information associated with the subscriber to the requesting network entity on behalf of the home subscriber server, wherein providing the information associated with the subscriber on behalf of the home subscriber server comprises performing a number portability lookup in a number portability database associated with the HSS proxy, determining whether the subscriber is ported out, and in response to determining that the subscriber is ported out, returning information identifying a switch currently serving the subscriber in a network to which the subscriber has been ported. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor of a computer control the computer to perform steps comprising:
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receiving, at a home subscriber server (HSS) proxy separate from a home subscriber server and from a requesting network entity, a request for information maintained at the home subscriber server, the information being associated with a subscriber, wherein the home subscriber server maintains subscriber location information; and in response to receiving the request for information maintained at the home subscriber server, providing, from the HSS proxy, the information associated with the subscriber to the requesting network entity on behalf of the home subscriber server, wherein providing the information associated with the subscriber on behalf of the home subscriber server comprises performing a number portability lookup in a number portability database associated with the HSS proxy, determining whether the subscriber is ported out, and in response to determining that the subscriber is ported out, returning information identifying a switch currently serving the subscriber in a network to which the subscriber has been ported.
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