System and method of providing registration macros in an IMS network-based device

• US 9,246,950 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2008
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Siegel, Steven A., Afshar, Siroos K., Strahs, Leopold
• Primary Examiner(s): MAPA, MICHAEL Y
• Application Number:
  US12/019,073
• Publication Number:
  US 20090191867A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,924 Days
• Field of Search: 4554351-4352, 455417-420, 4551511-1514
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1095 Inter-network session transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks

Abstract

Disclosed are a network-based device, method and computer-readable medium for providing registration macros in an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS). The method embodiment includes receiving an instruction from a user regarding a plurality of registration changes of customer Public User Identities at one or several pieces of equipment and implementing a macro such that the first step comprising at least one of a registration or de-registration and a second step comprising one of a registration or a de-registration both occur based on the instruction from the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an instruction automatically generated in response to detecting a location based event, the location based event being independent of user input, the instruction providing a plurality of registration changes of customer equipment, wherein the customer equipment comprises a first communication device and a second communication device;

implementing, based on the instruction, a macro to assign internet protocol subsystem services associated with a single user to the first communication device and the second communication device, the macro performing;

assigning a first E.164 routing address to the first communication device and assigning a second E.164 routing address to the second communication device, wherein the first E.164 routing address is distinct from the second E.164 routing address;

wherein the first E.164 routing address of the first communication device comprises at least one registered public user identity of a plurality of public user identities of the single user and the second E.164 routing address of the second communication device comprises the at least one registered public user identity of the plurality of public user identities of the single user and wherein a same serving call/session control function is used and established until the last registered public user identity has been de-registered from the first E.164 routing address of the first communication device and the second E.164 routing address of the second communication device; and

routing a communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device based on a classification of an originator of the communication, wherein the classification is defined by the single user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the routing of the communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device comprises performing the routing to the first communication device and the second communication device in parallel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the routing of the communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device comprises performing the routing to the first communication device and the second communication device in a sequential order.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the routing of the communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device comprises performing the routing to the first communication device and the second communication device using a combination of parallel and sequential ordering.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the location based event comprises arriving at one of home and work.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the location based event comprises leaving one of home and work.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the assigning of the first E.164 routing address to the first communication device and the assigning of the second E.164 routing address to the second communication device further comprise establishing a time at which the first E.164 routing address and the second E.164 routing address will be de-registered from the first communication device and the second communication device.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the user has established different service profiles for communicating with different groups of people.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

assigning the internet protocol subsystem services associated with the single user to a third communication device previously unassociated with the single user.

18. The method of claim 3, wherein the sequential order is determined by a priority of registration.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the priority of registration is established by a tag in a contact header of a SIP HEADER message.

20. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving an acceptance of the communication from an accepting device, to yield the accepting device and not-accepting device; and

sending a cancellation message to the not-accepting device.

5. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving an instruction automatically generated in response to detecting a location based event, the location based event being independent of user input, the single instruction providing a plurality of registration changes of customer equipment, wherein the customer equipment comprises a first communication device and a second communication device;

implementing, based on the instruction, a macro to assign internet protocol subsystem services associated with a single user to the-first communication device and the second communication device, the macro performing;

assigning a first E.164 routing address to the first communication device and assigning a second E.164 routing address to the second communication device, wherein the first E.164 routing address is distinct from the second E.164 routing address;

wherein the first E.164 routing address of the first communication device comprises at least one registered public user identity of a plurality of public user identities of the single user and the second E.164 routing address of the second communication device comprises the at least one registered public user identity of the plurality of public user identities of the single user and wherein a same serving call/session control function is used and established until the last registered public user identity has been de-registered from the first E.164 routing address of the first communication device and the second E.164 routing address of the second communication device;

routing a communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device based on a classification of an originator of the communication, wherein the classification is defined by the single user.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the routing of the communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device comprises performing the routing to the first communication device and the second communication device in parallel.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein the routing of the communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device comprises performing the routing to the first communication device and the second communication device in a sequential order.

11. The system of claim 5, wherein the routing of the communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device comprises performing the routing to the first communication device and the second communication device using a combination of parallel and sequential ordering.

12. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving an instruction automatically generated in response to detecting a location based event, the location based event being independent of user input, the instruction providing a plurality of registration changes of customer equipment, wherein the customer equipment comprises a first communication device and a second communication device;

implementing, based on the instruction, a macro to assign internet protocol subsystem services associated with a single user to the first communication device and the second communication device, the macro performing;

assigning a first E.164 routing address to the first communication device and assigning a second E.164 routing address to the second communication device, wherein the first E.164 routing address is distinct from the second E.164 routing address;

wherein the first E.164 routing address of the first communication device comprises at least one registered public user identity of a plurality of public user identities of the single user and the second E.164 routing address of the second communication device comprises the at least one registered public user identity of the plurality of public user identities of the single user and wherein a same serving call/session control function is used and established until the last registered public user identity has been de-registered from the first E.164 routing address of the first communication device and the second E.164 routing address of the second communication device;

routing a communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device based on a classification of an originator of the communication, wherein the classification is defined by the single user.

13. The computer-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the routing of the communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device comprises performing the routing to the first communication device and the second communication device in parallel.

14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the routing of the communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device comprises performing the routing to the first communication device and the second communication device in a sequential order.

15. The computer-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the routing of the communication to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device comprises performing the routing to the first communication device and the second communication device using a combination of parallel and sequential ordering.