Registrations in a communication system
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1. A method, comprising:
- registering, in a controller entity comprising a call state control function, a plurality of contact addresses for a user;
receiving, at the controller entity, a request for a communication link to the user;
querying, by the controller entity, a database at a home subscriber server for information regarding a manner regarding how to handle the request; and
processing, at the controller entity, the request based on the queried information from the database, wherein, when provided during registration, the controller entity uses user preference information to determine whether to fork the request in parallel or sequentially.
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Abstract
A method in a communication system processes incoming requests at a controller entity. The method comprises the steps of registering a plurality of contact addresses for a user in a controller entity, receiving a request at the controller entity for a communication link to the user, querying a user information storage for information regarding a manner regarding how to handle the request, and processing the request in accordance with the information from the user information storage.
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15 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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registering, in a controller entity comprising a call state control function, a plurality of contact addresses for a user; receiving, at the controller entity, a request for a communication link to the user; querying, by the controller entity, a database at a home subscriber server for information regarding a manner regarding how to handle the request; and processing, at the controller entity, the request based on the queried information from the database, wherein, when provided during registration, the controller entity uses user preference information to determine whether to fork the request in parallel or sequentially. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 15)
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7. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory provide operations comprising; registering, in a controller entity comprising a call state control function, a plurality of contact addresses for a user; receiving, at the controller entity, a request for a communication link to the user; querying, by the controller entity, a database at a home subscriber server for information regarding a manner regarding how to handle the request; and processing, at the controller entity, the request based on the queried information from the database, wherein, when provided during registration, the controller entity uses user preference information to determine whether to fork the request in parallel or sequentially. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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registration means for registering, in a controller entity comprising a call state control function, a plurality of contact addresses for a user; interface means, at a controller entity, for interfacing to a database for storing information regarding how to handle a request for the user; querying means for querying, by the controller entity, the database at a home subscriber server for information regarding a manner regarding how to handle the request; and processing means for processing, at the controller entity, the request based on the queried information from the database, wherein, when provided during registration, the controller entity uses user preference information to determine whether to fork the request in parallel or sequentially.
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