Call management adjustment in call continuity architecture

• US 9,491,305 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Kallio, Juha
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisner, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US11/477,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20080004007A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,784 Days
• Field of Search: 455/403, 455/412.1, 4554141-4143, 455418-420, 4554321-433, 370/229, 370/352, 370/310, 725/62, 379/201.12, 705/80, 705/304
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1095 Inter-network session transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/123 where the packet-switched network is an Internet Protocol Multimedia System-type network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A mechanism for controlling a call management for a call of a subscriber, in particular a service parameter adjustment, comprises a transmission of a request for adjusting settings of a service provided to a subscriber to a network control element, recognition of setting information for the service from the request, and processing of the setting information for the service. In the processing, a mapping of the recognized setting information for the service to a modification event of a data portion including parameters for the service in question is performed and a modification of the parameters for the service in question is performed by executing the modification event of the data portion obtained by the mapping. In case the data portion is not available, a search may be conducted in order to get access to the parameters for the service in question.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a subscriber terminal, a request for adjusting settings of a service provided to a subscriber;

detecting, from the request, setting information changes for the service; and

processing the setting information changes for the service,

wherein the processing comprises;

mapping the setting information changes for the service to a modification event of an extensible mark-up language fragment, the extensible mark-up language fragment including parameters for the service, and

performing a modification of the parameters for the service by executing the modification event of the extensible mark-up language fragment, the modification event obtained by the mapping, wherein at least one of the receiving, the detecting, and the processing is implemented at a network control element, the network control element coupling a circuit switched network to an internet protocol multimedia subsystem,

wherein the network control element comprises at least one processor.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the subscriber is entitled to the service, wherein the processing of the setting information changes is executed when it is determined that the subscriber is entitled to the service, wherein the network control element comprises a mobile switching center.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

searching for the extensible mark-up language fragment including the parameters for the service within databases, and

accessing at least one specific parameter included in the extensible mark-up language fragment that is to be modified according to the setting information changes.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the performing the modification comprises uploading a modified extensible mark-up language fragment obtained by executing the modification event into a database.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

informing an application server associated with the service provided to the subscriber about the modification of the extensible mark-up language fragment when the performing the modification is completed.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

using an entity of a network as a storage for the extensible mark-up language fragment, wherein the entity comprises a separate network element or an entity associated with the network control element.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network control element comprises a mobile switching center of a visited communication network, and the mobile switching center comprises a gateway control function and a mapping function for the mapping of the setting information changes for the service to the modification event of the extensible mark-up language fragment.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the transmitting the request for adjusting settings of the service provided to the subscriber, one of an unstructured supplementary service data string and a facility information element is included in the request as the setting information changes.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the extensible mark-up language fragment is retrieved from an extensible mark-up language database based on an identifier obtained from the request.

10. An apparatus comprising 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;

receive, from a subscriber terminal, a request for adjusting settings of a service provided to a subscriber;

detect, from the request, setting information changes for the service;

process the setting information changes for the service;

perform a mapping of the setting information changes for the service to a modification event of an extensible mark-up language fragment, the extensible mark-up language fragment including parameters for the service; and

perform a modification of the parameters for the service by executing the modification event of the extensible mark-up language fragment, the modification event obtained by the mapping, wherein the apparatus couples a circuit switched network to an internet protocol multimedia subsystem.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least determine whether the subscriber is entitled to the service and process the setting information changes when it is determined that the subscriber is entitled to the service.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least search for the extensible mark-up language fragment including parameters for the service within database and access at least one specific parameter included in the extensible mark-up language fragment that is to be modified according to the setting information changes.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least upload a modified extensible mark-up language fragment obtained by executing the modification event into a database when performing the modification.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least inform an application server associated with the service provided to the subscriber about the modification of the extensible mark-up language fragment when the modification is compeled.

15. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the network control element is associated with an entity of a network, the entity being operationally connected to and configured to serve as a storage for the extensible mark-up language fragment.

16. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the network control element comprises a mobile switching center of a visited communication network, and the mobile switching center comprises a gateway control function and a mapping function for the mapping of the setting information changes for the service to the modification event of the extensible mark-up language fragment.

17. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the apparatus is further configured to at least receive the request for adjusting settings of the service provided to the subscriber as an unstructured supplementary service data string or a facility information element.

18. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the extensible mark-up language fragment is retrieved from an extensible mark-up language database based on an identifier obtained from the request received.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including code, which when executed by a processor, provides operations comprising:

receiving, from a subscriber terminal, a request for adjusting settings of a service provided to a subscriber;

detecting, from the request, setting information changes for the service;

processing the setting information changes for the service;

mapping of the setting information changes for the service to a modification event of an extensible mark-up language fragment, the extensible mark-up language fragment including parameters for the service; and

performing a modification of the parameters for the service by executing the modification event of the extensible mark-up language fragment, the modification event obtained by the mapping, wherein at least one of the receiving, the detecting, the processing is implemented at a network control element, the network control element coupling a circuit switched network to an internet protocol multimedia subsystem.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19, further comprising:

determining whether the subscriber is entitled to the service; and

processing the setting information changes when it is determined that the subscriber is entitled to the service.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19 further comprising:

searching for the extensible mark-up language fragment including parameters for the service within databases; and

accessing at least one specific parameter included in the extensible mark-up language fragment data portion that is to be modified according to the setting information changes.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19 further comprising:

uploading a modified extensible mark-up language fragment obtained by executing the modification event into a database when performing the modification.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19 further comprising:

informing an application server associated with the service provided to the subscriber about the modification of the extensible mark-up language fragment when the modification is completed.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19 further comprising:

using an entity of a network as a storage for the extensible mark-up language fragment, wherein the entity comprises a separate network element or an entity associated with the control element.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19, wherein said computer-readable medium is further configured to provide the network control element included in a mobile switching center of a visited communication network, and a gateway control function, and a mapping function for the mapping of the setting information changes for the service to the modification event of the extensible mark-up language fragment data portion.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19, further comprising receiving the request for adjusting settings of the service provided to the subscriber as an unstructured supplementary service data string or a facility information element.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19, wherein the extensible mark-up language fragment is retrieved from an extensible mark-up language database based on an identifier obtained from the received request data portion is included in an extensible mark up language document.

28. An apparatus comprising 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;

receive, at a network control element, from a subscriber terminal, a request for adjusting settings of a supplementary service provided to the subscriber terminal;

detect, at the network control element, from the received request, setting information changes for the supplementary service;

determine, at the network control element, based on the request, an identifier of an extensible mark-up language fragment, the extensible mark-up language fragment including parameters for the supplementary service;

obtain, at the network control element and based on the identifier, the extensible mark-up language fragment;

perform a mapping of the setting information changes for the supplementary service to a modification event of the extensible mark-up language fragment; and

perform a modification of the parameters for the supplementary service by executing the modification event of the extensible mark-up language fragment.