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Service specific subscriber priority

  • US 9,609,542 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2014
  • Issued: 03/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • managing an allocation of quality of service using a communication network having an application server providing services and user equipment operated by a subscriber, wherein the managing includes;

    prioritizing the subscriber according to subscription details separately for each of at least two services provided, wherein the prioritization is service-specific and further wherein an identity of the subscriber is associated with at least two service-specific priority settings, wherein the prioritizing includes;

    using several internet protocol multimedia subsystem public user identities by the subscriber; and

    causing a priority setting to be stored for each of the identities according to a specific application server into a home subscriber server;

    causing a priority of the subscriber to be fetched by using a responsible network entity during a registration procedure of the user equipment operated by the subscriber in the communication network; and

    allocating said quality of service for a service provided to said user equipment according to the priority of the subscriber operating the user equipment.

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