Method and apparatus for performing network registration

• US 9,674,233 B2
• Filed: 11/03/2014
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vonage Business Inc (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: Vonage Business Inc (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: Efrati, Tzahi
• Primary Examiner(s): Rutkowski, Jeffrey M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Busch, Thomas D
• Application Number:
  US14/531,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20150055560A1
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0066 Details of access arrangements to the networks where the access arrangement is a PSTN/ISDN access H04M7/122
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0075 Details of addressing, directories or routing tables
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/127 where the session control protocols comprise SIP and SS7

Abstract

A method and apparatus for user location registration comprising determining, by a first network service provided by a first network, subscriber location information associated with a first user communication device registered with the first network, wherein the subscriber location information includes a network identifier of the first device, and wherein the network identifier is not obtained via session initiation protocol (SIP) messaging received from the first device; receiving, by the first network service, a broadcast location request for the subscriber location information in response to a call initiated from a second user communication device wherein receiving the broadcast location request further includes determining subscriber identity information from the broadcast location request, and determining that the subscriber identity information is associated with the subscriber location information; and sending, by the first network service, the determined subscriber location information in response to the broadcast location request.

Claims

1. A method for subscriber location determination comprising:

determining, by a first network service provided by a first network, subscriber location information associated with a first user communication device registered with the first network, wherein the subscriber location information includes a network identifier of the first device, and wherein the network identifier is not obtained via session initiation protocol (SIP) messaging received from the first device;

receiving, by the first network service, a broadcast location request for the subscriber location information in response to a call initiated from a second user communication device wherein receiving the broadcast location request further includes determining subscriber identity information from the broadcast location request, and determining that the subscriber identity information is associated with the subscriber location information; and

sending, by the first network service, the determined subscriber location information in response to the broadcast location request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first network service is a short-range wireless network service that operates at 13.56 MHz at transmission rates ranging from 106 kbit/s to 424 kbit/s.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first network service is a wireless network service using short-wavelength radio waves in an industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz or based on an IEEE 802.15x standard.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the network identifier is one of a media access control (MAC) address, a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID), a unique 48-bit address, or a hardware device address assigned to the first device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

broadcasting the subscriber location information to at least one third party service.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one third party service includes at least one of social networking services, email services and Wireless access points.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the first network service, a notification that the first device is unavailable to receive calls; and

sending, by the first network service, an indication that the first device is unavailable to a network that sent the broadcast location request.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the subscriber location information is sent to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network after initial registration of the first device.

9. A system for device location determination comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory device; and

a translation service disposed on a first network, wherein the translation service is stored as non-transient processor-executable instructions in the at least one memory device, which when executed by the at least one processor is configured to;

determine subscriber location information associated with a first user communication device registered with the first network, wherein the subscriber location information includes a network identifier of the first device, and wherein a network address is not obtained via session initiation protocol (SIP) messaging received from the first device;

receive a broadcast location request for the subscriber location information in response to a call initiated from a second user communication device;

determine subscriber identity information from the broadcast location request;

determine that the subscriber identity information is associated with the subscriber location information; and

send the determined subscriber location information in response to the broadcast location request.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first network service is a short-range wireless network service that operates at 13.56 MHz at transmission rates ranging from 106 kbit/s to 424 kbit/s.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the first network service is a wireless network service using short-wavelength radio waves in an industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz or based on an IEEE 802.15x standard.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the network identifier is one of a media access control (MAC) address, a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID), a unique 48-bit address, or a hardware device address assigned to the first device.

13. The system of claim 9 further comprising:

broadcasting the subscriber location information to at least one third party service.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the at least one third party service includes at least one of social networking services, email services and Wireless access points.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the translation service is further configured to:

receive a notification that the first device is unavailable to receive calls; and

send an indication that the first device is unavailable to a network that sent the broadcast location request.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the subscriber location information is sent to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network after initial registration of the first device.