System and method of providing a user with a registration review in IMS system

• US 9,723,584 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2016
• Issued: 08/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Strahs, Leopold, Afshar, Siroos K., Siegel, Steven A.
• Primary Examiner(s): MAPA, MICHAEL Y
• Application Number:
  US15/289,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20170026927A1
• Time in Patent Office: 295 Days
• Field of Search: 4554351-4352, 455417-420, 4551511-1514
• 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 60/02 by periodical registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/06 De-registration or detaching
• 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 operating an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) to provide registration review. The method embodiment includes tracking and storing all current registrations for each user in an IMS system, receiving a request from a user for a status of the user'"'"'s current registrations and presenting, in response to the request, the current status of current registrations for the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a notification about an event that occurred that is associated with a first device;

after receiving the notification, sending an alert to a second device regarding the notification; and

based on a user interaction with the alert, routing a communication intended for the first device to an alternative device, wherein the first device and the alternative device utilize contact addresses at which a public user identity is registered and wherein a same serving call/session control function is used and established until a last device registered with the public user identity has been de-registered from all contact addresses.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction comprises the user adding or deleting a registration.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a non-occurrence of an expected event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is associated with a location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a de-registration of the first device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is associated with a pre-defined time of day.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is generated by a time-based trigger.

8. A system comprising:

a processor; and

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

receiving a notification about an event that occurred that is associated with a first device;

after receiving the notification, sending an alert to a second device regarding the notification; and

based on a user interaction with the alert, routing a communication intended for the first device to an alternative device, wherein the first device and the alternative device utilize contact addresses at which a public user identity is registered and wherein a same serving call/session control function is used and established until a last device registered with the public user identity has been de-registered from all contact addresses.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the user interaction comprises the user adding or deleting a registration.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the event comprises a non-occurrence of an expected event.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the event is associated with a location.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the event comprises a de-registration of the first device.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the event is associated with a pre-defined time of day.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the event is generated by a time-based trigger.

15. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a notification about an event that occurred that is associated with a first device;

after receiving the notification, sending an alert to a second device regarding the notification; and

based on a user interaction with the alert, routing a communication intended for the first device to an alternative device, wherein the first device and the alternative device utilize contact addresses at which a public user identity is registered and wherein a same serving call/session control function is used and established until a last device registered with the public user identity has been de-registered from all contact addresses.

16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the user interaction comprises the user adding or deleting a registration.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the event comprises a non-occurrence of an expected event.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the event is associated with a location.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the event comprises a de-registration of the first device.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the event is associated with a pre-defined time of day.