Method and system for providing packet data services

• US 20070268992A1
• Filed: 05/19/2006
• Published: 11/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Goldman, Stuart Owen, Rollender, Douglas Harold
• Application Number:
  US11/436,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20070268992A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 376/351
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers

Abstract

In one embodiment, communication from a user device is recognized as a service request, and in response, a surrogate home system is invoked without accessing a home system for the user device. The surrogate home system is configured to handle connecting the user device with a provider of the service requested.

Claims

1. A method of providing packet data services, comprising:

recognizing a communication from a user device as a service request; and

invoking a surrogate home system without accessing a home system for the user device if the recognizing step recognizes the communication as a service request, the surrogate home system configured to handle connecting the user device with a provider of the service requested.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing step comprises:

receiving an identifier with the communication from the user device; and

determining that the identifier indicates a service request.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the recognizing step further comprises:

sending service offerings to the user device along with associated service identifiers; and

wherein

the receiving step receives one of the associated service identifiers.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining step determines the identifier indicates a service request if the identifier matches known service identifier.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selectively obtaining, at the surrogate home system, service related information; and

directing, by the surrogate home system, communication from the user device to a provider of the service requested along with the obtained service related information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the directing step directs the communication over a packet data network.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the selectively obtaining step obtains a location of the user device if the recognizing step recognizes the communication as a location based service request.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

directing, by the surrogate home system, communication from the user device to a provider of the service requested along with the obtained service related information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the directing step directs the communication over a packet data network.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing step recognizes whether the communication is an emergency services request.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing step recognizes whether the communication is a location based service request.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selectively obtaining service related information; and

wherein

the directing step directs the communication from the user device to the provider of the service requested along with the obtained service related information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the selectively obtaining step obtains a location of the user device as the service related information.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the service requested is emergency services.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the service requested is a location based service.

12. A method of providing packet data services, comprising:

directing communication from a user device over a packet data network to a provider of a requested service without accessing a home system for the user device.

17. A system for providing packet data services, comprising:

a visiting system recognizing a communication from a user device as a service request, the visiting system not being a home system for the user device, and the visiting system invoking a surrogate home system without accessing a home system for the user device if the visiting system recognizes the communication as a service request; and

the surrogate home system configured to handle connecting the user device with a provider of the service requested.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the surrogate home system is configured to direct communication from a user device over a packet data network to the provider of a requested service without accessing the home system for the user device.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the surrogate home system forms part of the service provider.