System and method of using diameter based signaling to activate and deactivate subscriber centric, visually rendered, services

• US 8,560,710 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2008
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Narayan, Pramodh D., Nielsen, Mark D., Perera, Lasith G., Ramanathan, Sri, Terry, Matthew A., Trevathan, Matthew B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Steven H
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARLEY, JASON A
• Application Number:
  US12/178,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20100020727A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,909 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5041 characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1096 Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A system and method is provided for providing using Diameter based signaling to activate and deactivate subscriber centric, visually rendered, services. The system is implemented in a computer infrastructure which includes computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium. The executable code is operable to activate and deactivate subscriber centric, visually rendered, services using a Diameter based signaling protocol and support home subscriber server (HSS) based subscriber profiles that pertain to visual characteristics.

Claims

1. A method for rendering visual services, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

register an agent with a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) for visually rendered services profile notifications using a first Sh message set with Diameter protocol, wherein the registering notifies the HSS to inform the agent of any changes that occur with respect to specific subscribers;

notify the agent of any changes that occur with respect to profiles of the specific subscribers of the visually rendered services using a second Sh message set with the diameter protocol; and

request and/or make rendering changes when a data session is active or when a next data session is made active on a mobile data services network based on the registered visually rendered services profile notifications, wherein the computer infrastructure is operable to;

receive subscriber service changes for the visually rendered services to the HSS, using the Diameter protocol; and

notify the agent of the subscriber service changes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer infrastructure is at least one of maintained, deployed, created and supported on a computing infrastructure by a service provider.