Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Rob Wayne Heldenbrand

Mark A Montz

Michael R Kelly

Hans Anders Askerup

Anders H Askerup

John I Ayers

Bradley Kenyon

Paul Michael Burke

Mark R Nielson

Gary Dean Iosbaker

Paul L Rozeboom

Sharon Lim

Ruben Rodriguez Alvarez

John Brichacek

John H Pineda

Nabil F Salama

Georg T Trimborn

Examples disclosed herein involve receiving a request from a calling device to establish a communication session between a mobile device and the calling device, the mobile device assigned a virtual telephone number, retrieving location information corresponding to a location of the mobile device from a location register, and sending a redirect to a session border controller (SBC) to establish the communication session between the calling device and the mobile device based on the location information.

Communication using virtual numbers

Examples herein retrieve a profile data corresponding to a mobile device from a first data repository in response to the mobile device entering a regional service area. The examples store the profile data in a second data repository. The second data repository is local to the regional service area.

Storing profile data in data repository local to a regional service area

Methods, computer readable media, and system embodiments are provided for call routing in communication networks. One method embodiment includes initiating a call processing process by receiving a call for a called party, sending a message to a home location register to initiate a call termination, arming a trigger for transferring the call processing process to a set of executable instructions that can use a variable delay to pause the call processing process to allow a color ringback tone server to provide an initial play of a ringback tone, initiating an initial play of the ringback tone for receipt by the calling party, sending a message transferring the call processing process to the home location register, and setting a variable delay that allows the initial play of the ringback tone to the calling party to play for a predetermined period.

Pausing call processing to enable the playback of information

Techniques for storing data used in making announcements in telephone communications are disclosed. In an embodiment, an announcement depends on classes of services associated with telephone subscribers. The classes of services represent call types or call features such as call-forwarding unconditional, call-forwarding busy, call-forwarding no answer, etc. A first database associates subscribed phone numbers with a class of service. A second database defines the class of services such as the call types, the telephone digit pattern in the subscribed telephone numbers, the condition for an announcement, etc. A third database defines a default class of service for use in case a phone number is not associated with a class of service in the first database.

Database for use in telephone communications

Systems, methods, and devices for a database are provided. One database embodiment includes a set of executable instructions operable on the database. One or more database partitions are provided, each having a defined key range. The set of executable instructions is operable to reverse octets in variable length keys. A last digit in an odd-length key value, plus a pad, is placed in a dedicated octet to partition the variable length keys in the one or more database partitions.

Partitioning a database keyed with variable length keys

A method for authenticating a mobile communication device (MCD) to a wireless network. The method includes transmitting from the wireless network to the MCD a first value. The method further includes receiving from the MCD at the wireless network a second value, the second value representing a function of the first value, a shared data value that is stored in both the MCD and the wireless network, and at least one metric pertaining to an application program stored in the MCD.

Software authentication for mobile communication devices

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Omaha, NE, United States of America

Rob Wayne Heldenbrand