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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2016
Applicant:

Vodafone Ip Licensing Limited, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;

Inventors:

Phillip Carter, London, GB;

Oscar Gallego Gomez, London, GB;

Jakub Nowicki, London, GB;

Assignee:

VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/28 (2009.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04L 61/6054 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 8/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

In Internet Protocol communications based on mobile station number (MSISDN) such as Rich Communication Services (RCS), the operator in a region which should be used to route services to a user device addressed by a mobile station number can be determined by recording which operator is the source of any capabilities exchange or signed presence subscription messages relating to the mobile station number which are received. The identified operator identities can then be stored in association with the respective mobile station numbers in a routing database. Messages to be sent to mobile station numbers can then be routed based on respective stored operator identities associated with the mobile station numbers in the routing database.


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