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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
May. 02, 2006
Ralf Keller, Würselen, DE;
Andreas Witzel, Herzogenrath, DE;
Arne Pehrsson, Huddinge, SE;
Stephen Christopher Terrill, Madrid, ES;
Ralf Keller, Würselen, DE;
Andreas Witzel, Herzogenrath, DE;
Arne Pehrsson, Huddinge, SE;
Stephen Christopher Terrill, Madrid, ES;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A technique is described allowing an IMS enabled network to terminate a communication request directed towards a user device in a well-defined way, even for cases in which multiple registrations for IMS are present that are related to the same physical user device. A method embodiment of this technique comprises registering multiple user agents for one and the same user device, wherein from each user agent contact information including a device ID identifying the user device is provided; and processing a communication request directed towards the user device, the processing comprising identifying multiple identical device IDs of registered contacts, and treating the communication request according to a predetermined handling scheme related to the detection of identical device IDs.