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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:
May. 02, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2014
Applicant:

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

Mohit Punwani, London, GB;

Martin Gibson Kell, London, GB;

Colin John Canavan, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/10 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/24 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/56 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04W 4/003 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 60/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for initiating a call in a communications system comprising a mobile communications device connected in a mobile communications network. The mobile communications device is allocated a mobile identifier for a first, mobile communications service provided by a mobile communications service provider and is allocated a second identifier for a second communications service provided by a second communications service provider that is different from the first, mobile communications service. The method comprises receiving over a data connection, at a switch, a request from the mobile communications device, comprising the second identifier, to initiate a call using the second communications service and adding, at the switch, the mobile identifier to the request and forwarding via a further network, the request comprising both the second identifier and the mobile identifier.


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