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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Min Lu, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Martin Dolly, Forked River, NJ (US);
Leticia Johnson, Helotes, TX (US);
Mark Ratcliffe, Oakhurst, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to provide data network services to a non-registering endpoint are disclosed herein. A disclosed method includes, transmitting, by executing an instruction with a processor, information identifying the non-registering endpoint and a first list identifying a plurality of proxy-call session control functions to a plurality of serving-call session control functions, the plurality of proxy-call session control functions being statically assigned to process calls to the non-registering endpoint when selected by any of the plurality of serving-call session control functions. In the disclosed example method, the non-registering endpoint is unable to register with any data network. The first list can be provided to the plurality of serving-call session control functions in response to an event. Methods also include providing the data network service to the non-registering endpoint via one of the plurality of serving-call session control functions and a selected one of the plurality of proxy-call session control functions.