Patent ID: 11924253
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. A network node to handle an outgoing call from a first user in a communications network, the network node comprising:
a processor; and
a memory comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the network node to:
receive a request for the outgoing call to be set up via a first persona out of multiple personas associated with the first user, which request is obtained as a voice instruction from the first user via a Digital Assistant (DA) device, in which the voice instruction comprises a personalized name associated with the first persona of the first user;
identify among the multiple personas associated with the first user, an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) user ID corresponding to the first persona based on the personalized name received in the voice instruction;
send to an IMS node in the communications network, the identified IMS user ID, and a request to initiate the outgoing call via the first persona of the first user;
receive from the IMS node an indication that the outgoing call cannot be initiated via the first persona of the first user; and
instruct the DA device to inform the first user that the outgoing call cannot be set up via the first persona out of the multiple personas of the first user.