Patent ID: 9338634
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for discovering capabilities of a first device operable to communicate with a second device using a telecommunications network comprising a service platform, a first core network and a second core network, the first and second devices being registered at the service platform, the first device being capable of accessing the service platform through the first core network and the second device being capable of accessing the service platform through the second core network, the method comprising: receiving at the first core network a request from the second device for discovering capabilities of the first device; determining by the first core network a first status indicator of the first device; routing the request to an application server of the service platform; identifying the first status indicator of the first device by the application server and determining a second status indicator of the first device, wherein identifying the first status indicator of the first device comprises reading a header of the request, the header including the first status indicator; and sending a response from the application server to the second device, the response containing a set of feature tags defined by a network operator of the first device which describe a set of services supported by the first device, wherein, if the identified first status indicator of the first device is unregistered status, the determined second status indicator is unregistered status and the response from the application server is sent to the second device.