Patent ID: 9439026
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a network node configured for operation as a first Network Services Capability Layer (NSCL) entity in a first Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Service Provider network, the method comprising: receiving a M2M request from an M2M entity within the first M2M Service Provider network, said M2M request including a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) identifying a targeted M2M resource; responsive to determining from the URI that the targeted M2M resource belongs to the first M2M Service Provider network, servicing the M2M request locally within the NSCL entity, or otherwise forwarding the M2M request within the first M2M Service Provider network, for servicing by another M2M entity within the first M2M Service Provider network; and responsive to determining from the URI that the targeted M2M resource belongs to a different, second M2M Service Provider network that is registered at the first NSCL entity, forwarding the M2M request towards a second NSCL entity of the second M2M Service Provider network.