Patent ID: 9509519
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a subscription from an application server, wherein the system performs policy control and charging functions in a mobile communications network, and wherein the subscription identifies a session event or sub-event occurring in a communication session for which the application server requests user location information; providing, by the processing system, subscription information based on the subscription to core network nodes of the mobile communications network; receiving, by the processing system, user location information from the core network nodes responsive to a detection of a triggering event or a triggering sub-event corresponding to the session event or the sub-event of the subscription; determining, by the processing system, whether reporting of the triggering event or the triggering sub-event that is detected will not result in an undesired signal load; and providing, by the processing system, the user location information to an IP multimedia subsystem network for delivery to the application server responsive to the determining that the reporting of the triggering event or the triggering sub-event will not result in the undesired signal load, wherein the delivery of the user location information is limited to application servers that are subscribed to the session event or the sub-event.