Patent ID: 9585018
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of routing traffic through a mobile network, the method comprising: receiving, by a session border controller (SBC) device a session initiation protocol (SIP) invite message; identifying, by the SBC device, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) from the SIP invite message; determining, by the SBC device, a MVNO identifier (ID) for the MVNO; inserting, by the SBC device, the MVNO ID in a private header of the SIP invite message; determining, by a transit gatekeeper device, whether the MVNO has permission to use the mobile network as a transit network though use of a lookup table, the lookup table associating the MVNO ID with a plurality of conditions associated with use of the mobile network by the MVNO and having been retrieved from a Home Location Register (HLR) that stores the lookup table; in response to determining that the MVNO has permission to use the mobile network as the transit network, enforcing, by the transit gatekeeper device, at least one condition of the plurality of conditions, the at least one condition being associated with attributes of an originating party or a destination party in a communication serviced by the MVNO; and allowing, by the transit gatekeeper device, use of the mobile network in response to determining that the at least one condition is satisfied.