Patent ID: 9712991
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for relaying an ORREQ (origination request) message from an MSC (mobile switching center) to a service specific SCP (service control point) that provides a particular service to a mobile device using an HLR (home location register), comprising: receiving the ORREQ message including a service trigger indication at the HLR; determining a service trigger and an identifier for the subscriber from the service trigger indication within the ORREQ message; accessing a subscriber profile within the HLR responsive to the determined identifier to identify active services for the subscriber; determining, at the HLR, the service specific SCP to provide the particular service associated with the service trigger of a plurality of available service specific SCPs responsive to the service trigger within the ORREQ message and the active services for the subscriber determined from the subscriber profile; determining, at the HLR, an address of the specific SCP by accessing mapping logic; transmitting the ORREQ message from the HLR to the determined service specific SCP; and wherein the ORREQ message transmitted from the HLR to the determined service specific SCP further includes a SENDRIN parameter including a sender identification number of the HLR.