Patent ID: 9590935
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: providing, by a first server device associated with a first carrier network, a first identifier of a first application device to a second server device to cause the second server device to store information associating the first application device with the first identifier, the first identifier, stored by the second server device, being accessible from the first carrier network and from a different second carrier network; receiving, by the first server device, a first message from the first application device and destined for a client device; transmitting, by the first server device, the first message and the identifier of the first application device towards the client device via the first carrier network and the second carrier network; receiving, by the first server device and from a second application device associated with the second carrier network, a second message, the second message being associated with a second identifier; identifying, by the first server device, the second application device based on information associating the second application device with the second identifier, the information associating the second application device with the second identifier being maintained by the second server; identifying, by the first server device and based on identifying the second application device, a set of policies to apply in connection with the transmission of the second message; and applying, by the first server device, the set of policies.