Patent ID: 6654607
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A system for providing a network communications pathway between communication platforms comprising:a first communication platform supporting a first protocol, said first communication platform associated with a first mobility database, said first mobility database storing plural pairs of a first terminal identifier and a first location identifier, each pair corresponding to a respective first mobile terminal on said first communication platform; a second communication platform supporting a second protocol, said second communication platform associated with a second mobility database, said second mobility database storing plural pairs of a second terminal identifier and a second location identifier, each pair corresponding to a respective second mobile terminal on said second communication platform; a first alias database storing a first alias of the first terminal identifier of said first mobile terminal in a form compatible with said second protocol; a second alias database storing a second alias of the second terminal identifier of said second mobile terminal in a form compatible with said first protocol; and a mobility manager connected to both said first communication platform and said second communication platform, said mobility manager determining whether a destination of a first message is registered in said second alias database and, if the destination of the first message is registered in said second alias database, forwarding the first message to said second terminal corresponded with said second communication platform from said first terminal corresponded with said first communication platform, and determining whether a destination of a second message is registered in said first alias database and, if the destination of the second message is registered in said first alias database, forwarding the second message to said first terminal corresponded with said first communication platform from said second terminal corresponded with said second communication platform.