Patent ID: 8254377
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing services for a network service provider, comprising the steps of: receiving a Feature Request Message from a switching node associated with a mobile station within a non-circuit switched network at a home registration node, the Feature Request Message including a code for activating a feature within the home registration node enabling connections to the non-circuit switched network responsive to the code, wherein the home registration node stores an address of the switching node within the non-circuit switched network and ignores an address of visitor registration node in a circuit switched network that is also active with respect to the mobile station in favor of first attempting connection within the non-circuit switched network; activating the feature within the home registration node enabling connections to the non-circuit switched network responsive to the Feature Request Message; receiving a service request for providing a network service to the mobile station at the home registration node; and routing the service request to the switching node associated with the non-circuit switched network responsive to the feature within the home registration node enabling connection to the non-circuit switched network being activated.