Patent ID: 8898221
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing to a user device location information of a data device that provides a specific asset, wherein the user device is present in a network that includes at least a serving node and an address of the user device is indicative of a gateway node such that the user device is seen as being located at the gateway node although the user device is being located at the serving node, and the gateway node is different from the serving node, the method comprising: receiving at the serving node a first message from the user device, the first message including a request for the specific asset; sending the first message from the serving node to the gateway node; receiving at the serving node a second message from the gateway node, the second message including a first location of a first data device that provides the specific asset; modifying at the serving node the second message to include an indication about a second location of a second data device that provides the specific asset, wherein the first location is different from the second location; and sending the modified second message including the second location to the user device for accessing the specific asset.