Patent ID: 8750292
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for using a signaling message routing node to provide backup subscriber information management service, the method comprising: obtaining, by a Diameter signaling router (DSR), information associated with a subscriber; receiving, at the DSR, a first subscriber information management message including a message destination and being associated with the subscriber; determining, at the DSR, whether the message destination is available to process the first subscriber information management message; in response to determining that the message destination is available to process the first subscriber information management message, routing, at the DSR, the first subscriber information message to the message destination; and in response to determining that the message destination is not available to process the first subscriber information management message, responding, at the DSR, to the first subscriber information management message on behalf of the message destination using the information obtained at the DSR.