Patent ID: 6662012
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G06F,H04W

Abstract:
A method of providing mobility support for a user of a telecommunication system, said system comprising different sites, each site having a Site Agent (SA), wherein the user has a subscription at a home site and is represented by a User Agent (UA), said method being characterised in that:when the user logs in at a visiting site, a visiting site agent (SAV) retracts the user's home UA, causing the home UA to move the visiting site, wherein the home UA is strategically mobile, with the ability to move to the visiting site and either duplicate the user's applications, data, and profile at the visiting site, or establish a channel from the visiting site to the user's home site, thereby making the user's applications, data, and profiles available to the visiting site; and the UA controls three tasks agents: an Application Agent (AA) in charge of the user applications, a Data Agent (DA) in charge of the user data, and a Profile Agent (PA) in charge of the user's profiles.