Patent ID: 8971877
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04B,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for relaying an ORREQ (origination request) message from an MSC (mobile switching center) to a service specific SCP (service control point), comprising the steps of: receiving at the MSC from a subscriber a service trigger indication to provide a particular service; transmitting the ORREQ message having the service trigger indication included therein from the MSC to an HLR (home location register), wherein the HLR does not know the service specific SCP required to provide the particular service; determining at the HLR the service specific SCP to provide the particular service associated with the service trigger indication of a plurality of available service specific SCPs responsive to at least one of the ORREQ message, the service trigger indication within the ORREQ message and a subscriber profile identified by the ORREQ message associated with the subscriber within the HLR, wherein the step of determining further comprises the steps of: transmitting the ORREQ message from the HLR to the determined service specific SCP of the plurality of available service specific SCPs to enable the determined service specific SCP to provide the particular service to the MSC.