Patent ID: 7627533
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: requesting a virtual identifier from a first user equipment; establishing a virtual identifier for the first user equipment in at least one of: the first user equipment and the service network; linking the virtual identifier of the first user equipment to a characteristic identifier of the first user equipment; requesting from a service network, by a second user equipment, a communications connection to be established to the first user equipment by using the virtual identifier of the first user equipment; matching the virtual identifier used in the request from the second user equipment to a database of virtual identifiers linked to characteristic identifiers in the service network; and establishing, by the service network, the requested communications connection from the second user equipment to the first user equipment when the characteristic identifier matching the virtual identifier of the first user equipment has been found on the basis of the matching.