Patent ID: 9037730
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of handling subscription data for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Devices in a M2M system, the method comprising: provisioning a M2M Registrar with subscription data for a number of M2M Devices, wherein each M2M Device is assigned an M2M Device identifier and a first category indicator selected from: private, aggregated and consolidated; configuring the M2M Registrar with identifiers of one or more M2M Media Handlers in charge of handling M2M Devices, each M2M Media Handler being assigned a second category indicator selected from: private, aggregated and consolidated; registering two or more M2M Devices at the M2M Registrar, the registration of each M2M Device including the M2M Device identifier and an identifier of the M2M Media Handler in charge of handling the M2M Device; and answering a query about the two or more M2M Devices, the query indicating a given M2M Media Handler identifier and received at the M2M Registrar from at least one of: a M2M Media Handler and a M2M Server in charge of handling one or more M2M Media Handler, with a response including identifiers of those M2M Devices served by a M2M Media Handler corresponding to the given M2M Media Handler identifier, and at least one of: the first category indicator which each M2M Device is assigned and the second category indicator which the M2M Media Handler is assigned, wherein the at least one of the first and second category indicators is to be used by at least one of the M2M Media Handler and the M2M Server for determining exchange of information with communication session for M2M Devices.