Patent ID: 8493960
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A server in a data network for providing a subscriber identity number of a mobile device to an application communicating with the data network, wherein the server comprises: a memory for storing computer program instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein when the processor executes the computer program instructions, the server is caused to: receive from a network gateway node, the subscriber identity number of the mobile device and a temporary IP address assigned to the mobile device; store the subscriber identity number and the temporary IP address in a database; receive from the mobile device, a request directed to the application, the request including the temporary IP address assigned to the mobile device; determine the subscriber identity number associated with the temporary IP address of the mobile device by accessing the database through a pull application programming interface; and place the determined subscriber identity number into a packet header and transmitting the packet header to the application with a data packet.