Patent ID: 8406400
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing multimedia communication services to a subscriber device, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a configuration request at a communication network to disable a first communication mode of the subscriber device for a first time period; modifying, by the system, a first address pointer associated with the first communication mode of the subscriber device at a telephone number mapping server (ENUM server) of the communication network according to the configuration request, wherein the first address pointer is a naming authority pointer record that is stored at the telephone number mapping server; receiving, by the system, a communication query from a network element of the communication network to access the subscriber device by a requested communication mode at a requested time period; retrieving, by the system, an address pointer from the telephone number mapping server corresponding to the subscriber device and the requested communication mode to identify a retrieved address pointer; determining, by the system, whether the retrieved address pointer indicates that the requested communication mode is disabled for the subscriber device for the requested time period; transmitting, by the system, from the communication network a rejection of the communication query responsive to determining that the retrieved address pointer is disabled for the request time period; and servicing, by the system, at the communication network the communication query for the subscriber device using the requested communication mode responsive to determining that the retrieved address pointer is not disabled for the requested time period.