Patent ID: 9154360
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing capabilities of a first terminal equipment operated by a user, in a telecommunication network, to an application server intended for offering services to said user through such terminal equipment, comprises the steps of: storing in a storage of a telecommunication system network, capabilities of a plurality of terminal equipment, including capabilities of the first terminal equipment, the capabilities of each of the plurality of terminal equipment correlated with a terminal equipment identifier; establishing a temporary relationship between the user operating the first terminal equipment and the capabilities of the first terminal equipment; receiving in the telecommunication network from the first terminal equipment a user identity for the user operating the first terminal equipment and a terminal equipment identifier identifying the first terminal equipment; linking at an entity of the telecommunication network the received user identity with the received first terminal equipment identifier; requesting from an application server to the telecommunication network capabilities of the first terminal equipment currently in use by the user, wherein requesting capabilities includes referencing the user identity and not the terminal equipment identifier; obtaining from said entity the terminal equipment identifier linked with the user identity; fetching from storage the capabilities of the first terminal equipment correlated with the first terminal equipment identifier; and providing the capabilities of the first terminal equipment currently in use by the given user, from the telecommunication network to the application server.