Patent ID: 8706101
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, in a communication network, of associating a subscriber directory identifier to a first subscriber identifier, comprising: receiving, by a network element in the network, a request to connect a communication device to the network, the request including a second subscriber identifier derived from the first subscriber identifier at the communication device, wherein the second subscriber identifier is different from the first subscriber identifier; determining, by the network element, the first subscriber identifier from the received second subscriber identifier; and associating, by the network element, the subscriber directory identifier with the determined first subscriber identifier, wherein the first subscriber identifier has a first portion and a second portion, and wherein the second subscriber identifier has a first portion that differs from the first portion of the first subscriber identifier, and a second portion that is identical to the second portion of the first subscriber identifier.