Source: http://www.google.com.tw/patents/US7996541
Timestamp: 2013-05-18 17:49:15
Document Index: 109302502

Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 200680051295', 'Application No. 200780012095', 'Application No. 06844747', 'application No. 0786756637', 'Application No. 07810606', 'application No. 03734522', 'application No. 06844747', 'Application No. 06844747', 'application No. 07810606', 'application No. 07810606', 'Application No. 00988270', 'Application No. 04751843', 'Application No. 03734522', 'Application No. 04751843', 'application No. 03734522', 'application No. 04751843', 'Application No. 06844747', 'application No. 07810606']

�M�Q US7996541 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying a serving ... - Google �M�Q�j�M �Ϥ� �a�� Play YouTube �s�D Gmail ���ݵw�� ��h »�i���M�Q�j�M | �������� | �n�J�i���M�Q�j�M�M�QMethods, systems, and computer program products for determining a serving home subscriber server (HSS) in a communications network are described. One method includes obtaining a subscriber identifier from a query message. An exceptions-based data structure contained in a database is accessed to locate...http://www.google.com.tw/patents/US7996541?utm_source=gb-gplus-share�M�Q US7996541 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying a serving home subscriber server (HSS) in a communications network���}��US7996541 B2�X���������v�ӽЮѽs��11/888,907�o�G���2011�~8��9���ӽФ��2007�~8��2�� �u���v���2007�~6��15����L���}�M�Q��CN101855921AEP2165557A2US20080311917WO2008157213A2WO2008157213A3�o��HRohini MarathePeter J. Marsico��M�Q�v�HTekelec ���M�Q������709/227709/217709/203370/353��ڱM�Q������G06F15/16H04W8/04 �X�@����H04W8/04 �ڬw������H04W8/04�ѦҤ��m�M�Q�ޥ� (109)�D�M�Q�ޥ� (157)�Q�H�U�M�Q�ޥ� (1)�~���s�����M�Q�ӼЧ� ���M�Q�ӼЧ��M�Q����T�� �ڬw�M�Q��Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying a serving home subscriber server (HSS) in a communications networkUS 7996541 B2�K�n Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining a serving home subscriber server (HSS) in a communications network are described. One method includes obtaining a subscriber identifier from a query message. An exceptions-based data structure contained in a database is accessed to locate a database entry associated with the subscriber identifier. Similarly, a range-based data structure contained in the database is accessed to locate the database entry associated with the subscriber identifier if the exceptions-based data structure does not contain the database entry. The method also includes acquiring serving HSS data corresponding to the located entry from either the exceptions-based data structure or the range-based data structure.
In one embodiment, range-based section 110 contains subscriber identifier data that may include ranges of SIP:URI, TEL:URI, Mailto:URI, or other URI values. Each entry in section 110 includes an alphabetic or numeric (e.g., E.164 formatted subscriber identifiers, mobile subscriber ISDN identifiers, plain old telephone service (POTS) identifiers, international mobile station identifiers (IMSI), etc.) range of subscriber identifiers, as defined by the wild card or ��*�� character in each entry. For example, the entry indicated by E* at VZW.com may include all subscriber URIs within the VZW.com domain that begin with ��E��. In another example, the entry indexed by 336241* may correspond to a range of subscriber directory numbers from 3362410000-3362419999. It should also be noted that the wild card operator is shown in database 108 for illustrative purposes. In an actual implementation, ranges may be identified by values that indicate the start and end of a range. For example, a range of telephone numbers for 9193800000 to 9193809999 may be identified by the telephones at the endpoints of the range, i.e., 9193800000 and 9193809999. Any suitable method for identifying a range is intended to be within the scope of the subject matter described herein.
As used herein, the term ��range-based data�� refers to a grouping of data by numeric, alphabetic, or alphanumeric ranges. For example, a range-based grouping of telephone numbers may include a group of telephone numbers that fall within a numeric range. In another example, a range-based grouping of URIs may be all URIs that fall within the same alphanumeric range. The term ��exceptions-based-data�� refers to data that is within one of the ranges or groupings of range based data or outside of all of the groupings or ranges of range based data. For example, the number 3362415656 in exceptions-based section 112 of database 108 is within the range of 3362410000-3462419999 specified in range based section 110. However, 3362415656 contains a different HSS identifier to the range defined for 336241*. Accordingly, the HSS identification rule for the entry corresponding to 3362415656 is an exception to the rule defined for the remaining entries in the range 336241*. It will be appreciated that according to one embodiment, range-based section 110 of SLF database 108 may be thought of as default SLF routing rules, which are only utilized in the event that an exception-based SLF routing rule could not be located.
If a ��match�� (i.e., if subscriber identifier falls within a range) is located in the ranged-based section 110, then the associated HSS identifier is obtained and provided to the requesting entity. If a match is not located, then a default HSS identifier may be returned or an error indicator may be returned to the requesting entity.
For example, referring to database 108 in FIG. 1, Ellie@VZW.com is listed as an exception in section 112. The first entry in section 110 indicates that Ellie@VZW.com would normally be associated with HSS A. Notably, the first entry of section 210 includes a wildcard operator that indicates that all identifiers starting with the letter ��E�� in the VZW.com domain are supported by HSS A. However, since Ellie@VZW.com is listed as an exception in section 112, this particular subscriber URI is instead supported by HSS B (as indicated) as opposed to HSS A.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating the exemplary steps of a method 200 for determining a serving HSS in a communications network according to an embodiment of the subject matter described herein. In block 202, a call setup message is received. In one embodiment, I-CSCF 102 receives a SIP INVITE message (e.g., message 121 in FIG. 1) intended for a designated called subscriber from a calling subscriber. The INVITE message may include this called and calling subscriber information in the ��To�� and ��From�� parameters, respectively, of the message header.
In block 208, an exceptions data structure is searched using the subscriber identifier. In one embodiment, SLF 104 utilizes the received subscriber identifier to initially query an exceptions-based section 112 of database 108. As mentioned above, exceptions-based section 112 of database 108 includes a list of individual subscriber identifier values (or ��sub-ranges�� of subscriber identifier values) that are exceptions to the range-based entries in section 110.
In block 214, a determination as to whether the subscriber identifier is included within a particular range listed in section 110. If a ��match�� is found (i.e., subscriber identifier is within a listed range), then method 200 continues to block 216. If a ��match�� is not found, then method 200 proceeds to block 220, where a predefined default HSS identifier is returned to I-CSCF 102. Alternatively, an error message may be sent to I-CSCF 102 indicating that a serving HSS cannot be found in either section 110 or section 112.
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