Patent ID: 8731566

Claim:
A method for use in a cellular communications network that includes a plurality of mobile stations, and control functions for receiving, connecting, and directing traffic to and from said mobile stations, according to which method at least a number of said plurality of mobile stations are associated with respective individual identities which are unique in said cellular communications network, the method comprising: associating at least two mobile station integrated services digital network (MSISDN) addresses with a unique identity of a second mobile station, which is used by a first mobile station to establish communication with the second mobile station in the cellular communications network; receiving one of the at least two MSISDN addresses from the first mobile station; mapping the received one MSISDN address, of the at least two MSISDN addresses, to the unique identity of the second mobile station; and using the unique identity to establish communication with the second mobile station, receiving at a Home Location Register (HLR) a SMS message from the second mobile station containing a command to change the mapping of the unique identity of the second mobile station to a particular one of the MSISDN addresses indicated by the command for use in outgoing traffic from the second mobile station; and responsive to the command, changing at the HLR the mapping of the unique identity of the second mobile station to the particular one of the MSISDN addresses indicated by the command.