Patent ID: 8094648

Claim:
A method of handling a web service in a packet-switched communication system in which a first mobile node and a second mobile node store the web service and the first and second mobile nodes communicate with each other to utilize the service, the method comprising the steps of: receiving by a registration unit separate from the first and second mobile nodes, a request from the first mobile node to register the web service of the first mobile node at the registration unit, the request including a web service identifier associated with the web service and a unique circuit-switched identifier of the first mobile node; registering, at the registration unit, the web service identifier associated with the web service, the unique circuit-switched identifier of the first mobile node, and locating information for the web service at the first mobile node; receiving at the registration unit, a request from the second mobile node requesting the locating information for the web service at the first mobile node, wherein the request from the second mobile node includes the web service identifier associated with the web service and the unique circuit-switched identifier of the first mobile node; and transferring the requested locating information from the registration unit to the second mobile node to enable the second mobile node to communicate with the web service at the first mobile node.