Patent ID: 8290487

Claim:
A method for registering a first group of subscribers for use of a first mobile telephony service having a first service profile and a second group of subscribers for use of a second mobile telephony service having a second service profile differing from said first service profile in a mobile network, wherein the first and second service profiles are contemporaneously accessible in the mobile network, the method comprising: receiving at one switching equipment of the mobile network a conventional signaling message comprising a first access request to the first mobile telephony service said conventional signaling message comprising first authentication data, from a subscriber of said first group of subscribers, the first mobile telephony service associated with a first service profile that defines a first set of service offerings; utilizing the first authentication data comprising a first mobile subscriber identity of a first mobile subscriber identity series as an indicator that the first service is requested; wherein the first service profile offers a lower-cost service plan; forwarding said first access request to a home location register of the mobile network; receiving at said switching equipment of the mobile network an adapted signaling message comprising a second access request to the second mobile telephony service said adapted signaling message comprising second authentication data, from a subscriber of said second group of subscribers, the second mobile telephony service associated with a second service profile that defines a second set of service offerings that is different than the first set of service offerings; utilizing a second authentication data comprising a second mobile subscriber identity of a second mobile subscriber identity series as an indicator that the second service is requested; wherein a second mobile subscriber identity series is different from said first mobile subscriber identity series; wherein the second service profile offers a higher-cost plan; and forwarding said second access request to an adapter node of the mobile network.