Patent ID: 6961564

Claim:
A method for enabling a subscriber entity to actively communicate in a communication network, a subscriber entity being identified by at least one assigned subscriber identity, said communication network comprising at least one database entity of a first type keeping a first record of data of subscriber entities enabled to actively communicate in a communication network, the method comprising the steps of: storing said at least one assigned subscriber identity of at least one subscriber entity not enabled to actively communicate in said communication network in a database entity of a second type, informing said database entity of said second type about a need to enable said at least one not enabled subscriber entity to actively communicate in said communication network, and, upon being informed, transferring information related to a subscriber entity not enabled, from said database of said second type to a selected one of said at least one database entity of said first type; wherein said communication network further comprises a register entity keeping a record of a third type including enabled and not enabled subscriber entities, said third record comprising, for each subscriber entity, said at least one assigned subscriber identity and an indication whether said subscriber identity has been transferred to a selected one of said at least one database entity of said first type, said method comprising a further step of: setting said indication for said subscriber identity that has been transferred to a selected one of said at least one database entity of said first type, and wherein said indication comprises an identification of said database entity of said first type to which said transfer has been effected.