Patent ID: 7870262

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; at least one memory, the processor and memory configured to provide: an input unit configured to receive a session request identifying a user; a checker configured to check whether the session request matches a defined service control criterion; a router configured to forward the session request to a defined service platform when the session request matches the service control criterion; retrieving unit configured to retrieve, before forwarding the session request to the defined service platform, a capability information element from a registration with an internet protocol multimedia subsystem, the capability information element indicating a capability of the at least one user equipment of the user to utilize a service provided by the defined service platform; and a termination unit configured to terminate a session in response to the capability information element indicating that none of the user equipment of the user is capable of utilizing the service provided by the defined service platform, wherein the service control criterion comprises a filter criterion comprising a user filter criterion and the capability information element is included in a trigger point of the user filter criterion.