Patent ID: 8160585

Claim:
A method for handling one or more messages received from a wireless terminal associated with an enterprise-wide network that comprises, with respect to the wireless terminal, a home enterprise network and at least a first visited enterprise network, the method comprising: receiving, at a coordinating data-processing system that is within the enterprise-wide network, a first registration message from the wireless terminal, the first registration message comprising i) a user identifier that is unique within the address space of the enterprise-wide network, and ii) a first set of subscriber-specific information that comprises values of a mobile carrier code, a mobile network code, and a mobile subscriber identification number; associating, in a database at the coordinating data-processing system, i) a first set of one or more wireless terminal numbers with the user identifier, the first set of one or more wireless terminal numbers comprising the mobile subscriber identification number, and ii) a first current location of the wireless terminal with the user identifier, the first current location being based on the first registration message; and transmitting a first access number from the coordinating data-processing system to the wireless terminal, the first access number being based on the first set of subscriber-specific information received from the wireless terminal and being associated with the first visited enterprise network.