Patent ID: 8654706

Claim:
A method comprising: generating, by a processor, a mobile-subscriber-integrated-services- digital-network-number-to-international-mobile-equipment-identity resolution request; sending, by the processor, the resolution request to an equipment identity register to resolve an international mobile equipment identity associated with a device; receiving, by the processor, from the equipment identity register in response to the resolution request, the international mobile equipment identity associated with the device; generating, by the processor, a capability request; sending, by the processor, the capability request to an international mobile equipment identity database; receiving, by the processor, from the international mobile equipment identity database in response to the capability request, a capability of the device; determining, by the processor, based upon an assignment factor comprising the capability of the device, an access point name to assign to a packet data protocol context activation request, yielding a determined access point name; assigning, by the processor, the determined access point name to the packet data protocol context activation request; and modifying, by the processor, the packet data protocol context activation request to comprise the determined access point name.