Method and apparatus for performing network registration
View Patent ↗A method and apparatus for user location registration comprising registering subscriber location information associated with a device with a registration service in a first network, receiving, from a second network, a broadcast location request and sending, in response to the broadcast location request, the subscriber location information to the second network.
1. A method for subscriber location determination comprising:
determining, by a first network service provided by a first network, subscriber location information associated with a first user communication device registered with the first network, wherein the subscriber location information includes an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the first device, and wherein the IP address is not obtained via session initiation protocol (SIP) messaging received from the first device;
receiving, by the first network service, a broadcast location request for the subscriber location information in response to a call initiated from a second user communication device wherein receiving the broadcast location request further includes determining subscriber identity information from the broadcast location request, and determining that the subscriber identity information is associated with the subscriber location information; and
sending, by the first network service, the determined subscriber location information in response to the broadcast location request.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first network service is an email service.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first network service is a service available on a cellular network.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
broadcasting the subscriber location information to at least one third party service.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the at least one third party service includes at least one of social networking services, email services and Wireless access points.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, by the first network service, a notification that the first device is unavailable to receive calls; and
sending, by the first network service, an indication that the first device is unavailable to a network that sent the broadcast location request.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subscriber location information is sent to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network after initial registration of the first device.
8. A system for device location determination comprising:
a translation service disposed on a first network configured to:
determine subscriber location information associated with a first user communication device registered with the first network, wherein the subscriber location information includes an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the first device, and
wherein the IP address is not obtained via session initiation protocol (SIP) messaging received from the first device;
receive a broadcast location request for the subscriber location information in response to a call initiated from a second user communication device;
determine subscriber identity information from the broadcast location request;
determine that the subscriber identity information is associated with the subscriber location information; and
send the determined subscriber location information in response to the broadcast location request.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein the first network service is an email service.
10. The system of claim 8 wherein the first network service is a service on a cellular network.
11. The system of claim 8 further comprising:
broadcasting the subscriber location information to at least one third party service.
12. The system of claim 11 wherein the at least one third party service includes at least one of social networking services, email services and Wireless access points.
13. The system of claim 8 wherein the translation service is further configured to:
receive a notification that the first device is unavailable to receive calls; and
send an indication that the first device is unavailable to a network that sent the broadcast location request.
14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the subscriber location information is sent to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network after initial registration of the first device.
15. A method for subscriber location determination comprising:
receiving, by a first service provider, a call request directed to a first device;
broadcasting a location request for subscriber location information of the first device to a second service provider; and
receiving, by the first service provider, subscriber location information in response to the broadcast location request and directly from the second service provider,
wherein the subscriber location information includes an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the first device, and wherein the IP address is not obtained from the first device via a session initiation protocol (SIP) message;
wherein the first service provider is a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) service provider.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second service provider is one of a cellular service provider, an email service provider, a social networking service provider, or a wireless access router.