Profile sharing across persona
The embodiments disclosed include a system and method for sharing services between service profiles on a single telecommunications device resulting in improved ease of access for a user who wishes to access services through different service profiles. The user can access services in multiple service profiles with a single device. In one embodiment, the techniques described below are enabled through a Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”)-based next-generation network (“NGN”), such as the IP Multimedia Subsystem (“IMS”) architecture.
1. A method for sharing available services between multiple service profiles for a device comprising:
providing, by a processor, a first service profile and a second service profile for the device in a session initiation protocol based network, wherein the first service profile is associated with a first set of services and the second service profile is associated with a second set of services, wherein a service of the first set of services is not available in the second set of services, wherein the first service profile comprises a default profile that is registered automatically;
receiving, via the processor, a registration of the device with the second service profile over the session initiation protocol based network;
authenticating the device with an access network using a subscriber identity module; and
providing, via the processor, the service from the first set of services that is not available in the second set of services upon the registration of the second service profile, while the first service profile is unregistered, wherein services that are unavailable are grayed out on the device.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a second service from the second set of services upon the registration of the first service profile.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first set of services includes services in the second set of services.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the device comprises a telecommunications device.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the session initiation protocol-based network is a next-generation network.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the next generation network is an internet protocol subsystem network.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the access network is in communication with the session initiation protocol-based network.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the available services comprise applications.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the available services are authenticated.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the first service profile is a work profile and the second service profile is a home profile.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the registration of the device comprises using a session initiation protocol proxy.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
providing a first persona and a second persona for a device in a session initiation protocol based network, wherein the first persona is associated with a first set of services and the second persona is associated with a second set of services, wherein a service of the second set of services is not available in the first set of services, wherein the first service profile comprises a default profile that is registered automatically;
receiving a registration with the first persona over the session initiation protocol based network;
authenticating the device with an access network using a subscriber identity module;
sharing the service from the second set of services that is not available in the first set of services with the first persona upon the registration of the first persona, while the second persona is unregistered, wherein the sharing comprises graying out unavailable services.
13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein the first set and second set of services comprise applications.
14. A method for receiving available services between multiple service profiles for a device comprising:
receiving, by a processor of the device, access to a first service profile and a second service profile in a session initiation protocol based network, wherein the first service profile is associated with a first set of services and the second service profile is associated with a second set of services, wherein a service of the first set of services is not available in the second set of services, wherein the first service profile comprises a default profile that is registered automatically;
registering, by the processor, the device with the second service profile over the session initiation protocol based network;
authenticating the device with an access network using a subscriber identity module; and
accessing, by the processor, the service from the first set of services that is not available in the second set of services upon the registration of the second service profile, while the first service profile is unregistered, wherein services from the first set of services that are not available upon registration of the second profile are represented by grayed out icons.
15. A method for displaying available services from multiple service profiles for a device comprising:
providing, by a processor, a first service profile and a second service profile for the device in a session initiation protocol based network, wherein the first service profile is associated with a first set of services and the second service profile is associated with a second set of services, wherein a service of the first set of services is not available in the second set of services, wherein the first service profile comprises a default profile that is registered automatically;
receiving, via the processor, a registration for the second service profile and deregistering the first service profile;
authenticating the device with an access network using a subscriber identity module; and
displaying, via the processor, icons associated with the service from the first set of services that is not available in the second set of services, wherein unavailable services from either the first set of services or the second set of services are displayed as unavailable,
wherein the unavailable services are displayed as grayed-out icons, and the available services are displayed as active icons.
16. A communications system comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
providing a first service profile and a second service profile for a device in a session initiation protocol based network, wherein the first service profile is associated with a first set of services and the second service profile is associated with a second set of services, wherein a service of the first set of services is not available in the second set of services, wherein the first service profile comprises a default profile that is registered automatically;
receiving a registration for the second service profile and deregistering the first service profile;
authenticating the device with an access network using a subscriber identity module; and
displaying icons associated with the service from the first set of services that is not available in the second set of services, wherein unavailable services from either the first set of services or the second set of services are displayed as unavailable, wherein the unavailable services are displayed as grayed-out icons, and available services are displayed as active icons.
17. The communications system of claim 16 , further comprising:
transmitting the registration.
18. The communications system of claim 16 , wherein the first and the second sets of services comprise an application.
19. The communications system of claim 16 , wherein the first service profile is a home profile and the second service profile is a work profile.
20. The communications system of claim 16 , wherein the session initiation protocol based network is an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network.