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Granted Patent B2
US 12,256,464 · App. 17/622,279 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Apparatus, method, and computer program for updating user subscription profiles

Inventor: Ashok Kumar Nayak (Bangalore, IN)
Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
H04W8/183H04L65/1045
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Patent No.
US 12,256,464
App. No.
17/622,279
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive ( 806 ), by a first function, subscription information relating to a user equipment from a server in response to the first function being restored; and sending ( 808 ), by the first function, the subscription information relating to the user equipment to a second function.

Claims (29)

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code of a first function,

wherein the computer program code, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the first function at least to perform:

receiving, prior to the first function being restored, subscription information relating to a second function from the second function;

sending, prior to the first function being restored, the subscription information relating to the second function to a server;

restoring the first function, wherein restoring the first function comprises receiving the subscription information relating to the second function and updated subscriber information relating to a user equipment from the server; and

after the first function is restored, sending the updated subscriber information relating to the user equipment to the second function based on the subscription information relating to the second function.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first function comprises a serving call session control function, the server comprises a home subscription server, and the second function comprises a proxy call session control function.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the restoring of the first function is triggered by a call terminating at or originating from the user equipment.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the updated subscriber information relating to the user equipment comprises at least one of a user equipment identity, a service priority and an extended priority.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the computer program code is executed by the at least one processor, the first function is further caused to perform:

sending the updated subscriber information relating to the user equipment to the second function along with previous subscriber information relating to the user equipment.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the updated subscriber information relating to the user equipment is sent to the second function along with the previous subscriber information relating to the user equipment in a notify message.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the computer program code, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the first function at least to perform:

restarting the first function after sending the subscription information relating to the second function to the server and prior to the first function being restored.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first function, prior to the first function being restored, subscription information relating to a second function;

sending, prior to the first function being restored, the subscription information relating to the second function to a server;

restoring the first function, wherein the restoring comprises receiving the subscription information relating to the second function and updated subscriber information relating to a user equipment from the server; and

after the first function is restored, sending, by the first function, the updated subscriber information relating to the user equipment to the second function based on the subscription information relating to the second function.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first function comprises a serving call session control function, the server comprises a home subscription server, and the second function comprises a proxy call session control function.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the restoring of the first function is triggered by a call terminating at or originating from the user equipment.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the updated subscriber information relating to the user equipment comprises at least one of a user equipment identity, a service priority and an extended priority.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

sending, by the first function, the updated subscriber information relating to the user equipment to the second function along with previous subscriber information relating to the user equipment.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the updated subscriber information relating to the user equipment is sent by the first function to the second function along with the previous subscriber information relating to the user equipment in a notify message.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

restarting the first function after sending the subscription information relating to the second function to the server and prior to the first function being restored.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2022
From: NAYAK, ASHOK KUMAR
To: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Reel/Frame 058817/0149 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220248208A1 · Aug 4, 2022
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