System and method of providing IMS services to users on originating non IMS devices and other devices that do not have a previous relationship with the user

US8948752B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8948752-B2
Application numberUS-1915208-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 24, 2008
Priority dateJan 24, 2008
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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Disclosed are a network-based device, method and computer readable medium for operating an IMS to provide IMS services to originating sessions from a device upon which the user is not registered. The method includes receiving communication from a user on a device upon which the user is not registered at a 2-stage dialing server, authenticating the user, determining a Public User ID (PUID) for the user, receiving an identification of a called party from the user, arranging for IMS services to be provided to the user on the device, sending an INVITE signal from the 2-stage dialing server on behalf of the user PUID to the called party and setting up the media connection from the device to the device associated with the called party.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method comprising: receiving a communication from a user, via a first device upon which the user is not registered, at a 2-stage dialing server to initiate a session between the user and a called party, as part of operating an internet protocol multimedia subsystem to provide internet protocol multimedia subsystem services to originating sessions from the first device; and responsive to the communication, initiating the session by: authenticating the…

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What does patent US8948752B2 cover?
Disclosed are a network-based device, method and computer readable medium for operating an IMS to provide IMS services to originating sessions from a device upon which the user is not registered. The method includes receiving communication from a user on a device upon which the user is not registered at a 2-stage dialing server, authenticating the user, determining a Public User ID (PUID) for t…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Siegel Steven A, Afshar Siroos K, Chastain Walter Cooper, and 5 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L65/1016. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).