Invention Grant
- Patent Title: IMS roaming service policies
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Application No.: US15075843Application Date: 2016-03-21
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Publication No.: US09654964B1Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Miguel Angel Carames , Jignesh Patel
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
- Current Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W8/06 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W4/22

Abstract:
A method including receiving, at a CSCF (Call Session Control Function) portion of a home network in which a mobile station is subscribed, an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) registration request from the mobile station via a visited network to which the mobile station is attached; establishing an SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) session between the mobile station and the CSCF server in response to the received IMS registration request; receiving, at the CSCF server, a SIP INVITE message from the mobile station during the SIP session, wherein the SIP INVITE requests use of a service; obtaining an identifier for the visited network; obtaining, in response to receiving the SIP INVITE message, a first roaming policy based on the identifier for the visited network; determining whether the SIP INVITE message is acceptable based on the obtained first roaming policy and the service requested by the SIP INVITE message; and sending a response for the SIP INVITE message to the mobile station, wherein the response is based on the determination whether the SIP INVITE message is acceptable.
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