Single Telephone Number Association for Multiple Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users with multiple mobile telecommunication devices are restricted from registering them under a single public identity, forcing them to purchase separate lines and use different telephone numbers for each device, limiting convenience and flexibility.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that allows multiple user devices to be associated with a single telephone number through the Call Session Control Function (CSCF) node in the mobile telecommunication network, using IP Multimedia Private Identities (IMPIs) to select and register devices, enabling them to initiate and receive communications via a common number.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple mobile telecommunication devices are registered under separate public identities, then each device can independently access communication services, but users must purchase separate service lines and use different telephone numbers for each device, reducing convenience and flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple device identities under a single public identity (telephone number) by implementing a many-to-one mapping relationship. Multiple IMPIs (device-specific identifiers) are associated with a single IMPU (public identity), allowing multiple devices to share one service line and telephone number while maintaining independent registration and access capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables a single public identity to serve multiple devices simultaneously, making the telephone number universal across different devices. The system allows any registered device to initiate and receive communications using the shared telephone number, providing multi-functionality to the service line.
2Ease of operation
If multiple devices share a single telephone number, then user convenience and flexibility are enhanced, but network registration and call routing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary registration system that manages the mapping between multiple IMPIs and a single IMPU. This intermediary layer handles the complexity of device registration, authentication, and call routing, shielding users from the underlying system complexity while enabling convenient multi-device access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the registration and authentication processes into device-specific components (IMPI) and public identity components (IMPU). This segmentation allows the network to independently manage device registrations while presenting a unified public identity to external networks, simplifying user interaction.
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AI summary
Multiple user devices may be associated with a single telephone number to enable a user to initiate and receive communication via the single telephone number from any of the multiple user devices. An input is received at a service portal of a mobile telecommunication network. The input configures multiple user devices to share a common telephone number to initiate and receive communications. The input is stored as a device association profile in a device association data store that is accessible by a call session control function (CSCF) node of the mobile telecommunication network. The CSCF node then further determines based at least on the device association profile whether a user device is eligible to use the common telephone number to initiate and receive communications via the mobile telecommunication network.