User Profile Creation for Multi-Service Mobile Subscriptions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile communication networks require multiple subscriptions for different service experiences, creating inefficiencies and additional costs for users who need varying mobile services for personal, business, and device-specific needs.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a User Centric Identifier and Authentication model that allows a single subscription to support multiple user profiles, each tailored for specific services, by creating and managing User Profiles with associated settings for quality of service, charging, and service chaining, using a User Identity Management Function (UIMF) to manage and link these profiles with mobile subscriptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple subscriptions are used for different service experiences, then service diversity and quality are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a User Centric Identifier model that allows a single mobile subscription to support multiple user profiles, each tailored for specific services. The network function identifies and applies the appropriate profile based on the user identifier, enabling one subscription to serve multiple purposes (personal, business, device-specific) without requiring multiple separate subscriptions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the service experience into distinct user profiles within a single subscription. Each profile contains service-specific settings for quality of service, charging, and service chaining, allowing the system to divide the monolithic subscription into manageable, service-specific segments that can be independently configured and applied.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple subscriptions are maintained for different users/services, then service customization is improved, but network resource management becomes less efficient
Solution Approach 1:
By allowing a single subscription to support multiple user profiles with service-specific settings, the system achieves both service customization and network efficiency. The network function can identify the appropriate profile based on the user identifier and apply the corresponding settings, enabling customized service delivery without requiring separate subscriptions for each service type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple service configurations into a unified subscription structure. Instead of managing separate subscriptions for different services, the system combines them into one subscription with multiple profiles, reducing overhead and improving network resource management while maintaining service-specific customization through profile-based configuration.
3Productivity
If a single subscription supports multiple user profiles, then subscription efficiency is improved, but authentication and profile management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a network function that acts as an intermediary between the user identifier and the multiple user profiles. This network function automatically identifies the appropriate profile based on the user identifier provided in the connection request and applies the corresponding service settings, eliminating the need for users to manually manage profile complexity while maintaining subscription efficiency.
4Adaptability or versatility
If users need varying mobile services for personal, business, and device-specific needs, then service adaptability is improved, but the number of required subscriptions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables a single mobile subscription to fulfill multiple service needs (personal, business, device-specific) by supporting multiple user profiles within that subscription. Each profile is tailored for specific services, allowing the subscription to adapt to different service requirements without requiring separate subscriptions for each use case.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple service-specific configurations into a single subscription structure. Instead of requiring separate subscriptions for personal, business, and device-specific services, the system merges them into one subscription with multiple profiles, reducing the total quantity of subscriptions needed while maintaining service adaptability through profile-based configuration.
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AI summary
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for accessing a mobile communication network using a User Identifier. One apparatus 600 includes a processor 605 that establishes 805 a first connection with a remote unit and a transceiver 625 that receives 810 a first request via the first connection to create a User Profile. The processor 605 determines 815 whether the User Profile is to be linked with a third-party account and, if so, creates 820 the User Profile based on information in the third-party account and, if not, creates 825 the User Profile based on information received from the first device. The transceiver 625 sends 830 to the remote unit via the first connection a Device User Profile and sends 835 a second request to the mobile communication network to store the User Profile.