| US 7,502,837 B2 | ||
| Service provisioning in a communication system | ||
| Ilkka Westman, Helsinki (Finland); Gabor Bajko, Budapest (Hungary); Seppo Huotari, Espoo (Finland); Kirsztian Kiss, San Diego, Calif. (US); Olli M. Pulkkinen, Espoo (Finland); Kalle Tammi, Tampere (Finland); and Markku Tuohino, Espoo (Finland) | ||
| Assigned to Nokia Corporation, Espoo (Finland) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 09, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/615,420. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 0306863.2 (GB), filed on Mar. 25, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0193700 A1, Sep. 30, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—219 | 56 Claims |
| 1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a first entity associated with a communication system from a storage entity, information comprising an address
of or a name of a communication control entity configured to service a user of the communication system;
generating, by the first entity, an initial request on behalf of the user; and
based on said information, signaling the initial request from the first entity to the communication control entity,
wherein the initial request includes information regarding the handling of communications associated with the request, the
information in the initial request indicating whether to originate or terminate a service,
wherein the first entity comprises an application server, and
said application server including a processor for executing a service.
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