US 7,583,963 B2
User registration in a communication system
Kalle Tammi, Nokia (Finland); Minna Myllymäki, Tampere (Finland); Jari Koivula, Tampere (Finland); and Sami N. Salonen, Tampere (Finland)
Assigned to Nokia Corporation, Espoo (Finland)
Filed on Dec. 08, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/6,608.
Claims priority of application No. 0417296.1 (GB), filed on Aug. 03, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0030320 A1, Feb. 09, 2006
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2009.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—435.1  [455/433; 455/456.5] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a request from a first serving controller, said request identifying the first serving controller using primary and secondary identifiers; and
comparing a primary identifier of a second serving controller in a user information store with the primary identifier in said request and, if there is a mismatch, comparing a secondary identifier of the second serving controller in the user information store with the secondary identifier in said request,
wherein, when there is a mismatch between the secondary identifiers, a determination is made that the first serving controller identified in the request is not the second serving controller, and
wherein, when there is a match between the secondary identifiers, a determination is made that the first serving controller identified in the request is the second serving controller.