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Method and apparatuses for authorising provision of indirected content associated with a presentity of a presence service

US8566954B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Christer Boberg · Västerhaninge, SE
Bulent Gecer · Nacka, SE
Mikael Klein · Huddinge, SE
Sofie Lassborn · Sollentuna, SE
Anders Lindgren · Alvesta, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2008
Grant date	Oct 22, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/54
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a method of authorizing provision of in-directed content to a user of an IPcommunications network. The in-directed content is associated with a presentity subscriber of a presence service, the presence service including authorization rules regarding users to which the in-directed content may be provided. The in-directed content is stored at a content server that is not controlled by the presence service. The method includes receiving at an authorization proxy in the network a request from the user to be provided with the in-directed content, and identifying the presentity subscriber associated with the requested in-directed content. The authorization proxy retrieves the authorization rules to verify that the user is authorized to receive the in-directed content. Subject to the verification, the in-directed content is provided from the content server the user.

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