InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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United States Patent 9,801,233
Laha , et al. October 24, 2017

Method and apparatus for supporting femtocell service capabilities for services


Abstract

Techniques for supporting utilization of femtocell service capabilities for services are disclosed. A network device may be configured to implement a femto services gateway. The femto services gateway may reside in a femtocell and provide application programming interfaces (APIs) to services to enable applications implementing the services to make use of functionalities of femtocell service capabilities. The APIs may be a subset of or an extended set of Open Service Access Parlay or Parlay-X APIs. The services may be either femtocell-hosted, mobile APIs network operator core network-hosted, or Internet-hosted. The femtocell service capabilities may include a framework service capability feature (SCF), a call control SCF, a user interaction SCF, a mobility SCF, a terminal capability SCF, a data session control SCF, a connectivity manager SCF, an account management SCF, a charging management SCF, a policy management SCF, a presence and availability management SCF, or a multimedia messaging SCF.



Inventors:
Laha; Kushanava (Haryana, IN), Tomici; John L. (Southold, NY), Chitrapu; Prabhakar R. (Blue Bell, PA)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


Laha; Kushanava
Tomici; John L.
Chitrapu; Prabhakar R.
Haryana
Southold
Blue Bell
N/A
NY
PA
IN
US
US


Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000002909826

Appl. No.:
13/813,757

Filed:
August 2, 2011

PCT Filed:
August 02, 2011

PCT No.:
PCT/US2011/046279

371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
January 21, 2014

PCT Pub. No.:
WO2012/018824

PCT Pub. Date:
February 09, 2012


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20140146801 A1 May 29, 2014



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Application Number

Filing Date

Patent Number

Issue Date

61369915 Aug 2, 2010




Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 84/10 (20130101); H04L 67/20 (20130101); H04W 4/18 (20130101); H04W 88/16 (20130101); H04L 67/24 (20130101); H04W 84/045 (20130101); H04L 67/16 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 84/10 (20090101); H04W 4/18 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101); H04L 29/08 (20060101); H04W 88/16 (20090101)

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