The present invention provides a method and system for dynamic filtering of data packets at an access gateway in a communication network. According to the method, a policy server receives a request for registration with the network from a network node. The server verifies the network node identity and selects the co...

In a method for operating an interactive TV according to the present invention, an operation command is inputted by a user via an input device to a set-top box (10), the set-top box (10) transmits the operation command to a video server (20), the video server (20) reads requested video according to the operation com...

Non-commercial content (11) is combined (14) with a commercial message (12) that itself comprises, in part, recipient-interaction facilitation content that in turn yields a respondable commercial message (13). This combination of content is streamed (15) via a wireless broadband channel to a recipient. Upon detectin...

A mobile station indicates a need for at least one specific type of Internet Protocol version 5 (IPv6) prefix in a message (73) transmitted to a serving network element. The latter processes this message to determine (74) the indicated IPv6 prefix type and responds with a reply message (75) comprising, at least in p...

Proxy accounting for a home agent is implemented. Packets are monitored on a home network. A registration request sent from a mobile node connected to a foreign network to a home agent residing on the home network is detected among the packets, corresponding to a registration sought by the mobile node on the foreign...

An apparatus and a method for implementing program service in a network interactive television system. In such apparatus and method, a valid user terminal is allowed to deliver programs to other valid users. This service is implemented by adding the following functional unit to a basic network interactive television...

The present invention discloses a status control system and method for supporting time shifted TV service, comprising a terminal processing module (10), a video service module (20) and an accounting module (30), wherein the terminal processing module (10) supports video processing and interchange of information with...

A method and apparatus are provided for implementing direct routing. An Internet Protocol (IP) packet sent from a first mobile node to a second mobile node is received at a foreign agent for a foreign network, wherein both the first and second mobile nodes are visiting the foreign network. It is determined that the ...

A network element (10), such as a Packet Data Serving Node, detects (31) a change in operational status of a mobile station during a communication session and, in response to detecting such a change, automatically increases (32) memory capacity as is available to support additional communication sessions while simul...

A softswitch (321) at a network operations center (NOC) is in data communication with one or more enterprises (116, 310). The softswitch performs call processing, mobility management, and media connection switching and signaling to provide communications capabilities including basic and enhanced calling features to ...

A method and system for re-direction and handoff for pre-paid mobile services in third generation ('3G') networks (170). A handoff marker is created and used for wireless mobile nodes (78) such as Mobile Internet Protocol ('Mobile IP') nodes. The handoff markers allow the wireless mobile nodes (78) to use pre-paid m...

A system and methods are shown for selecting a packet data serving node (PDSN) for a mobile node in an Internet Protocol network. A networknode receives a message associated with a mobile node. The message includes a service request parameter corresponding to a requested service.The network node ...