Delivery of Messages in a Multi Device Configuration

摘要

Some embodiments relate to a cellular network which facilitates transmission of messages, such as SMS or MMS messages, to/from respective user equipment (UE) devices of a user. Each of the UE devices may provide a relative priority value indicating a priority for receipt of messages relative to the other UE devices associated with the user. When a message intended for the user is received at the cellular network, the priority information associated with each of the user's at least two UE devices may be retrieved. The message may then be selectively delivered (by the cellular network) to one of the first UE device or the second UE device based on the relative values of the first priority value and the second priority value. If a delivery attempt fails to the highest priority device, the cellular network may attempt to deliver the message to the second highest priority UE device.

主权项

1. A method performed by a cellular network, the method comprising:
receiving, from a first user equipment (UE) device operated by a user, a first request to perform IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) registration, wherein the first request to perform the IMS registration includes a first priority value for receipt of messages intended for the user; receiving, from a second UE device operated by the user, a second request to perform IMS registration, wherein the second request to perform the IMS registration includes a second priority value for receipt of messages intended for the user; receiving a message intended for the user; and delivering the message to one of the first UE device or the second UE device based on the first priority value and the second priority value.