| CPC H04L 43/10 (2013.01) [H04L 41/06 (2013.01)] | 23 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a second entity from a first entity, information identifying a subscription and information comprising one or more attributes associated with the subscription, wherein the one or more attributes relate to management of an emission of heartbeat notifications at the second entity for the subscription;
associating, by the second entity, the one or more attributes with the subscription after the receiving;
associating, by the second entity, the one or more attributes with a communication channel between the second entity and a third entity relating to the subscription; and
starting the emission of the heartbeat notifications from the second entity to the third entity according to the information identifying the subscription and the information comprising the one or more attributes received by the second entity from the first entity;
wherein the first entity, the second entity, and the third entity are different entities.
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