	US 11,700,301 B2
	Service registration based on service capabilities requirements and preferences
Zhuo Chen, Claymont, DE (US); Dale N. Seed, Allentown, PA (US); Quang Ly, North Wales, PA (US); Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Hatboro, PA (US); William Robert Flynn, IV, Schwenksville, PA (US); Rocco Di Girolamo, Laval (CA); and Shoshana Loeb, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Convida Wireless, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Convida Wireless, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/863,539.
Application 17/863,539 is a continuation of application No. 16/650,886, granted, now 11,438,407, previously published as PCT/US2018/053411, filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/565,750, filed on Sep. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353323 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/1008 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01)

CPC H04L 67/1008 (2013.01) [H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04W 4/70 (2018.02)]

20 Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the apparatus being connected to a network via its communication circuitry, the apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

transmitting a registration request comprising a service capability preference, the service capability preference pertaining to a registree entity; and

receiving a registration response indicating that the registree entity has been registered to a registrar entity based at least in part on the service capability preference and capacities available to the registrar after determining whether the service capability preference can be fulfilled while meeting requirements of one or more other entities that were previously registered by the registrar entity, wherein the one or more other entities include at least one entity that is not the registree entity.