Method for transferring data using expanded permanent identifier

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given below and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, wherein like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in the various drawings, and wherein: FIG.
1 illustrates a logical block diagram of a conventional communication system; FIG.
2 illustrates a logical block diagram of a system embodiment for the end user in FIG.
1; FIG.
3 illustrates a logical block diagram of a system embodiment of the destination entity in FIG.
1; and FIG.
4 illustrates a logical block diagram of an embodiment of a communication system according to the present invention.
FIG.
5 illustrates a flowchart of a method of transferring data according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The method of transferring data using the conventional communication system illustrated in FIG.
1 will be described in connection with FIG.
5.
According a description of the elements illustrated in FIG.
1 will not be repeated.
As discussed above, the numerous standards and protocols associated with the many mobile communication systems represented by FIG.
1 will employ a first permanent identifier and an expanded second permanent identifier.
To transmit data, the communication device 4 initiates a procedure within the standard or protocol that requires the transfer of the first and expanded second permanent identifiers.
For example, in a mobile wireless communication system, many standards require that the mobile station transmit the first and expanded second permanent identifiers as part of the registration procedure.
However, in step S10 of FIG.
5, the communication device 4 forms a modified expanded second permanent identifier along with the first permanent identifier, prior to transmission.
Alternatively, the end user 2 supplies the communication device with the modified expanded second permanent identifier.
The term modified has been used here to denote a difference between the expanded second permanent identifier created according to the present invention and the conventional counterpart, and does not necessarily mean that either the communication device 4 or the end user 2 modified an expanded second permanent identifier; although the present invention is contemplated as covering this alternative as well