1. A system, comprising:
one or more devices to:
receive, based on a generic access point name stored by a user device, a request to establish a network connection,
the request including a user device identifier that identifies the user device;
determine, based on the user device identifier, a specific access point name associated with the user device,
the specific access point name being different from the generic access point name;
determine, based on the specific access point name, information that identifies a gateway node for processing traffic associated with the user device; and
cause the network connection to be established based on the user device identifier and the information that identifies the gateway node.
2. The system of claim 1, where the one or more devices, when receiving the request, are further to:
receive the request from a serving node based on the generic access point name.
3. The system of claim 1, where the one or more devices, when determining the specific access point name, are further to:
provide the user device identifier; and
receive information that identifies the specific access point name based on a comparison of the user device identifier to information stored in a data structure that stores information identifying the user device identifier and the specific access point name.
4. The system of claim 3, where the one or more devices, when determining the information that identifies the gateway node, are further to:
provide the information that identifies the specific access point name; and
receive the information that identifies the gateway node based on a comparison of the specific access point name to information stored in a data structure that stores information identifying the specific access point name and the gateway node.
5. The system of claim 1, where the one or more devices, when causing the network connection to be established, are further to:
provide the user device identifier to a network device associated with establishing the connection;
provide the information that identifies the gateway node to the network device associated with establishing the connection; and
cause the connection to be established based on providing the user device identifier and providing the information that identifies the gateway node.
6. The system of claim 1, where:
the user device is a first user device;
the request is a first request;
the network connection is a first network connection;
the user device identifier is a first user device identifier;
the specific access point name is a first specific access point name;
the gateway node is a first gateway node; and
where the one or more devices are further to:
receive, based on the generic access point name stored by a second user device, a second request to establish a second network connection,
the second request including a second user device identifier that identifies the second user device;
determine, based on the second user device identifier, a second specific access point name associated with the second user device,
the second specific access point name being different from the generic access point name and being different from the first specific access point name;
determine, based on the second specific access point name, information that identifies a second gateway node for processing traffic associated with the second user device; and
cause the second network connection to be established based on the second user device identifier and the information that identifies the second gateway node.
7. The system of claim 6, where the first gateway node is to at least one of:
route traffic to a different network than the second gateway node; or
provide a different quality of service level than the second gateway node.
8. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a device associated with a generic access point name, a request to process traffic associated with a user device,
the request including a user device identifier that identifies the user device;
identifying, by the device and using the user device identifier, a specific access point name associated with the user device,
the specific access point name being different from the generic access point name and not identifying the device;
determining, by the device and using the specific access point name, a gateway node identifier that identifies a gateway node for processing the traffic associated with the user device; and
causing, by the device and based on the gateway node identifier, the traffic associated with the user device to be processed by the gateway node.
9. The method of claim 8, where receiving the request further comprises:
receiving the request from a serving node based on the generic access point name.
10. The method of claim 8, where identifying the specific access point name further comprises:
providing the user device identifier; and
receiving the specific access point name based on a comparison of the user device identifier to information stored in a data structure that stores the user device identifier and the specific access point name.
11. The method of claim 8, where determining the gateway node identifier further comprises:
providing the specific access point name; and
receiving the gateway node identifier based on a comparison of the specific access point name to information stored in a data structure that stores the specific access point name and the gateway node identifier.
12. The method of claim 8, where causing the traffic associated with the user device to be processed further comprises:
providing the user device identifier to the gateway node;
providing the gateway node identifier to the user device; and
causing the connection to be established based on providing the user device identifier and the gateway node identifier.
13. The method of claim 8, where:
the user device is a first user device;
the user device identifier is a first user device identifier;
the specific access point name is a first specific access point name;
the gateway node is a first gateway node;
the gateway node identifier is a first gateway node identifier; and
where the method further comprises:
determining, based on the generic access point name and a second user device identifier associated with a second user device, a second specific access point name,
the second specific access point name being different from the generic access point name and being different from the first specific access point name;
determining, based on the second specific access point name, a second gateway node identifier that identifies a second gateway node for processing traffic associated with the second user device; and
causing, based on the second gateway node identifier, the traffic associated with the second user device to be process by the second gateway node.
14. The method of claim 13, where the first user device stores the generic access point name and does not store the first specific access point name; and
where the second user device stores the generic access point name and does not store the second specific access point name.
15. A computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive a connection request to establish a connection between a user device and a network,
the connection request being received based on a generic access point name that identifies the proxy device,
the connection request including a user device identifier that identifies the user device;
determine, based on the user device identifier, a specific access point name associated with the user device,
the specific access point name being different than the generic access point name;
determine, based on the specific access point name, information that identifies a gateway node for processing traffic associated with the user device; and
cause the connection to be established based on the user device identifier and the information that identifies the gateway node.
16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to receive the connection request, further cause the one or more processors to:
receive the connection request from a serving node based on the generic access point name associated with the connection request.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to receive the connection request, further cause the one or more processors to:
receive the connection request from a serving node, associated with the connection request, based on a virtual access point name associated with the user device.
18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine the specific access point name, further cause the one or more processors to:
provide, to a device associated with managing subscription information associated with the user device, a specific access point name request for information that identifies the specific access point name,
the specific access point name request including the user device identifier;
receive, from the device associated with managing subscription information associated with the user device and based on the user device identifier, the information that identifies the specific access point name; and
determine the specific access point name based on receiving the information that identifies the specific access point name.
19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine the information that identifies the gateway node, further cause the one or more processors to:
send, to a device associated with storing a network address of the gateway node, a gateway node identifier request for information that identifies the gateway node,
the request including the specific access point name;
receive, from the device associated with storing the network address of the gateway node and based on the specific access point name, the network address of the gateway node; and
determine the information that identifies the gateway node based on receiving the network address of the gateway node.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to cause the connection to be established, further cause the one or more processors to:
provide the user device identifier to a network device associated with establishing the connection;
provide the information that identifies the gateway node to the network device associated with establishing the connection; and
cause the connection to be established based on providing the user device identifier and providing the information that identifies the gateway node.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An Adapter that has a bushing, with a center hole, a locking screw, a rod to hold the top part of a two piece putter grip, the Adapter is installed into the butt end of a standard length putter shaft without tools, with the adapter installed in a standard length putter shaft, the Adapter is used to convert a standard length putter into a Belly putter, a Long putter or a fitting tool for long putters, the Adapter has a bushing that is installed into the butt end of a standard length putter shaft, a long rod with graduations is inserted in the center hole of the bushing, a rod with the top part of a two piece putter grip is on the rod that is attached to the long rod with graduations, after the proper length is determined by the graduations on the long rod, the golfer can lock in the length of the putter with a set screw in the bushing
2. Golf Club Fitter can use a standard length putter with the Adapter assembled into the butt end of a standard length putter shaft the Club Fitter can get the exact length from the reading on the long rod with graduations, after the proper length is established the Club Fitter can assemble a Belly putter or a Long putter with the exact length to fit a golfer.
3. The Adapter, when installed into the butt end of a standard length putter shaft a golfer can convert the standard length putter, without tools, into a Belly putter or a Long putter by locking in the putter’s length with a set screw in the bushing.
4. An adapter that has three parts that can convert a standard length putter into a belly, long putter or a fitting tool with graduations in inches, the adapter is inserted into the butt end of a standard putter shaft, without tools.
5. An adapter that can convert a standard length putter into a fitting tool with two bushings and a long rod with graduations in inches.
6. An adapter that can convert a standard length putter into a belly, long putter or a fitting tool.
7. An adapter that has three parts, two bushings and a rod with graduations in inches to convert a standard length putter into a belly, long putter or a fitting tool.