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| 20080214143 | Method and System for the Collection of Voice Call Statistics for a Mobile Device - A method and system for collecting and tracking statistics of a mobile device having the steps of: adding a call statistics server at an enterprise, the call statistics server adapted to receive call statistics information from one or more mobile devices or adapted to gather call statistics information directly through monitoring call setup, throughput and disconnection traffic; and providing call statistics information to a recipient. The mobile device can then obtain and display the call statistics. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080242262 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MID-CALL MERGING OF MULTI-PROTOCOL CALL MESSAGES ON THE IUB AND IUR INTERFACES IN UTRAN - System and method for combining call records for different protocols into a single combined call record during a call. An embodiment comprises correlating messages having multiple protocol formats, comprising correlating messages complying with a first protocol into a first call record using a first correlation key, correlating messages complying with a second protocol into a second call record using a second correlation key, detecting a key message complying with the first protocol, the key message having a fetch key parameter associated with messages complying with the second protocol, combining data from the second call record into the first call record to create a combined call record, and creating a pointer linking the second call record to the first call record. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080254763 | METHOD FOR MANAGING WIRELESS DEVICES USING EXCEPTION MONITORING - An improved solution for managing use of a plurality of wireless devices is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, a usage policy is obtained for the plurality of wireless devices. Usage data for one or more of the plurality of wireless devices is compared against the usage policy, wherefrom an exception report is derived and created. In another embodiment, the exception report is analyzed for non-compliance and a customer is notified. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080268810 | Control device, communication terminal device, server device, service providing system, parameter modification method, service providing method, and control method of server device - When a service providing server receives, from a mobile phone or the like owned by a user, a request to modify a parameter defining the performance of a control device provided in an automobile, the service providing server transmits a requested modification command to the control device. The control device modifies the parameter thereof in accordance with the modification command received from the service providing server. Further, the service providing server records a history of the modification command having been transmitted on a user-by-user basis, and settles an account of the user every predetermined period of time, by requesting the user to pay a fee for the modification. Thus, a service provider is able to charge the user for modifying various parameters defining performance of the control device. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080280588 | User Interface Methods, Such as for Customer Self-Support on a Mobile Device - A method for providing a localized, context-sensitive user interface ( | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080293375 | Intelligent Information Control Repository - Systems and methods are disclosed for alleviating the network congestion inherent in monitoring several million subscribers' usage by incorporating an Information Control Repository (ICR) at the user-level, ideally within the mobile device in the form of a software program. This Micro Intelligent Information Control Repository (MIICR) augments the user profile typically stored in the network-level IICR. The MIICR collects usage information at the user level such as keystrokes, application usage, and other information, and generates a sub-profile that can be stored on the device itself. This sub-profile may consequently be used to provide the user with an enhanced Adaptive User Interface, that dynamically changes based on the usage of the device. Additionally, the sub-profile may be used in conjunction with the network-level user profile stored on the IICR to provide enhanced services customized for the individual user. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080305764 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A SCOPE OF COMMUNICATIONS OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system for managing a scope of communications of a communication device is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, communication device having a controller element to receive one or more entries in a contact book of a second communication device, and limit a scope of communications with other communication devices according to the one or more contact book entries received. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090017786 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DEVICE AND CHARGE METHOD - A communication system, an intelligent peripheral, a charging method, a service control point, and a service switching point are provided. The communication system includes a service switching point, a service control point and an intelligent peripheral. The service control point is adapted for sending an operation characteristic parameter identifying whether to charge for a service to the intelligent peripheral; the intelligent peripheral is adapted for judging whether to request the service switching point to charge for the service according to the operation characteristic parameter identifying whether to charge for the service, and instructing the intelligent peripheral not to send an answer charging message to the service switching point if a result of the judging is negative. Accurate and efficient charging is achieved in various situations of intelligent peripheral resource utilization in an intelligent network. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090029673 | DYNAMIC LOCATION-BASED RATING FOR PREPAID CALLS - A method and system for streamlining the calculation of a rate for a prepaid wireless call is provided. A mobile subscriber can be billed at one rate when she is within her home network and at a different rate when she is roaming in another network or can be billed at a special rate if she is within a location subject to the special rate. A time period for charging a call is allocated by the Service Control Point (SCP) and reported to the Mobile Switching Center (MSC) in the case of an outgoing call or a Gateway Mobile Switching Center (GMSC) in the case of an incoming call. A message from the MSC or GMSC to the SCP reporting an expiration of the first time period can contain information regarding a location of the prepaid subscriber. Thus, the next time period allocated by the SCP for the call can be billed at a rate that reflects the mobile subscriber's location at that time as reported by the MSC or GMSC. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090029674 | Method and System for Collecting and Presenting Historical Communication Data for a Mobile Device - Among other disclosures, a method may include collecting historical communication data and personal data relating to a portion of a plurality of communications, a sender of one or more of the communications or one or more recipients of the communications. The method may include depositing the collected data into a repository of historical communication data and personal data. The method may include presenting one or more items in the repository on a mobile device, in response to user behavior. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090036092 | COORDINATED NODE B RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MEASUREMENTS - The present invention relates to a subscription-based measurement concept where the detailed parameters for a certain measurement report are set by a measurement provider, i.e. a radio base station, instead of the measurement requester. For this purpose the measurement provider “publishes” a certain set of measurements that controller units for radio resource management (RRM) can subscribe to. According to the present invention parameters of measurements are defined in detail in the measuring entity, i.e. the target radio base station, as opposed to being defined by the requesting entity, i. e. the RRM controller. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090042535 | METERING DATA REPORT METHOD FOR DRM SYSTEM - A metering data report method and apparatus of a Digital Right Management (DRM) enabled mobile terminal is provided for improving stability and reliability of metering data report. An information provision method and apparatus of the invention determines whether an amount of metering data accumulated is greater than a threshold amount and transmits, when the metering data amount is greater than the threshold amount, the metering data to a Rights Issuer (RI). | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090047926 | Multiple channel automated refill system - An automatic refill system for pre-paid accounts provides enhanced funding flexibility for customers and additional revenue streams for a telecommunication service provider. The automatic refill system solves the technical challenges involved with implementing a scheduled refill channel co-existing with a triggered refill channel for funding a pre-paid account. The scheduled channel regularly refills the pre-paid account. The telecommunication service provider also coordinates funding through a triggered refill channel that refills the pre-paid account when specific conditions are met, such as account balance falling below a threshold. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090047927 | Method for Operating a Radio Network and Subscriber Device for Said Type of Network - There is described a method for operating a radio network for transferring data between several subscribers, in particular, between devices of process instrumentation in an automation system. At least one first subscriber communicates in a telegram the requests thereof relating to the frequency of the data transfer to other subscribers in a starting phase. During network optimization, a configuration device determines, in the radio network and according to the frequency of the requests of other subscribers, at least one communication partner to which a connection comprising the frequency of the data transfer, which is adapted to the other subscribers, is established. As the periods of data transfer are planned, it is possible to switch off the communication interface of the first subscriber in the pauses and also, to save energy. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090061814 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS THEREOF - A communication device (for instance, a portable terminal device) uses a recording medium (UIM) storing specific user information. The communication device is provided with a processing unit (CPU) for acquiring the user information from the recording medium, a registration unit (UIM information registration area) for registering the user information acquired by the processing unit by being related to device identification information for identifying the communication device, and a transmission unit (wireless communication unit) for transmitting the user information and the device identification information to a specific opposite party. From such structure, the user information acquired from the recording medium and the device information of the communication device itself are related and managed. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090068979 | PROVIDING REAL TIME CALL LOG DATA TO A REMOTE CALL LOG FOR CALLS TO AND FROM A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS - Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products provide call data associated with calls to and from a mobile communications apparatus. The call data supports a web-accessible call log feature that presents a summary of calling activity to a subscriber of communication services. The method involves completing a call to or from the mobile communications apparatus, storing call data associated with the completed call in a memory of the mobile communications apparatus, and substantially in real time, sending the call data to a management server associated with the web-accessible call log feature. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090068980 | HIGH-CAPACITY PACKET-SWITCHED RING NETWORK - A system and method permit a customer obtaining communication services to modify account parameters governing terms on which that service is provided. Customer account parameters are stored in one or more databases and accessed by one or more servers. The customer, upon accessing the communication service, is provided with an opportunity to modify the account parameters via automated interactive communication with the server. The invention can applied to wireless communication services such as wireless telephone service, wireless internet access, paging, or other forms of interactive wireless communication; to telephone or other wired interactive communication; to cable services; and to any other form of interactive subscriber communications. The invention may be implemented using existing equipment, and can be optimized for the type of communication device at issue. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090081987 | METHOD OF EARNING CELL PHONE USAGE BY ENGAGING IN EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS - A method of earning cell phone usage in the form of either talk time or text messages by engaging in educational endeavors. In order to receive the cell phone usage, the customer must correctly answer questions or complete educational assignments posed to the user through the cell phone or online using a computer. Cell phone usage is earned for correctly answering the questions showing that the educational endeavor has been successfully completed. Failure to answer the questions correctly or to successfully complete the assignments can result in the customer's cell phone usage being curtailed or even cancelled or terminated. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090088127 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS CALLS FROM THE SAME PREPAID ACCOUNT - Prepaid services include associating a plurality of users with a prepaid services account. The account is configured to track a prepaid balance associated with the account as well as to allow at least a subset of the plurality of users associated with the account to draw down the prepaid balance at least generally at the same time. Drawing down the prepaid balance includes allocating a portion of the prepaid balance to each respective user, monitoring a provision of service, and repeating, selectively, the allocating and monitoring. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090088128 | PREPAID SERVICES ACCOUNTS WITH MULTI-USER CUSTOMERS AND INDIVIDUALIZED QUOTAS - Prepaid services include a multi-user prepaid services account as well as a prepaid balance associated with the account. A plurality of user records associated with the account each includes a quota. A service monitoring component may be configured to repeatedly draw down the prepaid balance by providing one or more allocations of the prepaid balance during a service period to a user associated with a respective user record. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090131013 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, MANAGEMENT SERVER, CHANGE ACKNOWLEDGMENT SYSTEM, AND CHANGE ACKNOWLEDGMENT METHOD - A communication terminal device for enabling the terminal holder to at least acknowledge that there is a possibility that user data may be changed without receiving a change notification from a user when the user data is changed is provided. A communication terminal device | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090131014 | Method and system for dynamic spectrum allocation and management - An arrangement for dynamic account allocation is achieved by pooling together spectrum and network availability, as well as congestion information, from different service providers in a central database and by the purchase of wholesale volume of network capacity or accounts with predetermined monthly usage. The purchased network capacity is dynamically allocated of devices of different origin and ownership. The central system operator administrates the rebilling and reconciliation of any fractional usage to each device. Unlike other proposed solutions that require the carriers to bet on proprietary technologies and involve changes to the network and high capital expenditures to build and operate the network, the present invention requires no changes to the carrier's network and no investment in a proprietary solution | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090137225 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO SERVICES OF AN ACCOUNT FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The present disclosure described herein relates to a device and method for managing access to a service of an account associated with an electronic device is provided. The method monitors a status of the account. If the account is inactive, then a notification is provided on the device indicating same with an option to reactivate the account. Upon reactivation of the account, access to the service is provided. In the device five modules are provided to: evaluate a status flag associated with the account; generate a notification on a display when the account is inactive; control access to the service related to the account depending on the status flag; generate and send an outbound message from the device to request reactivation of the account when requested; and monitor for receipt of a signal indicating approval of reactivation of the account and to update the status flag. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090186597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PHONE BOOK IN A MOBILE PHONE - A method for managing a phone book in a mobile phone is provided. The method sets a priority level for each contact history in a history list based on a type of the contact history, assigns a weight value to each contact history based on the priority level of the contact history. The method further obtains a totalized weight value of each contact by totalizing weight values of all contact histories of the contact, and sorts entries of the contacts in the phone book according to totalized weight values of all the contacts. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090191843 | METHOD OF RECRUITING A NEW SUBSCRIBER TO A COMMUNICATION SERVICES PROVIDER - To recruit a new subscriber to a communication services provider, when a request is received, from a host of an identity module that lacks any portion of a provider profile that associates the identity module with a communication services provider, to provide a customization suite for installing substantially all of the provider profile in the identity module, terms of usage are proposed to the host. If the host consents to the terms of usage, the customization suite is sent to the host. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090239499 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR LOG MANAGEMENT EMPLOYED IN MOBILE STATIONS - A method for log management utilized in a mobile station is provided. The method includes the following steps. An accumulated history log comprising multiple accumulated history records is generated. A menu comprising multiple menu items corresponding to the accumulated history records is displayed. The accumulated history log contains no records representing redundant phone numbers. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090247118 | System for authentication of network usage - Apparatus for collecting subscription data for subscribers in a telecommunications system for use in metering usage of network resources includes a data storage device operatively arranged to store subscriber records, and a data processor. The subscriber records include a plurality of fields including a group field for storing data indicative of group membership of a subscriber. The data processor is operatively arranged to request access to a remotely accessible information source on the basis of identification data. Responsive to receipt of a response from the remotely accessible information source, the data processor performs a first storage action in respect of a response of a first type and performs a second storage action in respect of a response of a second type. Responsive to receipt of group membership data from the subscriber, the data processor is operatively arranged to identify a remotely accessible information source corresponding to the group and to request access thereto on the basis of identification data associated with the received group membership data. Also, responsive to a response of the first type received from the remotely accessible information source, the data processor is operatively arranged to update the group field in the subscriber record so as to indicate authenticated membership of the group identified in the received group membership data. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090253404 | Systems And Methods For Messaging Using A Broadband Connection - Systems and methods for sending and receiving text, or data, messages between wireless communication devices and wireline-messaging devices utilize a broadband connection to the wireline premises as the signaling channel. A message application server sends messages directly to wireline-messaging devices through a digital network, such as the Internet. Such systems and methods include wireline-messaging devices integrated with premises telephones connected to a PSTN, in which the telephones are adapted with thin client software to send and receive data messages. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090270067 | System And Method For Modifying Calling Behavior - A method for modified dialing behavior includes capturing a dialing stream in a virtual input buffer, comparing the dialing stream of the calling party to a history of dialing streams stored in a database, analyzing the history of dialing streams to determine a desired dialing behavior of the calling party, and passing a modified dialing stream to a mobile operating system based on the determined desired dialing behavior of a calling party. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090275308 | CONFIGURABLE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A communications device is configured to receive an input from a user device when the communications device is positioned proximate the user device. The user device includes a data store having at least an identifier. The communications device is configured to adjust at least one operational setting within the communications device upon receiving the input. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090291665 | Method and apparatus for telecommunication expense management - The user of a handheld wireless communicator, for example a cell phone or so-called smartphone completes a call or email or other communication event. The event is timed by the device or the duration is calculated, or otherwise the event is quantified and the information is stored in for example a log within the device. At the end of the communication event, the telecommunication expense management system provides a pop up user interface asking the user to decide whether to capture the communication event so as to assist in billing the event, to delay capturing the communication event to a future time, to dismiss the communication event as if it had not occurred, or to add the communication event to a list which is of personal interest to the user but which is not in the user's opinion billable or the costs not recoverable or otherwise of a business nature that requires capturing. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090305661 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal as a mobile terminal includes a storage unit which stores an action pattern record table having at least one action pattern registered preliminarily in correlation with addressee information, a control unit which obtains position information of the mobile terminal via a GPS antenna to identify the action pattern based on the position information obtained by a receiver in reference to the stored action pattern record table responding to the request for activating a redial function, and a main display which displays the addressee information in accordance with the priority of the addressee information correlated with the action pattern identified by the control unit in reference to the action pattern record table. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090325539 | Cell Phone Sensor Applications - A system includes a sensor receiving unique identity data from a cell phone; and a network component receiving the unique identity data and processing a transaction based on the unique identity data. If the transaction is successfully completed, the network component sends a signal indicating an action to be performed. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090325540 | ADVANCED VOICE AND DATA OPERATIONS IN A DUAL-MODE MOBILE DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system and method for integrating voice and data operations into a single mobile device capable of simultaneously performing data and voice actions. The mobile device working in a network capable of exchanging both cell phone calls and data items to the mobile device. By wearing an earphone or an ear-bud device the user is capable of dealing with voice conversations while working with data centric information related to the current caller. By providing a data-centric device with voice capabilities there is a new range of features that allow incoming data events to trigger outgoing voice events. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100009653 | DETERMINING SIZE OF EMAIL MESSAGE SENT OVER WIRELESS NETWORK BASED ON CONTENT - A method, server and system for setting the size of email messages sent to mobile communications devices is provided. In one example embodiment, a method for for processing email messages sent to a mobile communications device is provided, comprising: receiving an email message having message content that contains at least a first type of content and a second type of content that is different from the first type; parsing the received email message to determine a quantity of the first type content contained in the email message until a predetermined first content quantity limit is reached, or until the end of the received email message is reached if the first content quantity limit is not reached first; and sending the message content that corresponds to however much of the received email message was parsed to mobile communications device. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100022216 | Ambient Information for Usage of Wireless Communication Devices - Embodiments that indicate usage information of services for wireless communication devices via ambient elements are disclosed. Some embodiments determine usage of a service for a wireless communication device and manipulate one or more ambient elements to indicate the usage to a user of the device. Various embodiments may determine usage by measuring a quantity of data transferred or measuring a number of voice minutes consumed according to a rate plan. Changing ambient elements may comprise activating vibration modules or changing colors of screen elements, or changing screen brightness of the devices, as examples. Examples of wireless communication devices are cell phones, smartphones, satellite phones, and other types of mobile communication devices that use wireless communication services. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100093308 | System and method for automatic data security, back-up and control for mobile devices - Systems and methods for providing security and control of mobile communications device activity including at least one mobile communication device with software operable thereon for receiving rules provided by an authorized user of the device(s) and in accordance with those rules administering actions to provide for controlling and security data stored or generated on the device(s), including logging data and activities related to the mobile communications device, blocking and filtering calls, messages, websites, emails, and combinations thereof, via wireless communication with a remote server computer having a corresponding software module operable thereon for managing and implementing the rules. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100144310 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GENERATING RESOURCE UTILIZATION ALERTS THROUGH COMMUNICATION TERMINALS - The cumulative utilization of communication system resources by a communication terminal is determined. An alert is generated through the communication terminal in response to the cumulative utilization exceeding a threshold amount. The cumulative utilization of resources may be determine by a core network of the communication system and/or by the communication terminal. The core network may transmit an alert message to the communication terminal to trigger an alert therefrom in response to the cumulative utilization of resources exceeding a threshold value. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100151816 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING MEDIA DEVICES WITH A DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF A GEOGRAPHIC AREA - Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member, determining a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, accessing geographic information and determining a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, accessing demographic information and determining a demographic profile associated with the geographic location, and associating at least one of the geographic location or the demographic profile with the media device. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100151817 | Method And Apparatus For Monitoring Client Behaviour - A method and apparatus for monitoring the behaviour of an individual communication client ( | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100159872 | MOBILE DEVICE WEBSITE VISITOR METRIC SYSTEM AND METHOD - Visits to a website or the like by mobile devices may be logged and counted based upon a subscriber ID or a session ID. If content is accessed via a carrier site, and a subscriber ID is available for the mobile device, the subscriber ID is used to record and count the visit. If the subscriber ID is not available, the session ID is used to record and count the visit. The session ID is attributed to a session that is initiated when content is accessed by the mobile device from the site. The session continues until the mobile device leaves the site. A cookie may also be set with the mobile device, if possible, and used in lieu of the subscriber and session IDs. More accurate measurements of site visits and visitors via mobile devices are afforded. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100159873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL ROAMING AND CALL BRIDGING - Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscribers roam internationally they may invoke the system by keying in an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) short code followed by the number to be dialed. Said subscriber's prepaid account is then decremented in real-time (until such account is fully depleted). A key feature of the disclosure generally is the bridging of the call legs between the wireless subscriber initiating the telephone communication and that of the receiving party through a series of general purpose databases and computers without requiring modifications to existing core network or handset infrastructure | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100167689 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A CELLULAR PHONE CHIP IS DORMANT - Methods and systems are provided for determining whether a cellular telephone chip is dormant. Determinations are drawn from testing telephone numbers associated with chips and data collected is used to generate statistics. Methods are provided for determining the percentage of a wireless service provider's subscriber-base that consists of abandoned, or non-revenue-generating, customers. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100178896 | Method for Processing Service Requests in a Telecommunications System - A service request (SRV) comprising a second identifier belonging to a collection of identifiers identified by a first identifier (WPSI-I) is rejected or allowed to proceed depending on whether the current usage data stored in relationship with the first identifier reaches a value established by usage limit data stored in relationship with said first identifier. Current usage data is updated according to service requests comprising a second identifier belonging to said collection and allowed to proceed. The usage limit data can state maximum number of simultaneous communications, or maximum number of second identifiers belonging to said collection, and can be dynamically updated according to traffic load conditions in an apparatus of the telecommunications system. The invention prevents overloading resources in telecommunications systems when the number of eventual users can not be foreseen. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100184402 | MONITORING COMMUNICATION EVENTS INVOLVING A HANDSET IN REAL TIME - Communication networks and methods are disclosed for allowing a party (i.e., a controlling party) to monitor the usage of a handset in real time. The handset being monitored (i.e, a reporting handset) may be involved in one or more communication events, such as initiating or terminating voice calls, initiating or terminating data sessions, sending or receiving text messages, etc. When a communication event occurs involving the reporting handset, a communication event report is generated in the reporting handset or the communication network. The communication event report is then transmitted to a controlling handset of the controlling party so that the controlling party may view the report. Because the communication event report is generated and transmitted to the controlling party responsive to the occurrence of the communication event, the report of the communication event is provided to the controlling party in real time. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100216424 | System and Method for Adaptive Fair Usage Controls in Wireless Networks - A system and method to determine excessive usage across a base station coverage region for the purpose of ensuring fair usage for all wireless data subscribers. During a configurable time window, subscriber usage is monitored. Subscriber usage above a threshold level is deemed excessive and triggers an operator-defined business rule. Based on the business rule, the subscriber's service may be reduced. The system and method adapts to the number of subscribers within the base station coverage region when making an excessive usage determination. This approach enables bursty data protocols to be fully supported, while detecting excessive usage patterns. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100240341 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY WIRELESS SUBSCRIBER ACTIVITY STATUS - Example methods and apparatus to identify wireless subscriber activity status are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a market of interest associated with wireless services, and creating a list of telephone numbers (TNs) from the identified market of interest. The example method also includes initializing each TN in the list of TNs as dormant, monitoring each TN in the list of TNs during a monitoring duration for an indication of activity, and when the indication of activity is received, associating one of the TNs in the list of TNs with an active status. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100261449 | Determining Telecommunication Subscriber Metrics - Information associated with a communication is gathered at a switching point during the routing process to determine subscriber metric information associated with an active service identifier. The information relates to the originator of the communication and the target. The information is compared to a provider database to determine a carrier originally associated with the active service identifier. The information is then compared to a porting database to determine if the active service identifier was ported, and if so, to which carrier the active service identifier was ported. A determination can then be made regarding which carrier is associated with the active service identifier. The data may be aggregated for a large amount of switched communications, representing a large amount of active service identifiers for a given market. Thus, a number of subscribers for a given carrier in a given market may be determined. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100261450 | RESOLVED MOBILE CODE CONTENT TRACKING - Various embodiments herein provide at least one of systems, methods, software, and data structures for tracking usage of mobile codes on mobile electronic devices. Some embodiments include tracking mobile code usage locally on mobile electronic devices. Some embodiments include server mechanisms which facilitate mobile code tracking by mobile code tracking processes on mobile electronic devices. Other embodiments are also described. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100273447 | Deferred Communication and Relationship Management - Techniques to defer an incoming communication and schedule a follow up communication and techniques to provide reminders to communicate with a selected contact in order to maintain a level of connectivity with the contact are disclosed. A communication recipient can defer an incoming communication and schedule a return communication time. The return communication may be manually deferred by a user and/or automatically deferred based at least in part on availability of a user on an appointment calendar. Also, the communication recipient can receive reminders of the scheduled return communication or reminders to communicate with a selected contact based on a level of connectivity. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100285772 | Method and System for Determining Road Traffic Jams Based on Information Derived from a PLMN - A method of estimating traffic jams on a roads network includes receiving information from at least one cellular PLMN covering a geographic region wherein at least one road of the roads network to be monitored is located. The information includes data related to call traffic handled by the cellular PLMN in an at least one area of the geographic region, and an indication related to a mobility of mobile terminals into/out of the area The method may further include providing an indication of traffic jam in the at least one road in case the call traffic handled by the cellular PLMN in the at least one area exceeds a first threshold and the indication related to the mobility of mobile terminals into/out of the area trespasses a second threshold. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100330953 | Controlling Usage in Virtualized Mobile Devices - One embodiment is a method of controlling usage in a virtualized mobile device including virtualization software that supports one or more virtual machines, the method including: (a) receiving control information at the virtualized mobile device that includes one or more limits pertaining to one or more uses of the virtualized mobile device; (b) collecting usage information relating to the one or more uses; (c) determining whether usage information corresponding to one of the one or more uses exceeds a corresponding one of the one or more limits; and if so; (d) carrying out a predetermined action relating to the one of the one or more uses. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100330954 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING USAGE PATTERNS OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - Apparatus and methods for monitoring usage patterns of a wireless device may include a usage monitoring and reporting module operable to monitor and log usage on a wireless device based on a received usage configuration. Further, based on the usage configuration, the wireless device may forward the log to another device operable to analyze the log and generate a usage pattern report viewable by an authorized user. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110028123 | SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING USE OF A SINGLE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE BY MULTIPLE USERS - A system for facilitating the use of a single telecommunication device by multiple users is disclosed herein. The system includes, but is not limited to, a telecommunication component that is adapted for attachment to a vehicle and that is configured to utilize a telecommunication network that is configured to allot a predetermined amount of usage time units to the telecommunication component. The system also includes an electronic processing device that is associated with the telecommunication component. The electronic processing device is configured to allocate a portion of the usage time units to each user of a plurality of users of the telecommunication component. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110076985 | Data management in telecommunication networks - In a telecommunications network including one or more mobile terminals in communicable relation to a mobile network and a data network such that data from the mobile terminals is transmitted towards the data network via the mobile network, a method of directing data from the mobile terminals towards the data network includes: providing an alternative data route towards the data network which bypasses at least a portion of the mobile network; comparing the data from the mobile terminals with selection criteria; and using the result of the comparison to selectively redirecting at least a portion of the data generated by the mobile terminals onto the alternative data route. The alternative data route may be configured to bypass at least a portion of the core component of the mobile network, and data that is redirected is data which is not required to be processed by the bypassed core network component. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110081885 | Providing Information Pertaining Usage Of A Mobile Wireless Communications Device - When a device, such as a cellular phone, enters into a region, usage information pertaining to usage of devices in the region is provided to the device. For example, restrictions pertaining to usage of cellular phones while driving can be provided. Usage information also can be provided upon request or in accordance with various factors, such as subscriber preferences, elapsed time since the last time usage information was sent to the device, elapsed time since usage regulations have been enacted or updated, and/or the frequency of which the device is in the region. A region can include a geographic region, a political boundary, a country, a state, a municipality, a county, a parish, a township, a building (e.g., school, library, movie theatre, court house, local, state, or federal government building), a public place (e.g., restaurant, bus, train, taxi), a zip code, a telephone area code, or the like. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110086610 | DYNAMIC USAGE INEQUITY DETECTION AND/OR REMEDY - The described subject matter relates to an architecture that can dynamically detect and/or automatically remedy service usage inequities in a communications network. In particular, based upon a comparison of incoming call detail records (CDRs) to various subscriber information (e.g., service plan, blacklisted devices for the service plan, historic or current billing cycle usage, etc.), the architecture can identify when a usage inequity occurs or is likely to occur, substantially in real time. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110136467 | Communication Link Connection Indication Signal Method and Apparatus Employing Promotional Content - A wireless communication device ( | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110151831 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING THRESHOLD NOTIFICATION IN REAL TIME - A mobile station user is informed of reaching of at least one threshold level of data usage via a wireless communication network in real time. An account of the mobile station user has a maximum data plan limit defined by a user's plan and a data usage balance reflecting an amount of data usage remaining under the plan. When required data usage corresponding to requested data session does not cross the threshold level, all slice of data for the data session is allocated. When required data usage corresponding to the requested data session crosses the threshold level, reduced slice of data is allocated. Data usage is counted in real time during the data session, and a notification of reaching the at least one threshold level of data is sent to the mobile station in real time, at the time when data usage under the mobile station user's account reaches the at least one threshold level. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110165857 | Managing presence information in a communications system - The present solution relates to a method for providing an enhanced communication service in a communications system. In the method, if it is detected in a network apparatus (that presence data received from a user terminal comprises modified presence information related to the user terminal, the method comprises analysing the type of the modification. If it is detected that the presence data comprises a predetermined type of modified presence information, the method comprises indicating that the presence data received from the user terminal comprises value-added presence information related to the user terminal. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110171930 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING ENERGY SAVING FUNCTION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and system for supporting an energy saving function in a communication system are provided. An evolved Node B (eNB) Element Management System (EMS) receives usage statistical data from an eNB and compares the usage statistical data with a threshold value. The eNB EMS determines whether to turn on or off power sources of Power Amplifier (PA) units connected to antennas corresponding to sectors included in a serving cell of the eNB according to the compared result, and transmits, to the eNB, a command message directing the eNB to turn on or off power sources of corresponding PA units according to the determined result. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110212704 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLICK TO CALL ADVERTISEMENT - Provided is a method and system for measuring the effectiveness of click to call advertisements or for gathering information from calls made using a click to call service. An agent residing on a user's mobile device monitors communications initiated through click to call advertisements on a mobile device. This agent logs the information gathered from the monitored communications. This information may then be communicated to a remote server. The remote server receives similar logged information from other mobile devices. This collected information can then be used to target or improve targeting of advertisements. The logged information from a plurality of mobile devices for a particular advertised click to call service may be sent to the provider of that service. The provider may then use that information to better target their advertisements or to measure the success of certain click to call advertisements. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110237219 | INTRA-VEHICULAR MOBILE DEVICE USAGE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A system and method for detecting and storing mobile device usage by a driver of a vehicle. An antenna in a vehicle is configured and positioned to detect mobile device signals from the driver area in the vehicle. A processor in communication with the antenna analyzes the detected signals for frequency and strength. The antenna and processor may communicate with vehicle data collection systems (e.g., GPS, telemetry, etc.) such that the mobile device usage data may be collected along with the vehicle operation data. The mobile device usage data and vehicle operational data can be evaluated to determine the impact of mobile device usage by the driver of a vehicle. The data may be especially useful to the trucking, train, bus, and mass transit industries in order to educate drivers about the dangers associated with using mobile devices while driving. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110244826 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION PLAN OFFERINGS - A mobile communication plan offering system and method described herein determines one or more best-fit mobile communication plan offers for mobile communication device (“MCD”) users. Subscribers can also be referred to as “mobile subscribers” or “subscribers”. The mobile communication plan offers typically consist of one or more modifications to a plan (also referred to as packs) or a complete plan including a base plan plus a pack and are based on a mobile usage pattern of a subscriber. In at least one embodiment, the mobile communication plan offering system and method analyzes MCD usage behavior of a subscriber, processes the usage behavior and current spending of the subscriber, and determines a mobile communication plan offering that, if adopted, will result in a positive economic benefit to the subscriber compared with the subscriber's current plan. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110275344 | System and Methods for Carrier-Centric Mobile Device Data Communications Cost Monitoring and Control - Systems and methods for providing carrier-centric data communications cost monitoring and controls are provided. In an embodiment, the method operates by receiving a registration request associated with a subscriber session, determining current data usage associated with the subscriber, and receiving data usage thresholds. The method further comprises receiving quotas associated with the subscriber session and collecting data usage information associated with the subscriber session. The method sends a notification to the subscriber when a pre-determined quota is exceeded during the subscriber session and controls data usage. The cost monitoring and control system comprises a usage policy server and a usage policy application. The usage policy application allows a carrier to offer alterations to terms of a subscription. The usage policy application displays current data usage information on a per-network and per-application basis using subscriber profile information, subscriber session information, and prior subscriber usage history provided by the usage policy server. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110287738 | Method and Apparatus for Measurement of Active User Devices per Quality-of-Service Class Indicator - Methods, apparatus, and systems for measuring, on a per-QoS-class basis, the average number of user devices active on the uplink of a wireless communication system are disclosed. In an exemplary method, a number of mobile terminals with buffered data for transmission to a base station is estimated based on received buffer status reports. An estimated quantity of active mobile terminals is calculated, based on the received buffer status reports and a number of mobile terminals for which a semi-persistent scheduling grant has been granted. In some embodiments, the estimated quantity of active mobile terminals is estimated on a per-traffic-class basis, in which case the technique includes calculating first and second estimated quantities, corresponding to mobile terminals having active data bearers for first and second traffic classes, respectively, based on the received buffer status reports and the number of mobile terminals for which a semi-persistent scheduling grant has been granted. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110300826 | REAL-TIME USAGE MONITORING FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A subscriber device receives a message from a network device external to the subscriber device, where the network device implements a first metering engine that meters usage of a network service by a subscriber using the subscriber device and where the message includes the subscriber's usage data. The subscriber device includes a second usage metering engine that receives the subscriber's usage data from the usage synchronization unit, and performs real-time metering of the subscriber's usage of the network service, based on the subscriber's usage data received from the network device and independently of the first metering engine of the network device, to generate real-time usage metering data. The second usage metering engine further outputs the real-time usage metering data to a display at the subscriber device. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300827 | Method and Apparatus of Determining a Minimum Data Rate and a Number of Target Users for a Cellular Radio System - In a method for setting a minimum rate and number of target users for a cell served by a NodeB of a cellular radio system, the maximum value of target users and minimum rate are determined during a cell planning phase. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110312297 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO PROCESSING APPARATUS - A communication system for performing communication between different mobile terminals in different mobile communication systems by allocating different carriers to the mobile communication systems. The communication system includes a shared radio processing apparatus that is shared by the different mobile communication systems and performs radio processing for the different mobile communication systems. The shared radio processing apparatus includes a measuring unit for measuring power of the carriers, a carrier usage determination unit for determining the frequency of carrier usage based on measured values of the carriers, a carrier status determination unit for determining a carrier status indicating whether to allocate one of the carriers to one of the mobile communication systems based on the carrier usage, and a reporting unit for transmitting a carrier status report including the carrier status to the respective mobile communication systems. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110319052 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMMONLY USED COMMUNICATION TERMINALS AND FOR IDENTIFYING NOISY ENTITIES IN LARGE-SCALE LINK ANALYSIS - Systems and methods for identifying and characterizing relationships based on communication traffic. The methods may include accepting indications of communication conducted among entities over a communication network, and using a link processor, analyzing the indications so as to identify that two or more of the entities are interrelated by detecting one or more intermediate entities with which the two or more entities communicate. A criterion may be evaluated with respect to the indications associated with a given entity, responsively to meeting the criterion, disqualifying the given entity from serving as an intermediate entity in analyzing the indications. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319053 | SITUATION-AWARE THRESHOLDING FOR RECOMMENDATION - In one embodiment, data relating to usage patterns of the user is stored, wherein the data includes information as to items which were used and the context in which they were used. The data is then clustered into clusters of data points. Then a centroid is determined for each of the clusters. A cluster similar to a current context of the user is selected by comparing a data point representing the current context of the user to one or more of the centroids. For each of one or more items, a threshold based on values for a plurality of the centroids with respect to the corresponding item, wherein a threshold is used to compare with centroid value of an item in a selected cluster to determine whether to recommend the item. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120015624 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING APPLICATION INDICATORS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A device for and a method of refreshing presentation of icons for objects processed on an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: providing a first template for a layout of the icons having a first trigger condition based on a time for the device, the layout of the icons including a first icon layout where an icon of the icons is placed in a first location on the display and other icons are placed in ranked order in the display according to their respective activity levels; providing a second template for the layout of the icons having a second trigger condition based on a location condition for the device; refreshing the layout of the icons to highlight an icon associated with a more frequently used communication technology using one of the first or second templates when either of the first or second trigger conditions is detected by the device; and providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to list options for the first or second triggering conditions, the GUI including an interface to allow entry of a selection of a format for the layout of icons and to allow for entry for a parameter for a triggering event for the format. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120015625 | INTRA-VEHICULAR MOBILE DEVICE USAGE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A system and method for detecting and storing mobile device usage by a driver of a vehicle. An antenna in a vehicle is configured and positioned to detect mobile device signals from the driver area in the vehicle. A processor in communication with the antenna analyzes the detected signals for frequency and strength. The antenna and processor may communicate with vehicle data collection systems (e.g., GPS, telemetry, etc.) such that the mobile device usage data may be collected along with the vehicle operation data. The mobile device usage data and vehicle operational data can be evaluated to determine the impact of mobile device usage by the driver of a vehicle. The data may be especially useful to the trucking, train, bus, and mass transit industries in order to educate drivers about the dangers associated with using mobile devices while driving. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120015626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMMONLY USED COMMUNICATION TERMINALS AND FOR IDENTIFYING NOISY ENTITIES IN LARGE-SCALE LINK ANALYSIS - Methods and systems for determining mobile communication terminals (mobiles) that have a common user, or that have a group of users in common. The methods and systems examine change-of-association events of mobiles operating in a network, and correlate the events to determine common mobiles, i.e., mobiles that have the same or similar change-of-association events. The events described are generated by the mobiles themselves automatically, by virtue of the fact that the mobiles are operating in the network. There is thus no need for, and the embodiments described herein do not require, user intervention to generate the events. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120021718 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR GATHERING DATA FROM A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An arrangement for gathering data from a communication network ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120077458 | Module and a Method for Collecting Non-Declarative Information and Implemented by a Telecommunications Terminal - This information collection module implemented in a first telecommunications terminal comprises means for obtaining non-declarative information representative of usage of at least one first application of said first terminal; and means for communicating said non-declarative usage information to a presence server accessible by a second terminal in order to determine a presence status associated with at least one second application of said first terminal. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120094630 | VEHICLE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of for establishing a connection between a vehicle and an external network includes a plurality of personal electronic devices and a transceiver. The plurality of personal electronic devices are each configured for establishing a data connection to the vehicle. Each of the plurality of personal electronic have a mobile plan that includes a data limit and an amount of data used. At least one of the plurality of personal electronic devices are selected to be in communication with the external network. Selection of at least one of the plurality of personal electronic devices is based on a corresponding amount of data available in a mobile plan for each of the personal electronic devices. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING THRESHOLD NOTIFICATION IN REAL TIME - A mobile station user is informed in real time of reaching of a threshold of data usage via a wireless communication network. An account of the user has a maximum data plan limit defined by the user's plan and a data usage balance reflecting an amount of data usage remaining under the plan. When data usage corresponding to the requested data session does not cross the threshold level, a slice of data for the data session is allocated. When required data usage corresponding to the requested data session would cross the threshold level, a reduced slice of data is allocated. Data usage is counted in real time during the data session, and a notification of reaching the threshold level of data is sent to the mobile station in real time, at the time when data usage under the user's account reaches the threshold level. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094632 | Prepaid short messaging - A prepaid messaging solution using open networking standards (e.g., TCP/IP) to support pre-payment of Internet messaging services. The disclosed prepaid architectures/methods determine if a subscriber has sufficient account balance to deliver a short message, prior to message delivery. A message may be prevented from being delivered (at the source end or destination end) if a subscriber account has insufficient funds. A prepaid tariff engine supports remote interaction with the SMSC and web chat servers to apply real-time billing for each message. A service provider may define subscriber rates and/or tariffing plans to apply real-time billing for sending/receiving messages. Message billing may be based upon, e.g., rate per message, message count, character count, Time of Day, Day of Week, message type, and/or mobile location. The prepaid short messaging service preferably supports internet access to subscriber's account balances and status maintained in the prepaid short messaging database of the prepaid messaging server. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120108199 | USING PERSONAL WIRELESS DEVICES FOR NETWORK TESTING - A personal wireless device is utilized to carry out measurements of one or more network-performance related metrics in response to a triggering event. The triggering event can be a message that is transmitted by a network element to the personal wireless device. The personal wireless device may be exemplified by a variety of personal devices such as, for example, a cellular phone, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). The measurements may be used to derive network-performance related information such as cellular signal coverage areas, signal hole areas, and signal interference areas. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108200 | MOBILE DEVICE-BASED BANDWIDTH THROTTLING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing mobile device-based bandwidth throttling. In one aspect, a method includes receiving policy from a wireless carrier that specifies one or more data usage thresholds allotted by the wireless carrier for data transferred over a wireless carrier network during a predetermined period of time, determining an amount of data that has been transferred by the mobile device over the wireless carrier network during the predetermined period of time, determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds, and throttling the bandwidth of a mobile device over the wireless carrier network based on determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120135705 | TOOLS FOR MOBILE SAFETY FOR CHILDREN - This invention enables a tool that enables parents to monitor their children's mobile phone usage and alerts the parents when established rules are broken. Further, it alerts parents to intervene when their children might be dealing with bullies, strangers, despair, drugs, or sex issues. In a preferred embodiment, the system displays the GPS location of the phone and time of day on a map when the child violates parental rules. Parents can also learn where the child is by ‘pinging’ the phone to detect the phone's location if the phone is lost or the child is unresponsive. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120157038 | OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORTING COST AWARE APPLICATIONS - A mobile computing device that supports cost-aware application components for operation over a metered network. A current basis for computing usage charges over one or more networks may be made available to the cost-aware application components through an application programming interface supported by an operating system service. That service may receive a policy for charging for data usage over a network and may also obtain information defining data usage for the mobile computing device. Based on this information, the service may determine a current basis for charging for data usage. With this information, the application component can determine a manner for executing network operations that involve data transmission over the network, such as deferring the operation or selecting an alternative network. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120157039 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods are directed to monitoring the communications to and from a mobile communication device in accordance with one or more embodiments. For example in accordance with an embodiment, each of the data services on a mobile communication device may be monitored against rules stored in a central data center repository. The data services may include all forms of communications between the mobile communication device and a third party along with changes to application or data within the mobile communication device. An alert may be provided to an administrator when unauthorized data service activity and/or a message may be sent to the mobile communication device to prevent the unauthorized data service activity. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120164971 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a memory configured to store a prior usage pattern of at least one application, the prior usage pattern being used to control when the at least one application is executed. The controller further includes a controller configured to apply at least one setting related to execution of the at least one application in accordance with the prior usage pattern or provide a menu for applying the at least one setting related to execution of the at least one application in accordance with the prior usage pattern and execute the at least one application after the at least one setting is applied. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120164972 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SERVICE MOBILE NODE DECISION BASED ON SERVICE USAGE HISTORY INFORMATION - An apparatus for service mobile node decision based on user history information includes: an information management unit configured to manage information of the node and the service and history information of the node and the service; a monitoring unit configured to monitor whether or not the node is usable and monitor the node and the service the user is currently using; and a service mobile node decision unit configured to decide the node which is capable of service mobility according to situations, based on the information of the node and the service, the history information, and the monitored information. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120184240 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING THE COVERAGE AND CAPACITY OF A WIRELESS BASE STATION - A communications base station is installed at a selected new location and the base station, prior to going “online” monitors the wireless traffic from other base stations within interference range of the new base station's coverage area. The new base station also monitors the wireless traffic between mobile devices within its coverage area and these other base stations. Based upon these monitored conditions, as well as other known conditions, the new base station then determines the transmitting parameter configuration it should imply in order to achieve a desired optimization between capacity and coverage area. After the new base station is online, a central control can monitor the entire network to determine if any additional changes are necessary and if so the new transceiver, or any other transceiver, can be instructed to monitor itself with respect to interference and to take corrective action to improve overall network coverage and capacity. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120196563 | PLAN STRENGTH METER FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and apparatus for tracking user activity on the mobile device, such as voice calls, SMS messages and data downloads. The user activity is tracked against a mobile device plan, which sets limits on the amount of user activity which can take place in a given time period. The amount of activity consumed by the user during the given time period, and how much activity is available for the remainder of the time period is visually indicated on a graphical indicator of the mobile device. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120202449 | System and Method for Task Specific, Metered Bandwidth Control Within Shared Client Environment on Mobile Communications Platforms - A method and system are provided for mobile communications. The system includes a first platform ( | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120202450 | ALLOCATION OF RADIO RESOURCES IN A CDMA2000 CELLULAR SYSTEM - A CDMA data transmission system and method for periodically allocating channels to subscriber units, wherein prior to the beginning of any period all active subscriber units are identified that are in communication with the transmitter and for which there are data, exceeding a given minimal quantity, stored in a buffer. For each active subscriber unit one or more priority factors are calculated as a function of associated power levels; and on the basis of the priority factors, at least one channel is allocated to a corresponding active subscriber unit. The channel allocation is repeated in respect of any active subscriber units to which no channels have yet been allocated, subject to an availability of unallocated channels and subject to a limitation of maximum transmitter power. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120214438 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DRAFTING A BLOG ENTRY - There is disclosed a system and method for automatically drafting blog entries. In an embodiment, the method comprises: defining a triggering event for generating a draft blog entry; detecting the triggering event; and upon detection of the triggering event, automatically generating a draft a blog entry in a predetermined format. The triggering event may comprise, for example, capturing an image, video clip, sound clip, or a browsing a webpage having a URL on the wireless mobile device, and the method may further comprise automatically inserting the captured image, video clip, sound clip, or URL into the draft blog entry in the predetermined format together with automatically generated text. Some of the text may be generated in dependence upon the triggering event. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120214439 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MOBILE PHONE FOR MEASURING AND DISPLAYING INTERNET TRAFFIC OF MOBILE PHONE - An apparatus for measuring and displaying Internet traffic of a mobile phone, includes a traffic measurement module and a traffic displaymodule. The apparatus also includes a SIM card account creation module configured to create a SIM card account for each of a plurality of SIM cards. The traffic measurement module measures the Internet traffic of each of the SIM card accounts. The traffic display module displays the Internet traffic of each of the SIM card accounts. The Internet traffic of each SIM card on the mobile phone may be measured and displayed. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120214440 | Reducing Computational Complexity During User Data Analysis - A method and apparatus for handling data related to users in a telecommunication network to support analysis of said users. Plural sets of parameter values relating to the users are read once, and a first level quantization cell is determined for each set of parameter values according to a default first level quantization scheme. Then, clusters of first level quantization cells populated by users are identified and an adaptive second level quantization scheme is formed by translating the identified clusters into second level quantization cells. Representative parameter values are also assigned to each second level quantization cell, wherein the representative parameter values are used for analysing the users. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120220260 | Presenting Indications of Usage of a Communication Device Using Separate Hardware Element of Communication Device - Embodiments that indicate usage information of services for wireless communication devices via ambient elements are disclosed. Some embodiments determine usage of a service for a wireless communication device and manipulate one or more ambient elements to indicate the usage to a user of the device. Various embodiments may determine usage by measuring a quantity of data transferred or measuring a number of voice minutes consumed according to a rate plan. Changing ambient elements may comprise activating vibration modules or changing colors of screen elements, or changing screen brightness of the devices, as examples. Examples of wireless communication devices are cell phones, smartphones, satellite phones, and other types of mobile communication devices that use wireless communication services. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120231761 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROVIDING USER RELATED TRAFFIC STATISTICS - A method in a communication network for providing user traffic statistics on user traffic generated in the communication network is provided, wherein statistics involving a subscribing user being registered to one or more clients one or more other clients is considered. User traffic data being received from a traffic intercepting unit and if any associated data is already stored this data is aggregated with the received data, such that user traffic associated with any client of the subscriber is aggregated. The aggregated and/or received data is then processed on the basis of pre-defined processing criteria, such that updated user traffic statistics on traffic associated with the subscriber is obtained, after which the processed data is stored, such that subsequent distribution of updated traffic statistics can be provided. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120238239 | ACCOUNT HOLDER NOTIFICATION FOR AN INFRACTING MOBILE STATION OR MOBILE DIRECTORY NUMBER (MDN) - A mobile communication network offers notification to an account holder upon occurrence of an infraction of a subscriber selected restriction by operation of one of the mobile stations under the subscriber's account. In the examples, the subscriber can select a directory number/station under the account, a desired one of a number of available restriction options and one or more parameters of the selected restriction. When the mobile communication network detects an infraction, caused by operation of the mobile station through the network, a system or processor obtains a destination address designated for an account holder, for the subscriber's account, such as the directory number for one of the subscriber's stations selected as that of the account holder. The system sends a notification of the infraction intended for the account holder, using the destination address, for example, as a text message sent through the network to the account holder's mobile station. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120244832 | CONTROLLING, FILTERING, AND MONITORING OF MOBILE DEVICE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, DATA, VOICE, AND APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for controlling, filtering, and monitoring mobile device access to the internet are disclosed. According to an embodiment a server is responsible for controlling, filtering and monitoring internet activity. For every request, the server interacts with back-end databases that categorize requests, and based on user/carrier/corporate settings, allow or disallow access to particular content. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120252402 | QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE ESTIMATION - Technologies are generally described for estimating a quality of experience (QoE) based on movements of a mobile device in a telecommunication system. In some examples, a mobile device may include a detection unit configured to detect a first movement of the mobile device and a second movement of the mobile device, a timer configured to measure a time interval between the first movement and the second movement detected by the detection unit, and a decision unit configured to determine whether the first and second movements are related to telecommunication quality of the mobile device based on the time interval measured by the timer. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120252403 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING TARGETED FULFILLMENT WITH RESPECT TO WIRELESS DEVICE PROTECTION PROGRAM - A method for providing targeted fulfillment with respect to a wireless device protection program may include receiving claim information associated with a subscriber, the claim information indicative of a claim associated with a wireless device protection program, employing a predictive model to determine a plurality of options for fulfillment of the claim, the predictive model defining a weighted value for each option where the weighted value considers cost and a corresponding predicted benefit associated with each option, and enabling ranking of the plurality of options based on the weighted value of each option. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120258685 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING PER CALL MEASUREMENT DATA AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND BASE STATION THEREOF - A method for collecting per call measurement data PCMD is proposed in the present invention. The method comprises: when an instruction to activate a PCMD-related function is received, sending by a base station a message including an indication of whether the base station is capable of collecting the PCMD to a mobility management entity MME device; when an instruction to start PCMD collection is received, sending by the MME device a message including an indication of starting collecting the PCMD to at least one base station capable of collecting the PCMD; based on the received indication of starting collecting the PCMD, collecting by the base station the PCMD for at least one user equipment UE connection. A mobility management entity device and a base station for collecting the per call measurement data PCMD are also proposed in the present invention. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120282888 | METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF URBAN DENSE AREAS FROM CELL PHONES RECORDS - Method for an automatic identification of urban dense areas from cell phones records, by using a computing device that receives as inputs: a geographical region R, a time period Δt for which dense areas in the region R need to be computed, a set of BTSs in the region R, a set of CDRs generated by individuals during the time period Δt using the set of BTSs of the region R, a coverage C and a granularity ε. The method includes constructing a graph G=(V , E), being V=vertexes and E=edges, using Delaunay triangulation, where each vertex v | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120282889 | BASE STATION DEVICE - A base station device is provided with a control information obtaining unit ( | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120289186 | METHOD FOR DISCOVERING PREFERRED MOBILE COMPUTING LOCATIONS - A method for discovering preferred mobile computing locations includes monitoring amount of time a mobile computing device is located within a cell tower region; and monitoring amount of time a mobile computing device is located within a Wi-Fi region. Afterwards, the method collects mobile computing device location data corresponding to the monitoring of cell tower region and Wi-Fi region; and analyzes the mobile computing device location data to determine amount of time and frequency of visits that the mobile computing device is in the cell tower and Wi-Fi regions. The above steps can be controlled via a processor within the mobile computing device such that a preferred mobile communication location is discovered for a user of the mobile computing device. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120289187 | PUBLIC WIRELESS NETWORK PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH MOBILE DEVICE DATA COLLECTION AGENTS - Mobile user auditing system and method for monitoring at least one available network accessible by a mobile user within a mobile communications environment. The mobile user auditing system includes an acquisition device to acquire, from the mobile user, data related to at least one of: service coverage for the mobile user in the at least one available network; service quality for the mobile user in the at least one available network; and service usage for the mobile user in the at least one available network, and a plotter to identify on an audit map locations within the at least one available network from which the acquired data was received. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120295580 | Systems and Methods to Detect Fraudulent Payment Requests - Systems and methods are provided to facilitate fraud detection in payments made via mobile communications. In one aspect, a system includes a data storage facility configured to store payment transaction records associated with phone numbers; and an interchange that includes a common format processor and a plurality of converters configured to interface with a plurality of controllers of mobile communications in transmitting premium messages to the phone numbers to collect funds for making payments on behalf of users of the phone numbers. The system includes a fraud detection engine configured to use the payment transaction records to detect a potentially fraudulent activity in payments requested via a phone number and configured to communicate with a server of a telecommunication carrier of the phone number to further process the activity based on an indication of abnormality in the telecommunication usage pattern of a mobile phone at the phone number. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120295581 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT PORTABLE DEVICE USAGE - An example method of collecting information about usage of a mobile device involves monitoring first usage of the mobile device associated with accessing, via the mobile device, a first internet website of a communication service carrier providing a service subscription for the mobile device. The example method also involves monitoring second usage of the mobile device associated with accessing, via the mobile device, a second internet website not of the communication service carrier. The monitoring of the first and second usage is performed on the mobile device. First and second usage information about the first and second usage is collected. The first usage information indicates that the first internet website is an internet portal of the communication service carrier. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120302202 | VEHICLE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of for establishing a connection between a vehicle and an external network includes a plurality of personal electronic devices and a transceiver. The plurality of personal electronic devices are each configured for establishing a data connection to the vehicle. Each of the plurality of personal electronic have a mobile plan that includes a data limit and an amount of data used. At least one of the plurality of personal electronic devices are selected to be in communication with the external network. Selection of at least one of the plurality of personal electronic devices is based on a corresponding amount of data available in a mobile plan for each of the personal electronic devices. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120302203 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE COLLECTION OF VOICE CALL STATISTICS FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system for collecting and tracking statistics of a mobile device having the steps of: adding a call statistics server at an enterprise, the call statistics server adapted to receive call statistics information from one or more mobile devices or adapted to gather call statistics information directly through monitoring call setup, throughput and disconnection traffic; and providing call statistics information to a recipient. The mobile device can then obtain and display the call statistics. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120309343 | Providing Information Pertaining Usage Of A Mobile Wireless Communications Device - When a device, such as a cellular phone, enters into a region, usage information pertaining to usage of devices in the region is provided to the device. For example, restrictions pertaining to usage of cellular phones while driving can be provided. Usage information also can be provided upon request or in accordance with various factors, such as subscriber preferences, elapsed time since the last time usage information was sent to the device, elapsed time since usage regulations have been enacted or updated, and/or the frequency of which the device is in the region. A region can include a geographic region, a political boundary, a country, a state, a municipality, a county, a parish, a township, a building (e.g., school, library, movie theatre, court house, local, state, or federal government building), a public place (e.g., restaurant, bus, train, taxi), a zip code, a telephone area code, or the like. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120329423 | PERFORMANCE METRICS PROCESSING FOR ANTICIPATING UNAVAILABILITY - A system and method for processing performance metrics of wireless devices are described. Usage data of wireless devices is obtained and processed. Based on the processed usage data, a data model associating a set of defined wireless device user activities to wireless performance metrics is created. Data obtained from the wireless devices is compared to the data model created. Based on the comparison, the data model is then maintained or updated, and a result based on the comparison is generated and transmitted. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130005296 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR MOBILE INTERNET ACTIVITY - Systems, methods, and apparatus to monitor mobile Internet activity are disclosed. An example method comprises assigning with a processor a first port number of a proxy server to a mobile device, the first port number to be used by the mobile device when accessing a wireless network via a first wireless access point; associating with the processor, the first port number with an identifier of the mobile device and an identifier of the first wireless access point; generating an instruction document identifying the first port number; and transmitting the instruction document to the mobile device. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130012157 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS DATA FLOW - After receiving a packet data protocol (PDP) activation request signaling from a user equipment (UE), a base station checks whether to activate a local Internet protocol access (LIPA) function for the UE. If yes, the base station informs a core network (CN) for authentication and signaling control. If the user plane data from the UE is allowed to be transmitted via the LIPA, the base station assigns a private IP address to the UE; and the UE access internet via the base station. The base station determines whether user plane data from the UE passes through the CN; and the CN measures Internet service time provided to the UE. If all user plane data transmitted from the UE are allowed to be transmitted via the LIPA, the base station periodically transmits a data packet to the CN to maintain signaling link. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130023230 | System and Methods for Carrier-Centric Mobile Device Data Communications Cost Monitoring and Control - Systems and methods for providing carrier-centric data communications cost monitoring and controls are provided. In an embodiment, the method operates by receiving a registration request associated with a subscriber session, determining current data usage associated with the subscriber, and receiving data usage thresholds. The method further comprises receiving quotas associated with the subscriber session and collecting data usage information associated with the subscriber session. The method sends a notification to the subscriber when a pre-determined quota is exceeded during the subscriber session and controls data usage. The cost monitoring and control system comprises a usage policy server and a usage policy application. The usage policy application allows a carrier to offer alterations to terms of a subscription. The usage policy application displays current data usage information on a per-network and per-application basis using subscriber profile information, subscriber session information, and prior subscriber usage history provided by the usage policy server. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130029635 | USAGE BASED RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY SELECTION - Systems, methods, and apparatus that select a radio access technology based on a usage history are presented herein. A recording component can record, based on a first use of a wireless communication network, information identifying a radio access technology associated with the first use. A selection component can select, in response to receiving a request for a second use of the wireless communication network, the radio access technology for the second use based on the information. A transfer component can determine whether a request for a handover is based on a wireless service coverage. Further, the transfer component can determine whether a request for a reselection is based on the wireless service coverage. Moreover, the selection component can select another radio access technology for the second use in response to the request being based on the wireless service coverage. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130040601 | USAGE RECOMMENDATION FOR MOBILE DEVICE - Technologies are generally described for usage recommendation for mobile device. In some examples, a method performed under control of a mobile device includes determining whether to recommend using a right ear or a left ear of a user of the mobile device based at least in part on usage information of the right ear and the left ear and notifying the determination of whether to use the right ear or the left ear to the user. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130065551 | Wireless Network Service Interfaces - A uniform wireless network service selection information exchange interface system is provided to facilitate a consistent user experience across multiple wireless networks that may have different service plan activation or service plan purchase processes. Network detection of service usage anomalies based on device-based data usage reports is provided to enable the network to determine whether an end-user device is likely operating in accordance with the established policy, or whether the end-user device may be operating fraudulently. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130072148 | METHODS AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION OPTIONS - A method and device for providing dynamic communication options on a communications device are provided. The communications device is configured to provide communication services using a plurality of communication methods. The method for providing dynamic communication options comprises: monitoring communications with a contact associated with the communications device and obtaining communication method usage information based on the communication methods used for the communications with the contact; ranking communication methods for the contact based on the communication method usage information; and displaying at least two of the communication methods in an ordered list, wherein the respective positions of the displayed communication methods in the list are determined in accordance with the rankings. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130072149 | AUTOMATED DEVICE PROVISIONING AND ACTIVATION - Devices, methods, and computer-readable media for determining that an end-user device is connected to or attempting to connect to the first wireless access network; obtaining an indication that usage of the first wireless access network is associated with a first cost; and, based on one or both of the indication that first wireless access network is associated with the first cost and the determination that the end-user device is connected to or attempting to connect to the first wireless access network, restricting communications associated with a first service activity over the first wireless access network. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130072150 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ASSOCIATE A MOBILE DEVICE WITH A PANELIST PROFILE - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to associate a mobile device with a panelist profile. An example method includes initializing a metering application on the mobile device to operate with partial functionality, parsing a message log with the metering application to identify an installation message, extracting a telephone number from the installation message and saving to a memory of the mobile device, sending an initialization message based on the extracted telephone number to prompt an authorization message, and enabling full functionality of the metering application in response to receiving the authorization message. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130072151 | EXCHANGE AND COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - When a request to start or a request to terminate mobile communication by a mobile communication terminal | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130090084 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING EXCHANGE OF ITEMS IN A NETWORK - A method and system for defining a route between a first user and a second user having respective mobile devices. A communication is established between a backend server ( | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130102274 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE CALL MEASUREMENT - Systems and methods for call measurement services. The system is operatively coupled to a first communication network and includes an advertisement module operatively coupleable to the first communication network, and configured to generate an advertisement; an address database storing a plurality of sets of call tracking addresses wherein each set corresponds to an advertiser of a plurality of advertisers. The system also includes a call tracking address selection module configured to determine a call tracking address. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130102275 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Controlling Data Transmission Based On Power Consumption - Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for controlling data transmission based on power cost. A power cost per unit data associated with successfully sending data from a wireless mobile device to a remote endpoint in a communications network is determined. The determined power cost per unit data is compared to a first threshold. Transmission of data from the wireless mobile device to the remote endpoint is delayed based on a determination that the power cost per unit data exceeds the first threshold. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130115910 | Systems and Methods of Intelligent Find Me Follow Me Services - An intelligent Find Me, Follow Me (FM/FM) service includes forming, processing, and ordering a list of end points which may be used for searching for a subscriber in a telecommunication system. A typical problem with previous FM/FM services is that the “follow me” portion does not track the usage of a device in order to make the decision on the order of endpoint contact. Example embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods of intelligent FM/FM services include a method of tracking endpoint usage to make an intelligent ordering of the devices in an FM/FM contact group. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130122854 | PROVIDING PER-APPLICATION RESOURCE USAGE INFORMATION - An environment is described in which a processing system provides application-level usage information to users. In one scenario, for example, the processing system may provide personal usage information to a user who is operating a user device. The personal usage information itemizes the amount of data (and/or other resources) that has been consumed by each application run by the user device. In another scenario, the processing system may provide expected usage information associated with at least one candidate application provided by a marketplace system. The expected usage information describes an expected consumption of data (and/or other resources) by the candidate application upon running the candidate application by the user device. The processing system can tailor the expected usage information that it sends to a particular user based on user profile data. The user profile data describes a manner in which users operate applications. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122855 | GEOLOCATION DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A geolocation data acquisition system ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122856 | DATA CACHING AT THE EDGE OF A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. An edge caching mechanism is provided within a basestation to perform caching of data at the edge of the mobile data network. The edge caching mechanism analyzes historical usage data that indicates historical accesses to the basestation. Data patterns in the historical usage data may be used to define cache load criteria and to optionally define cache flush criteria. This architecture allows caching of data at the edge of a mobile data network within the infrastructure of an existing mobile data network. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122857 | DETERMINING APPLICATION USAGE RELATIVE TO A PARTICULAR LOCATION - A mobile device collects information about application usage and associates collected application information with a location of the mobile device and a time that the application is accessed. The application is stored on the mobile device or on an external device and accessed via a network. The application information, location of the mobile device and time the application is accessed are communicated to another device and stored in a storage device which may be operated or managed by a service provider or another entity. The application information may comprise identification of a website, a network device or URL, the application and/or data that is input and/or output from the application. The location of the mobile device and/or the time, are determined utilizing a GNSS receiver and/or utilizing information from a network device. The application information, the location of the mobile device and/or the time may be utilized for targeted advertising. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122858 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Sharing Usage Plans - Shared usage plans are popular with families, friends, and small businesses. These shared usage plans share some cumulative utilization of resources, such as communications services. Even though multiple devices may share a monthly allotment of resources, an individual threshold is established for each device. The multiple individual thresholds may then be dynamically regulated to maintain the monthly allotment of resources. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130130641 | CONTACT COMMUNICATION TRACKING SYSTEM - Methods, devices, and storage media for tracking communications between a user and a user-selected party; obtaining communication tracking information based on the tracking, wherein the communication tracking information includes a time associated with each communication; calculating a communication gap pertaining to the user-selected party based on the communication tracking information, wherein the communication gap is a period of time that elapsed from a last communication with the other party to a current time; and providing the user with communication gap information in response to receiving a user request. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130137392 | System and Method for Monitoring Usage of a User Device - A server includes a limitation database, a monitor module, and a notification module. The limitations database is configured to store control limits for a user device. The monitor module is in communication with the limitations database. The monitor module is configured to monitor usage of the user device and to determine that one of the control limits for the user device has been exceeded. The notification module is in communication with the monitor module. The notification module is configured to notify a master device that the one of the control limits for the user device has been exceeded, to receive a request to disable the user device, and to disable the user device in response to the request. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130143520 | ENHANCING CONNECTIVITY AT SOCIAL AND TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A system for enhancing connectivity at a social network. The system is able to identify a user of a telecommunication network, to access charging records for the user pertaining to sessions over the telecommunication network, and to analyze the charging records for the user to determine a pattern of communication relating the user to another individual. The system is further able to determine that the user is a member of a social network, and to provide information regarding the determined pattern of communication to the social network. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130143521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOGGING AND REPORTING MOBILE DEVICE ACTIVITY INFORMATION - A computer-implemented method for logging and reporting mobile device information is provided. The method includes receiving device activity information corresponding to use of a particular mobile device via a client executed on the particular mobile. The activity information is sorted based on at least one predetermined criterion, and the sorted activity information is reported to a user. The invention further provides a computer activity monitoring and reporting system. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130143522 | MOBILE ACTIVITY INTELLIGENCE - In various embodiments, a method is described that includes receiving mobile device usage data directly from each of a plurality of mobile devices associated with a particular enterprise, aggregating the usage data from each of the plurality of mobile devices at a central database, and generating one or more mobile device usage reports based on the aggregated usage data. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130149992 | METHODS AND APPARAUTS TO IDENTIFY WIRELESS SUBSCRIBER ACTIVITY STATUS - Example methods and apparatus to identify wireless subscriber activity status are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a market of interest associated with wireless services, and creating a list of telephone numbers (TNs) from the identified market of interest. The example method also includes initializing each TN in the list of TNs as dormant, monitoring each TN in the list of TNs during a monitoring duration for an indication of activity, and when the indication of activity is received, associating one of the TNs in the list of TNs with an active status. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130149993 | DATA USAGE FORECAST OF MOBILE NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure set forth a method for forecasting data usage in a region covered by a cellular network. The method includes defining a first subregion surrounding a first point of interest in the region; and calculating a forecasted usage amount of the cellular network in the first subregion in a second time slot based on a first usage amount of the first subregion in a first time slot, a second usage amount of a second subregion geographically adjacent to the first subregion in the first time slot, a first probability associated with mobile devices in the first subregion migrating to the second subregion, and a second probability associated with mobile devices in the second subregion migrating to the first subregion. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130157613 | Method and Arrangement for Grace Period Control Associated with a Service Level in a Cellular Communications System - A method in a telecom node for controlling a grace period associated with a licensed capacity usage in the telecom node is provided. The telecom node is comprised in a cellular telephone network. The licensed capacity usage is associated with a capacity license limit. The telecom node measures ( | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130171959 | System And Method For Data Network Reassignment - Managing data resource utilization in a wireless network environment comprising a first data network and a second data network is described herein. The described management infrastructure and method incorporates monitoring data usage of a wireless network subscriber over the first data network, determining that the data usage over the first data network meets a specified threshold, and, in response to the determination that usage has reached the specified threshold, administratively disconnecting the wireless network subscriber from the first data network so as to cause a data session of the wireless network subscriber to be reassigned to the second data network. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130171960 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO MEASURE MOBILE DEVICE USAGE - Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to measure mobile device usage are disclosed. An example method to determine mobile device usage includes filtering, with a processor, a debug log file stored in the device to obtain debug file entries representative of device usage information, the debug log file having been modified by at least one of an operating system of the device or a device application, and sending, to a server, a filtered log file based on filtering the debug log file. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130178187 | Multi-SIM Cellular Telephone with Security Features - Disclosed is a multi-SIM cellular telephone capable of accessing information on multiple SIM cards for multiple cellular service subscriptions while simultaneously accessing full functionality of all other features on the handset. It allows users to insert multiple SIM cards, each with a unique IMSI number associated with a unique cellular service subscription. The user can remove any SIM card and port to other handsets at his/her discretion. Purchasing extra cellular service for such purposes as business use is less expensive than was heretofore possible. Some services are only required on one subscription in order for the service to be used since the microprocessor assesses the features of each subscription and applies the required functionality to that SIM card. The multi-SIM cellular telephone also has a phone number that is associated with the handset; this number allows communication to and from the user of the multi-SIM phone on any installed subscription. The multi-SIM cellular telephone also has features that allow it to parse outgoing communication, encrypt it, and transmit it via multiple cellular service lines. The multi-SIM cellular telephone also has features that allow it to decrypt and recombine previously parsed and encrypted incoming communication. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130183926 | Apparatus, System and Method for Mobile Terminal Data Analysis and Distribution Utilizing Internal Proxies - A mobile terminal for providing life observations by monitoring data being transmitted to/from the terminal. A mobile terminal proxy works in conjunction with a data collection engine and platform connection settings to detect at least on data object type and forward information relating to the data type to the data collection engine. Various observation logic and triggering rules may be implemented for the data collection. A server arrangement may further utilize context and behavior modeling using observations from plural mobile terminals and guiding the mobile terminals for future observations. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130183927 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM - Method and system of detecting traffic in a transport network comprising obtaining network usage records from a mobile network. Extracting cell information from the network usage records. Identifying the network usage records originating from moving handsets from the extracted cell information. Matching the identified network usage records with one or more transport routes. Matching each of the one or more transport routes with a transport mode using transport mode map data. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130183928 | METHODS OF ANALYSING A CELLULAR NETWORK - There is provided a method of establishing a likelihood of one or more cellular terminal carriers travelling to a predetermined location, using cellular network data. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining network usage records from a cellular network; extracting cell information from the network usage records; establishing terminal carrier routes for cellular terminals that have changed location as determined from the extracted cell information; deriving terminal carrier profile attributes for the terminal carriers that have changed location, based on the established terminal carrier routes; and establishing the likelihood of one or more cellular terminal carriers travelling to the predetermined location, based on the established terminal carrier routes and the derived terminal carrier profile attributes. By combining a terminal carrier route with one or more terminal carrier profile attributes, a more precise and accurate inference of the likelihood of the cellular terminal carrier travelling to a predetermined location, or attending an event, may be obtained. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130183929 | LOW RADIATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATOR - A wireless communicator, including a modem operable to transmit and receive voice communication phone calls, and a controller coupled with the modem including a monitor operable to monitor an ongoing call, the controller being operable to restrict operation of the modem, based on data provided by the monitor, when the wireless communicator is not being used in a low radiation listening mode and the ongoing phone call exceeds a pre-designated length of time. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130196615 | RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING DATA CONSUMPTION BASED ON DATA USAGE PROFILES - Embodiments profile users based on data usage of installed applications and provide recommendations for reducing data usage. A computing device or cloud service determines a plurality of applications installed on the computing device. Data usage patterns associated with each of the determined plurality of applications are identified. The data usage patterns describe data usage over a network for at least one of the determined plurality of applications. One or more recommendations for reducing data usage are defined based on the identified data usage patterns. Some embodiments recommend switching applications, uninstalling applications, or disabling particular network connections. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130196616 | DATA USAGE PROFILES FOR USERS AND APPLICATIONS - Embodiments profile users and applications based on network data usage. Data usage statistics are collected and compared for the users and applications. Profiles are assigned to the users and applications based on the comparison. In some embodiments, the applications are ranked based on data usage and presented to the users in an application marketplace. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130196617 | PREDICTING NETWORK DATA CONSUMPTION RELATIVE TO DATA USAGE PATTERNS - Embodiments provide interactive prediction of network data consumption. Current data usage statistics are compared with a data usage plan. The current data usage statistics represent network data consumed by at least one computing device of the user. The network data is consumed during at least a portion of a pre-defined time interval of a data usage plan. For the given time interval, one of a plurality of pre-defined data usage states is assigned to the user, such as On Track, Off Track, Over Limit, and Under Track. In some embodiments, the user interacts with the data usage pattern to dynamically adjust for expected future use, which may change the currently assigned data usage state. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130196618 | TRACKING DATA USAGE UNDER A SCHEMATIZED DATA PLAN - Embodiments provide a schema for representing data usage plans and data usage statistics. The data usage plan describes threshold values associated with network connections of computing devices of the user. A web service dynamically generates data usage statistics for the computing devices to represent data consumed by the computing devices under the data usage plan. The schema is updated with the data usage statistics and distributed to the computing devices for presentation to the user. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130203377 | TERMINAL QUANTITY ESTIMATION DEVICE AND TERMINAL QUANTITY ESTIMATION METHOD - To estimate the number of mobile terminals that have been staying in an observation area for a desired period of time, the feature quantity calculation portion | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130210379 | INTEGRATING A MOBILE HOTSPOT INTO A LARGER NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Integration of a mobile hotspot into a service provider network is disclosed. A network node establishes a first wireless communication link with a mobile hotspot device. The mobile hotspot device is configured to establish a second wireless communications link with at least one client device. The network node receives an access request message from the mobile hotspot device which comprises credentials provided by the at least one client device. The network node determines that the at least one client device is authorized to access the service provider network through the mobile hotspot device based on the credentials and indicates to the mobile hotspot device that the at least one client device is authorized to access the service provider network through the mobile hotspot device. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130225121 | Method and Apparatus to a Driver's Interaction with a Wireless Transceiver - A control circuit determines when a user of the corresponding apparatus is presently driving a vehicle and then, in response to detecting this use state, monitors the user's interaction with the apparatus while driving the vehicle to provide corresponding usage data. The control circuit then provides this usage data to a remote service. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130231080 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE NETWORK STATUS INFORMATION TO A DEVICE - Network status information is provided to a mobile device. The data usage of the mobile device is tracked. A data usage criterion is determined from an account for the mobile device. The account information is stored on at least one server. The data usage is compared with the data usage criterion. Based on the comparison, it is determined whether the data usage meets the data usage criterion. Upon determining that the data usage meets the data usage criterion, a notification message is sent to the mobile device in real time through an information element field within an existing message in a bearer channel of the wireless packet data communication network. The notification message may instruct the mobile device to prevent generation and/or transmission of automatic network access requests while allowing user-initiated network access requests. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130231081 | QOS CONTROL IN PCRF BASED ON USAGE AND TIME OF DAY - Embodiments of the invention provide a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) node and a method for authorizing a Quality of Service (QoS) for a wireless subscriber based on subscriber usage and time-of-day for a 3GPP-compliant packet data network | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130244612 | CACHE HITS VIA A USERS SPEED, DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT, LOCATION, AND BAND WITHIN A CELLULAR NETWORK - A method, system, and computer program product for caching data in a cellular network is provided. Information from a cellular network regarding location, speed, direction of travel, and bandwidth for a user can be used to determine how much data should be cached for the user. More specifically, the time period for how long a user will be in a cell of a cellular network can be calculated using information received from the cellular network. The calculated time period can be used to calculate how much data will be used by a user for the calculated time period with only the amount of data needed for the time period being cached. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130260711 | COMMUNICATING A SUBSCRIBER'S STATUS USING AN INTERFACE - A system may be provided that includes one or more servers to: set an availability status setting on an account, associated with a subscriber; receive a quota usage signal via a dedicated direct signaling interface, the quota usage signal indicating that a voice call minutes quota or a data usage quota is exhausted; and change the availability status setting on the account to unavailable for voice calls if the voice call minutes quota is exhausted; and/or change the availability status setting on the account to unavailable for data communications if the data usage quota is exhausted. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130267196 | System And Method For Managing A Mobile Device - A system and method for managing a mobile device(s) to provide for a notification(s) when specified thresholds are reached and/or execute defined rules for the mobile device(s). The rules can relate to any function of the mobile device(s), including but not limited to, notification when a percentage of voice/data/SMS is reached during a billing cycle, notification when a mobile device(s) leaves a geo-fence, and restrict a mobile device(s) when a threshold is reached. The system provides a versatile management system allowing a user to effectively control use of a mobile device(s) and manage costs. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130267197 | ADVERTISEMENT SCHEDULING - Embodiments of the invention are concerned with a method and a system for scheduling the transmission of messages to a subscriber in a communications network based on communications events determined to have occurred from communications events generated by the communications network. The method includes identifying a communications event as one of a plurality of predetermined types of communications events on the basis of at least one said identified current or previous communications session, and, responsive to the identified communications event triggering a scheduling process for scheduling transmission of a message to the subscriber, in which the scheduling process is dependent on the type of communications event. Thus in embodiments of the invention, the transmission of messages is determined on the basis of communications events associated with the subscriber; typical communications events include making calls, sending messages, switching off, switching on, roaming, cell to cell handover, answering calls, and trends. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130273878 | APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED MOBILITY IN A WIRELESS HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - Generally, this disclosure provides apparatus and methods for improved User Equipment (UE) mobility in wireless heterogeneous networks. The UE device may include a location determination module configured to determine location information associated with the UE relative to one or more of a cells, wherein the of cells form part of a wireless heterogeneous network; a processing circuit configured to generate an assistance message, the assistance message including the location information associated with the UE; and a transmitter circuit configured to transmit a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to an evolved Node B (eNB) associated with one of the cells, the RRC message including the assistance message. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130273879 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERSISTENT CROSS-APPLICATION MOBILE DEVICE IDENTIFICATION - Systems and methods are provided for persistent cross-application mobile device identification. A mobile device may have a plurality of sandboxes in memory containing applications. The mobile device may have a shared storage which may accessible by applications from different sandboxes. A storage location identifier may be used to access information in shared storage. A universal device identifier may be stored in the shared storage to identify the mobile device and may be accessible by multiple applications and updates to applications. The universal device identifier may be used to track the mobile device for advertising, fraud detection, reputation tracking, or other purposes. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130273880 | SPATIO-TEMPORAL RANDOM VOTING SCHEME FOR COGNITIVE NETWORKS - A spatio-temporal random voting scheme is provided that incorporates location distribution, spatial randomness, and temporal randomness in the collection of information from a plurality of sensing devices within the cognitive network. The region is divided into a plurality of sectors, where each sector is a portion of the region. A subset of sectors is selected from the plurality of sectors in the region to provide spatial randomness. A device is randomly selected from each sector in the subset of sectors to provide additional spatial randomness to the information collection process. Temporal randomness may be introduced by randomly selecting a timeslot within a sensing window period in which devices are to scan a frequency spectrum band to determine if a signal energy above a threshold is detected. Sensing reports are then collected from the selected sensing devices and used to determine whether the frequency spectrum band is available or in use. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130281049 | CONFIGURATION OF WIRELESS NETWORK CLOUD SYSTEM BASED ON DENSITY ESTIMATION - Techniques for configuring a wireless network cloud system comprise the following steps. A density metric is estimated corresponding to at least one given coverage area of a wireless network cloud system. A configuration is determined for one or more network-access components in the given coverage area of the wireless network cloud system in response to the estimated density metric. The determined configuration may then be applied to the one or more network-access components. The density metric may correspond to a user density and/or a traffic density in the given coverage area. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130281050 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT PORTABLE DEVICE USAGE - An example method of collecting information on a mobile device about interactive gaming via a hosted service over the Internet involves monitoring usage of the mobile device. The monitoring is performed on the mobile device while the mobile device is being used for the interactive gaming. The example method also involves collecting usage information corresponding to the interactive gaming between the mobile device and a second end-user device in communication with the mobile device via the hosted service over the Internet. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130288638 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND USING INFORMATION REGARDING LOCATION OBJECT-BASED ACTIONS - An embodiment of a communication system includes a client device adapted to receive a location object that includes tracer information, and to perform one or more location object-based actions using the location object. The client device stores the tracer information and location object usage information, which describes the one or more location object-based actions that have been performed using the location object. The client device also sends the stored information to a server. The system also includes the server, which is adapted to receive the location object usage information and the tracer information reported by the client device. In an embodiment, the system also includes a service provider adapted to initiate a billing event, which may include generation and transmission of a bill to a sponsor entity based on an evaluation of the location object usage information and the tracer information reported by the client device. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130295876 | MESSAGE CONTROL SYSTEM - Embodiments are presented for controlling usage of a communications device, whereby for a given number of messages generated from the device the operator (e.g., a child, person, etc.) has to successfully answer a question before a further batch of messages can be sent. The number of messages that can be sent before a question is to be answered can be configured by a parent. Further, a modifiable data store can be utilized to store questions, from which questions for presentation on the communication device can be sourced. The questions can relate to subject matter the child is studying at school, a standardized test, trivia, provided by a third party. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130295877 | Determining Usage Predictions And Detecting Anomalous User Activity Through Traffic Patterns - A system for selecting and monitoring data plans for telecommunications systems, and methods of determining, learning and estimating usage patterns in-order to predict usage and tie this to cost and the overlaying of plan selection for cost optimization. Further, additional methods are applied to determine anomalous user behaviors and raise security and data leakage related events. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130303110 | IDENTIFYING A WIRELESS DEVICE OF A TARGET USER FOR COMMUNICATION INTERCEPTION BASED ON INDIVIDUAL USAGE PATTERN(S) - Systems and methods for intercepting communications in a cellular communication network are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more individual usage patterns are detected for a target user based on usage data collected from a known wireless device of the target user. The one or more individual usage patterns for the target user are compared to usage data collected from other wireless devices to identify another wireless device that has usage data that matches the one or more individual usage patterns for the target user to at least a predefined threshold degree. In response, one or more predefined actions are taken with respect to the matching wireless device. In one embodiment, an authorized authority is notified of the matching wireless device and/or communications to and/or from the matching wireless device are automatically intercepted and delivered to the authorized authority. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130303111 | MEASURING END USER ACTIVITY OF SOFTWARE ON A MOBILE OR DISCONNECTED DEVICE - A hardware and/or software facility measures end user activity associated with a software application or service on a mobile phone or other mobile device. The facility tracks and stores usage data associated with a mobile user's use of the application or service. When the mobile user initiates transmission of the usage data, the facility retrieves from the mobile phone or other mobile device a usage code representing the usage data. The facility relies on user transcription, text input-buffer insertion, or other indirect means of data transport to deliver the usage code from the mobile phone or other mobile device to an application developer, service provider, or another entity. The recipient extracts the usage data contained in the usage code, and may perform various data mining and analysis techniques on the usage data in order to evaluate how the application or service is used. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130303112 | TRACKING OF MISSING COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Embodiments of method for determining information associated with an unregistered usage of a mobile communication device are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes registering a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) at the mobile communication device. The method further includes determining, at the mobile communication device, usage of an unregistered SIM based at least in part on pre-stored information corresponding to the registered SIM. The method also includes communicating the determined usage to an operator subsystem and determining, at the operator subsystem, based on the communication, user information associated with the registered SIM and the unregistered SIM. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130309996 | Mobile Device Data Transfer - Methods and apparatuses for mobile device data transfer are disclosed. In one example, data is received associated with mobile device usage. An action is performed at a computing device responsive to the data. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130324075 | Data Loading Control - Systems and techniques for managing delivery of data to a device are described. Conditions are analyzed relating to delivery of data to a wireless communication device and, based on the analysis, needed adjustments are made to data delivery, such as pre-delivering data before it is needed. The analysis may include analysis of channel conditions and estimates of user behavior, such as stopping consumption of data—as in the case of a user watching a video and abandoning the video before it is finished. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130324076 | METHOD & SYSTEM FOR CELLULAR NETWORK LOAD BALANCE - Embodiments of the present invention include a system and methods by which a central or distributed radio resource controller uses current and past measurements of the occupancy and radio channel utilization of clusters of radio-proximate cells to identify when load balancing is performed for a given cluster. A filter may be applied to the data to identify load balancing opportunities. Once identified, the cluster antenna configuration is iteratively adjusted while monitoring radio network performance metrics to minimize the risk of opening coverage holes. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130324077 | Detecting a Level of Use in a Communications Network - A level of use of a first radio resource is detected and a flag is set in system information if the level of use of the first radio resource is above a predetermined threshold. The system information is updated to the network. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130331059 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR AUTHENTICATION CENTER-INITIATED AUTHENTICATION PROCEDURES FOR A MOBILE STATION ATTACHED WITH AN IP-FEMTOCELL SYSTEM - A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitate authentication center-initiated authentication procedures for a mobile station attached with a femtocell system are provided. A femtocell system may generate a registration identification of a mobile station from one or more mobile station authentication parameters. A convergence server located in a core network receives an authentication procedure request from an authentication center for the mobile station attached with the femtocell system and generates an authentication procedure request message that includes the registration identification assigned to the mobile station. The convergence server then transmits the authentication procedure request message to the femtocell system and receives a response to the authentication procedure request message from the femtocell system. The authentication procedure request may comprise a unique challenge, a shared secret data update procedure, or a call history count update procedure. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130337768 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF GRAPHICALLY CONVEYING A STRENGTH OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USERS - An exemplary method includes at least one physical computing device 1) determining a first strength of communication metric representative of a strength of communications initiated by a first user towards a second user during a time period and a second strength of communication metric representative of a strength of communications initiated by the second user towards the first user during the time period, 2) generating a strength of communication graphic that graphically represents the strength of the communications initiated by the first user towards the second user relative to the strength of the communications initiated by the second user towards first user, and 3) providing the graphic for display by an access device associated with the first user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140004815 | Long Term Evolution Network Profile Based Usage Notification | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140004816 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING NETWORK USAGE DATA | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140004817 | CELL PHONE DETECTION AND ALERT INFORMATION SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140004818 | PROVIDING NOTIFICATIONS OF WIRELESS DATA CONSUMPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140018033 | DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENT FOR BROWSING OR STREAMING ACTIVITY IN A WIRELESS NETWORK BASED ON PREDICTION OF USER BEHAVIOR WHEN INTERACTING WITH MOBILE APPLICATIONS - System and method of dynamic bandwidth adjustment for browsing or streaming activity in a wireless network based on prediction of user behavior when interacting with mobile applications are disclosed. One embodiment includes mobile device which throttles radio use based on user habit. The mobile device is able to throttle the radio between high and lowered power states based on the user habit of a user using the mobile device in mobile usage sessions relating to, for example, browsing activity or content streaming activity, where, the radio can be throttled among three power states when connected to a 3G wireless network or throttled among two power states when connected to a 4G or LTE network/pre-LTE. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140018034 | Apparatus, System and Method for Modifiable Observational Logic for Mobile Terminal Data Analysis and Distribution - Apparatus, system and method for modifying observational logic for mobile terminal device data analysis. As new data is observed under a first data observation parameter, a determination is made whether temporary settings are enabled to allow a data handling agent/logic to modify observational parameters. Temporary settings may be configured to collect certain data over a predetermined period of time and/or may be disabled on the occurrence of a particular event or status. Once temporary settings are detected, the device opens and applies those settings from observation modification software and collects device data using the temporary setting(s). Once the temporary settings are disabled, the original settings are restored where data is then collected under the original settings until new data is observed or the collection process ends. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140024335 | Methods for collecting usage information of portable devices, and utilizing methods and platforms thereof - A method for collecting usage information of portable devices is provided, wherein the method is performed by at least one server, and includes following steps: (A) providing an application to be downloaded by a device, wherein the application returns a used page message to the at least one server when the device is executed, and the content of the used page message includes identification data of the device, application software which is currently used and operated, a currently used page, environment parameters, and at least one of operational actions on the used page and a retention time on the used page; (B) receiving the used page message from the device; and (C) storing the used page message. The information which users are really interested in can be collected in the present invention, thereby achieving the objective of dispatch accuracy for marketing messages. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140031004 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND A USE FOR AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF LAND USES - A method, computer programs and a use for automatic identification and classification of land uses. The method including a computing mechanism running in a computer device receiving as inputs, a geographical region R, a plurality of base stations giving coverage to the geographical region R and a call records generated by individuals using the base stations, and performing automatically the identification and classification of land uses by making use of information extracted during a given time period from the call records. The programs include code adapted to perform the approximation of each coverage region when the program is run on a computer, and to perform a comparison when the program is run on a computer. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140031005 | AUTOMATED VEHICLE INTRUSION DEVICE - A method of identifying abnormal activity within a communication system between one or more vehicles and a wireless carrier system. The method may include receiving a first record from a wireless carrier system or a call center. It may further include automatically receiving a second record from a data logger via a vehicle telematics unit. The second record may be a data upload record and includes information pertaining to a wireless connection that includes an event type (mode) and a call type (mode). The event type may indicate whether the wireless connection was SMS, circuit switched, or packet switched. The call type may indicate a transaction during the wireless connection. The method may include determining the occurrence of an abnormal activity based on the first record and the second record. And the method may also include providing a report. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140031006 | Insight Based Orchestration of Network Optimization in Communication Networks - Methods, apparatus, and program products are disclosed. Network information is accessed that corresponds to network elements in one or more wireless networks. Each of the one or more networks has an ability to serve multiple user equipment. Customer data is accessed that corresponds to the multiple user equipment in the networks. One or more optimization insights are generated using the network information and the customer data. The one or more generated optimization insights are utilized as one or more inputs to one or more pre-defined business policy-based workflows for a purpose of determining one or set of optimization functions. Execution of one or more selected optimization functions is orchestrated and the optimization function(s) are supplied with one or more of the generated optimization insights. The execution of the selected optimization function(s) cause triggering of action(s) defined to influence a selected one of the networks to provide an intended result. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140031007 | Resource Measurement and Reporting Method in Long Term Evolution System - A method for measuring and reporting resource in a long term evolution system comprises: a source base station encapsulating a resource status request message and sending the message to a target base station; after receiving the resource status request message, the target base station processing the message, and sending a resource status success response to the source base station if the processing is successful, or else sending a resource status failure response if the processing is failed; the source base station encapsulating at least a message type ( | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140038545 | DEVICE INITIATED REPLENISHMENT PROCEDURES FOR WIRELESS DEVICES - A method, device and system are provided for wireless device-initiated automatic replenishment of internally-stored account parameters associated with an amount of authorization for usage of the wireless device (e.g., prepaid amount of airtime minutes, data usage, messages, etc.). Upon determining within the wireless device that the account parameter(s) should be replenished, the wireless device transmits a message to a control server indicating that the wireless device intends to perform the determined replenishment according to the replenishment parameters stored within the wireless device. The wireless device delays performance of the replenishment for a predetermined period of time to determine whether the control server provides a response containing updated replenishment parameters. Depending upon whether the wireless device receives a response from the control server during the time period, the wireless device then replenishes the internally-stored account parameter(s) using either the previously stored replenishment parameters or the updated replenishment parameters. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140038546 | Master Limits and Filters for Electronic Devices - A master account system for managing one or more electronic devices through the establishment and enforcement of policies associated with the devices. Enforcement policies may be determined by characteristics of space, time and/or other criteria relating to a user(s) and/or administrator(s), or in relation to one another, or some other general circumstance. The master account may be established on a pre-paid or postpaid basis with limits applied in real-time or near-real-time. The policies may apply across any number of devices associated with the master account. The addition and decrement of units of measure associated with the master account and device account(s) may be limited to the master account, to the master account and one or more device accounts at the same time, or allocated in numerous other ways. Content and other activity filtering may also be established and managed at the master account and/or device account level. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140051383 | System and Method of Routing Conference Call Participants - A system and method of routing a conference call participant to a conference call is disclosed. Participant location data is requested from an electronic device of the conference call participant. The participant location data is received on a system server from the electronic device of the conference call participant. A least cost connection conference call access phone number is determined from an access number group of one or more available conference call access phone numbers based on the location data from the electronic device of the conference call participant. The conference call participant is provided with the least cost connection conference call access phone number. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140057592 | DYNAMIC SERVICE CLASS UPGRADES IN DATA NETWORKS - A method, program product and system for dynamically offering upgraded services in a network. The method comprising the steps of: selecting users for a possible offer of an upgrade to services within the network, based on user activity at user devices accessing the network; obtaining network context data information regarding the user activity and the network; sequentially ordering the selected users based on a likelihood that the users will purchase the upgrade to services; determining the upgrade to services to be offered based on a service prediction availability within the network; and offering the upgrade to services to the selected users for a specific time period. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140057593 | INTEGRATING A MOBILE HOTSPOT INTO A LARGER NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Integration of a mobile hotspot into a service provider network is disclosed. A network node establishes a first wireless communication link with a mobile hotspot device. The mobile hotspot device is configured to establish a second wireless communications link with at least one client device. The network node receives an access request message from the mobile hotspot device which comprises credentials provided by the at least one client device. The network node determines that the at least one client device is authorized to access the service provider network through the mobile hotspot device based on the credentials and indicates to the mobile hotspot device that the at least one client device is authorized to access the service provider network through the mobile hotspot device. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140087687 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND PRESENTING HISTORICAL COMMUNICATION DATA FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - Among other disclosures, a method may include collecting historical communication data and personal data relating to a portion of a plurality of communications, a sender of one or more of the communications or one or more recipients of the communications. The method may include depositing the collected data into a repository of historical communication data and personal data. The method may include presenting one or more items in the repository on a mobile device, in response to user behavior. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140099914 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DISCOVER SPECTRUM USAGE OF MOBILE CARRIERS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for discovering spectrum usage of mobile carriers. An example method includes extracting channel information from a plurality of messages transmitted to mobile devices over a wireless communications radio spectrum, identifying a mobile carrier based on the channel information, associating the channel information with a network parameter of the mobile carrier, and determining a channel usage characteristic associated with mobile carrier based on the channel information and the network parameter. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140106703 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ASSOCIATE A MOBILE DEVICE WITH A PANELIST PROFILE - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to associate a mobile device with a panelist profile. An example method includes initializing a metering application on the mobile device to operate with partial functionality, parsing a message log with the metering application to identify an installation message, extracting a telephone number from the installation message and saving to a memory of the mobile device, sending an initialization message based on the extracted telephone number to prompt an authorization message, and enabling full functionality of the metering application in response to receiving the authorization message. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140106704 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING ON PLATFORM USAGE - A system and method for triggering on platform usage can include at a platform, receiving and storing a trigger configuration of an account; operating a platform comprising internally executing a process on behalf of an account and publishing at least one event when executing the process; at the platform, incrementing a counter in response to the at least one event and if the stored trigger configuration species a usage key associated with a category of counted events of the at least one event; monitoring counters in a context of an associated trigger; and processing the trigger upon the counter satisfying condition of an associated trigger. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140113583 | RESTRICTING END-USER DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS OVER A WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK ASSOCIATED WITH A COST - Methods and computer-readable media for determining that an end-user device is connected to or attempting to connect to the first wireless access network; obtaining an indication that usage of the first wireless access network is associated with a first cost; and, based on one or both of the indication that first wireless access network is associated with the first cost and the determination that the end-user device is connected to or attempting to connect to the first wireless access network, restricting communications associated with a first service activity over the first wireless access network. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140120864 | Cross-Channel User Tracking Systems, Methods and Devices - In part, the invention relates to systems and methods suitable for operating a client side platform for deterministically correlating a unique mobile user across multiple marketing communication channels using a universal identifier to provide a deterministic mapping of individual channel user identifiers. In an embodiment, the invention relates to systems and methods suitable for operating a client side platform for probabilistically correlating a unique mobile user across multiple marketing communication channels to provide a mapping of individual channel user identifiers. The systems and methods can be used to identify user activity across different marketing communication channels accessed with a given mobile device. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140128020 | HYBRID NETWORK BASED METERING SERVER AND TRACKING CLIENT FOR WIRELESS SERVICES - A process of tracking usage of a wireless device in a third party wireless network with a metering system includes implementing the metering system in a network separate from the third party wireless network and activating the wireless device in response to identification of the wireless device and confirmation of use of a tracking system to the metering system. The process further includes obtaining, by the metering system, an amount of wireless services used by the wireless device. The obtaining includes at least one of obtaining an amount of wireless services used from the third party wireless network and obtaining an amount of wireless services used from the tracking system. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140128021 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING CONTEXT MODELS TO CONTROL OPERATION OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - User activity on a mobile device is monitored and collected, and a resource usage model is constructed. The resource usage model describes a set of contexts in which the mobile device, and is the basis for determining a first exhaustion point for a resource. Based on the monitored activity, a prediction of a second exhaustion point for the resource time is made. If the second exhaustion point is prior to the first exhaustion point, usage of the resource is reduced. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140141743 | LONG TERM EVOLUTION INTELLIGENT SUBSCRIBER PROFILE - A network device may predict the use of a mobile device and configure a network based on the prediction. The network device may provide instructions to display coverage indicators for the mobile device based on the predictions. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140148122 | DATA RATE THROTTLING - The throttling of mobile device data rates is provided at events, e.g., sporting events, and other venues with large, dense crowds. The system can monitor the loading of the mobile radio antennas at the venue, and when the loading reaches a threshold loading point, the system can selectively throttle the data rates of mobile devices at the venue. In some embodiments, the system can throttle the data rates of certain applications on the mobile devices, or can select mobile devices that are placing a large strain on the network infrastructure to throttle. In other embodiments, the system can set maximum upload and download speeds for all the mobile devices at the venue. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140155022 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR USAGE OF MOBILE DEVICES - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify usage of mobile devices are disclosed. An example method includes detecting user interaction with a mobile device. An example method includes identifying an application in a foreground of a display of the mobile device is identified. Whether the application in the foreground is an application of interest is determined. An image representing the display of the mobile device is captured if the application in the foreground is an application of interest. The image is transmitted to a monitoring data collection site. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140155023 | CONNECTION MANAGER RESPONSIVE TO POWER STATE - A method for establishing connectivity for a mobile device including a plurality of communication interfaces is provided. A power state of the mobile device is monitored. A first one of the communication interfaces is selected based on the power state. Connectivity is established to a remote network using the first communication interface. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140162592 | DYNAMIC POWER CLASS RE-REGISTRATION OF MOBILE DEVICES - Dynamic power class re-registration of wireless devices is provided. A wireless device can exchange data with a communications network. While exchanging data, the device can monitor its usage and based on the usage, generate a power change request. The device can then send the power change request to the communications network, prior to or in conjunction with powering down the device. In this regard, the communications network can receive the power change request, generate instructions for the wireless device, and adjust network resources based on the power change request. The instructions can then be sent to the wireless device. Since the device re-registers its power class with the communications network, handoffs, internetwork thresholds, network resources and other network parameters can be adjusted to compensate for the changed power class resulting into improved service for a user of the wireless device. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140162593 | METHOD OF PROVIDING RATE TIERS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - The present invention provides a method of providing rate tiers in a wireless communication system. Embodiments of the method include forming, at a network element in the wireless communication system, a statistical representation of resource usage for a user in the wireless communication system as a function of location and/or time using measurements of the user's resource usage at a plurality of locations. Embodiments of the method also include defining, at the network element, a plurality of rate tiers based on the statistical representation. Each rate tier indicates a rate for a different level of resource usage offered to the user. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140162594 | Method and Apparatus for Measurement of Active User Devices Per Quality-of-Service Class Indicator - Methods, apparatus, and systems for measuring, on a per-QoS-class basis, the average number of user devices active on the uplink of a wireless communication system are disclosed. In an exemplary method, a number of mobile terminals with buffered data for transmission to a base station is estimated based on received buffer status reports. An estimated quantity of active mobile terminals is calculated, based on the received buffer status reports and a number of mobile terminals for which a semi-persistent scheduling grant has been granted. In some embodiments, the estimated quantity of active mobile terminals is estimated on a per-traffic-class basis, in which case the technique includes calculating first and second estimated quantities, corresponding to mobile terminals having active data bearers for first and second traffic classes, respectively, based on the received buffer status reports and the number of mobile terminals for which a semi-persistent scheduling grant has been granted. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140162595 | ENHANCED CURFEW AND PROTECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVICE GROUP - A method comprising obtaining, from a master user, a device usage allocation applicable to two or more devices, the two or more devices being associated with another user, the another user being different from the master user, obtaining an aggregate measure of device usage associated with the two or more devices, if the aggregate measure of device usage associated with the two or more devices satisfies a condition relative to the device usage allocation, managing an activity of the two or more devices, and sending a notification to at least one of the two or more devices, the notification for presentation to the another user through a user interface of the at least one of the two or more devices. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140179262 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication apparatus including: an antenna configured to receive a frame including reference signals and including other signals corresponding to radio resources to which channels are mapped, and a processor configured to acquire degree of usage of the radio resource, to calculate a reception quality of the reference signals, and to adjust the reception quality in accordance with the degree. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140179263 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR ASSOCIATED WITH WIRELESS DEVICES - An embodiment of the invention describes a wireless device comprising a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) further comprising a memory for storing program code for performing a plurality of operations, and a processor for processing the program code to execute the plurality of operations, the operations including receiving over-the-air instructions via a wireless network from a control center to create a rules set in the SIM, wherein the rules set defines an acceptable behavior of the wireless device, monitoring requests from a wireless modem of the wireless device for access files stored in the SIM, detecting an aggressive behavior of the wireless device based on the rules set, and blocking the wireless modem from generating traffic in the wireless network. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140187195 | Maximizing End-User's Quality of Experience Within a Mobile Data Plan - Currently existing mechanisms to optimize the quality of experience (QoE) in accordance with user data plans are rather based on user self-managed usage of his mobile user data plan with, for example, help from external applications which continuously evaluate the limits reached. There is thus a need for deployment of intelligence in the network, in order to avoid abrupt downgrades in the QoE for subscribers that go over the monthly quota of their data plan. To overcome these problems, or at least to mitigate them, an embodiment of the present invention provides for an optimization of the user's quota by gradually reducing the required bandwidth for the content that the user requests. This is achieved by a method which takes into account the consumed/remaining volumes in the user data plan as well as the user browsing habits, and which provides context enrichment to content providers to enable taking decisions. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140187196 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - An information processing apparatus: when a time indicated by the one access history associated with the one user corresponds to the use period included in the one use history associated with the user, specifies a position specified based on the user position specifying information included in the use history, as a position at which the mobile terminal is present at the time of the access related to the access history; and associates and outputs information which indicates the specified position and information which indicates a communication carrier which operates the mobile communication network through which the access related to the access history is made. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140194086 | Adaptive Network Searching in Out-of-Service Scenarios - Adaptive out-of-service search behavior by a wireless user equipment (UE) device. The UE may perform cellular communications according to a radio access technology (RAT). It may be determined that cellular service according to the RAT is not available. A search algorithm may be selected from at least two possible search algorithms. A search for cellular service according to the RAT may be performed according to the search algorithm. The various possible search algorithms may specify different ratios of time spent scanning for cellular service to time spent sleeping. The selected search algorithm may be chosen based on any or all of an estimated remaining battery life of the UE, a user activity level, user input, or various other considerations. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140199960 | CALL MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL FOR INSUFFICIENT CREDIT - A method and system for operating a telephony service are disclosed, in which callers with insufficient credit or network airtime are able to contact a call recipient. The network monitors call attempts from callers to identify call attempts from callers with insufficient credit or airtime to make a call. When such a call attempt is detected, a call request is transmitted to the intended recipient of the call, to notify the recipient of the call attempt. The notification may take the form of an in-call notification if the call recipient is on-line, or an SMS or voicemail message if the recipient is off-line. The method and system permit individuals who otherwise would not be able to access the network to indicate to a call recipient that they have attempted to contact the call recipient. The call recipient can then contact the would be caller at his/her discretion. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140206310 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH ENHANCED PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPLICATION FOR TRACKING USER INTERACTIONS - In one aspect, the embodiments generally relate to a mobile device that provides a Personal Information Manager (PIM) application with a tracking module for tracking information associated with a user interaction occurring on the mobile device; and a linking module for communicating with an external service that is unrelated to the PIM application. In operation, the tracking module may be configured to provide the information associated with the user interaction to the linking module, and the linking module may be configured to transmit the information to be processed by the external service. In another aspect, the embodiments generally relate to a method of allowing a mobile device to communicate with a source within a secure network. The method includes: receiving an initiation message from the source within the secure network; awaiting a transmission from the mobile device; receiving the information; and relaying the information by including the information in a reply to the initiation message. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140220927 | Advertiser Supported Bandwidth Platform - Among other things, a content item is received that is associated with an offer for wireless network credit. The wireless network credit is redeemable for free or discounted data usage of one or more metered wireless networks. In response to a selection input, the content item is presented to a user. Data is transmitted reflecting the presentation of the content item to a remote server to cause the remote server to add the mobile broadband credit to an account. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140235196 | DETERMINING TELECOMMUNICATION SUBSCRIBER METRICS - Information associated with a communication is gathered at a switching point during the routing process to determine subscriber metric information associated with an active service identifier. The information relates to the originator of the communication and the target. The information is compared to a provider database to determine a carrier originally associated with the active service identifier. The information is then compared to a porting database to determine if the active service identifier was ported, and if so, to which carrier the active service identifier was ported. A determination can then be made regarding which carrier is associated with the active service identifier. The data may be aggregated for a large amount of switched communications, representing a large amount of active service identifiers for a given market. Thus, a number of subscribers for a given carrier in a given market may be determined. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140242938 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING PRIORITIZED BARRING OF SERVICE ACCESS - A method for continuous and optimal utilization of a capacity of a mobile network that is serving mobile phones covering a specific selected geographical area in order to facilitate optimal handling of network traffic without overloading said mobile network. The method includes establishing an overview of maximum network capacity of said mobile network, establishing an overview of an identity of selected mobile phones located within said selected geographical and performing monitoring of current traffic load of one or more mobile services on said mobile network; selecting a type of barring of one or more mobile services to be performed or removed for network traffic to and/or from selected mobile phones based on said maximum network capacity, said possible maximum traffic load, and said current traffic load. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140273921 | TRACKING DEVICE STATUS WITH RESPECT TO OTHER DEVICES AND ZONES OF A VIRTUAL GEO-FENCE - Systems and methods may provide for identifying a virtual geo-fence for a plurality of devices. Additionally, a condition may be detected with respect to two or more devices in the plurality of devices, wherein a status determination may be conducted as to whether at least one of the two or more devices has left the virtual geo-fence based on the condition. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140273922 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR ADJUSTING A QUOTA CONSUMPTION RATE - The subject matter described herein includes systems, methods, and computer readable media for adjusting a quota consumption rate. An exemplary method occurs at a first policy node. The method includes detecting a trigger for adjusting a quota consumption rate associated with a subscriber. The method further includes in response to detecting the trigger, adjusting the quota consumption rate associated with the subscriber. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140273923 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CREDIT USAGE OF MOBILE DEVICES - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor mobile internet usage are disclosed. An example method includes identifying an application associated with a first request received at a proxy. The application is credited with a presentation duration based on a time difference between the first request and a second request, the second request associated with a same application as the first request. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140273924 | PROTOCOLS FOR FACILITATING BROADER ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a communication device (smartphone or wearable device, e.g.) or other wireless communication participant (motor vehicle having a wireless communication capability, e.g.). | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140273925 | CLOSED LOOP ATHLETE TRAINING SYSTEM - An athletic training system includes a personal electronic device having a processor, a memory, and a GPS sensor. The processor runs an application that calculates at least one of distance traveled, elevation change, and speed, of the user carrying the personal electronic device, and based upon location information obtained from the GPS sensor provides a training-related message to the user based upon at least one of the calculated distance traveled, elevation change, and speed. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140273926 | Method and Apparatus for Handling Contacts - A method and apparatus in a user terminal ( | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140295787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING RECORD DATA - A method for visualizing record data with a mobile forensic device for collecting and managing the record data including partner information when an event, such as a call or text service, occurs, includes: calculating an event occurrence frequency for each partner information using the collected record data; and classifying the partner information on the basis of a grade according to the calculated event occurrence frequency. Further, the method includes generating graphic data showing a relation between the partner information and user information of a mobile terminal on the basis of the classified grade; and displaying the graphic data. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140295788 | Ingress/Egress Call Module - A system monitors calls for a service provider. A number of simultaneous communications of a given technology type is monitored for either inbound communications and/or outbound communications associated with at least one service provider. A determination is made if the number of simultaneous communications from the service provider is in excess of a adjustable but set number of simultaneous communications of a given technology type that are permissible. A predetermined action is taken if the number of simultaneous calls or text messages (e.g., SMS, IM, email) is in excess of the set limit, e.g., the call may be terminated or other action taken. Both voice communications and/or non-voice communications (such as SMS, IM, Email, or MMS) can be monitored and throttled. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140302811 | METHOD OF PATTERN-BASED MESSAGE TRANSMISSION - The invention provides a method of pattern-based message transmission. The method can predetermine a transmission pattern for the message transmission between a base station and a user equipment according to a service type, an equipment identifier, and etc., of the equipment and can hereby determine a transmission process of signaling and data and thus can handle the remaining transmission of either signaling or data to be performed in the predetermined pattern, which means that scheduling resources can be greatly saved and thus signaling overheads and the resource consumption can be greatly reduced. With an optimized design of a pattern, an acknowledgement message and subsequent signalings and/or data could be encapsulated in a same data packet for transmission and reception, thereby resources are further saved. This improves the efficiency of utilizing signaling greatly in general, reduces signaling overheads, and also facilitates various communication between other users in the cell, improves the efficiency of economy and saves cost. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140308916 | Method For Generating A Congestion Flag Based On Measured System Load - A radio base station generates a congestion status flag, based on measured resource usage in its cell, and based on performance of sessions in the cell. The flag may be a one bit, or a small number of bits, indicating whether the base station is congested. The flag can be sent to neighbouring radio base stations, for use in determining whether to perform handovers to that radio base station. The flag generated in a radio base station, and the flags generated in neighbouring radio base stations, can also be sent to user equipment in a cell. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140315514 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR ASSOCIATED WITH WIRELESS DEVICES - An embodiment of the invention describes a wireless device comprising a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) further comprising a memory for storing program code for performing a plurality of operations, and a processor for processing the program code to execute the plurality of operations, the operations including receiving over-the-air instructions via a wireless network from a control center to create a rules set in the SIM, wherein the rules set defines an acceptable behavior of the wireless device, monitoring requests from a wireless modem of the wireless device for access files stored in the SIM, detecting an aggressive behavior of the wireless device based on the rules set, and blocking the wireless modem from generating traffic in the wireless network. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140315515 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MOBILE PHONE FOR MEASURING AND DISPLAYING INTERNET TRAFFIC OF MOBILE PHONE - An apparatus for measuring and displaying Internet traffic of a mobile phone, includes a traffic measurement module and a traffic display module. The apparatus also includes a SIM card account creation module configured to create a SIM card account for each of a plurality of SIM cards. The traffic measurement module measures the Internet traffic of each of the SIM card accounts. The traffic display module displays the Internet traffic of each of the SIM card accounts. The Internet traffic of each SIM card on the mobile phone may be measured and displayed. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140323080 | DETERMINING TELECOMMUNICATION SUBSCRIBER METRICS - Information associated with a communication is gathered at a switching point during the routing process to determine subscriber metric information associated with an active service identifier. The information relates to the originator of the communication and the target. The information is compared to a provider database to determine a carrier originally associated with the active service identifier. The information is then compared to a porting database to determine if the active service identifier was ported, and if so, to which carrier the active service identifier was ported. A determination can then be made regarding which carrier is associated with the active service identifier. Various systems and methods may be used to determine a number of subscribers, a number of new subscribers, and a number of disconnected subscribers for a given carrier in a given market. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140323081 | Mobile terminal and user identity recognition method - A user identity recognition method for a mobile terminal includes that: a mobile terminal detects and tracks a user's behavior before a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is replaced, and records characteristics of the user's behavior; after the SIM card is replaced, the mobile terminal detects and tracks a user's behavior and records characteristics of the user's behavior; the mobile terminals determines whether the characteristics of the user's behavior before the SIM card is replaced are same as or similar to the characteristics of the user's behavior after the SIM card is replaced; if so, the mobile terminals determines that the user is a legal user; otherwise, the mobile terminals determines that the user is an illegal user. Correspondingly, a mobile terminal is also disclosed, which is difficult to crack, more secure, and easy and convenient to implement. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140342690 | BINDING OF SD MESSAGES WITH RADIUS MESSAGES - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), the method including: receiving a RADIUS accounting request (ACR) start message from a network access server (NAS); establishing a RADIUS session with the NAS; applying rules by a rules engine to information in the ACR start message to determine a traffic detection function (TDF) to be updated; establishing a Sd session with the TDF; and binding the Sd session to the RADIUS session. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140342691 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME MULTI-DIMENSIONAL REPORTING AND ANALYZING OF DATA ON APPLICATION LEVEL ACTIVITY AND OTHER USER INFORMATION ON A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - A method and apparatus for real-time, multi-dimensional reporting and analyzing of data on application level activity and other user information on a mobile data network. A report manager communicates with a data manager to develop and test real-time reports about aggregate and user-level network usage. The data manager provides a database of non-aggregate, user-specific event data and a set of tables specifying combinations of monitored variables satisfying a set of defined reports. The report manager comprises a report generation module, which receives operator instructions for aggregate usage information. The report module determines whether the requested information can be satisfied by combinations of monitored aggregate variables, or whether it must be retrieved from a non-aggregate, user-specific, event data database. Furthermore, the report module is responsive to operator instructions to add a test report to the set of defined real-time reports. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140342692 | Confirmation Based Mobile Messaging Platform - The present invention relates to a system and method for delivering a message to and receiving an acknowledgement from a mobile device, and more specifically, the system and method allows network operators, or any central administration group(s) to issue messages and warnings to a mobile device, which requires an acknowledgement in order for the mobile device to continue functioning without restriction. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140370843 | MANAGEMENT OF GROUP MOBILE DEVICE NETWORK TRAFFIC USAGE - Network traffic usage information for a set of registered devices is monitored, analyzed, and reported within a cellular service provider portion of a communications network. The network traffic usage information can relate to data traffic, voice traffic, and/or short message service traffic. Reporting the network traffic usage information is customizable such that parameters associated with the network traffic usage can be changed, depending on the parameters that are of current interest to an organization affiliated with the set of registered devices. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140370844 | METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND LABELLING OF USER POINT OF INTEREST - The method comprises acquiring information from signals exchanged between a user's mobile computing devices and a plurality of Base Transceiver Stations, or BTSs, analyzing said acquired information for determining, over a period of time, the locations of said user's mobile computing device and deduce through a statistical model the points of interest, identifying and labelling at least part of said user's mobile computing device determined locations as points of interest. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140370845 | DETERMINING TELECOMMUNICATION SUBSCRIBER METRICS - Information associated with a communication is gathered at a switching point during the routing process to determine subscriber metric information associated with an active service identifier. The information relates to the originator of the communication and the target. The information is compared to a provider database to determine a carrier originally associated with the active service identifier. The information is then compared to a porting database to determine if the active service identifier was ported, and if so, to which carrier the active service identifier was ported. A determination can then be made regarding which carrier is associated with the active service identifier. The data may be aggregated for a large amount of switched communications, representing a large amount of active service identifiers for a given market. Thus, a number of subscribers for a given carrier in a given market may be determined. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140378091 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT, ANALYZE, AND UTILIZE NETWORK DATA - A method of providing enhanced mobile communications services through collecting, analyzing, and utilizing cellular network data is described. The method configures an intelligence engine based on a set of rules. The method receives the set of rules through a user interface or generates the set of rules through performing an analysis on the network data by the intelligence engine. The method receives network data events and correlates the received network data events. The intelligence engine determines an action in response to a correlated network data event. The action includes sending a text message or email containing an offer to a mobile communications services subscriber, or updating a database. The method then performs the action. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140378092 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Sharing Usage Plans - Shared usage plans are popular with families, friends, and small businesses. These shared usage plans share some cumulative utilization of resources, such as communications services. Even though multiple devices may share a monthly allotment of resources, an individual threshold is established for each device. The multiple individual thresholds may then be dynamically regulated to maintain the monthly allotment of resources. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150011177 | Resource Consumption Estimation with Out of Norm Determination in Mobile Devices - A method estimates resource consumption between applications within and among a population of wireless mobile devices. Aggregating and analyzing samples for each member of the population of devices provides comparable individual results. Subsequently aggregating and analyzing only summary information for each member of the population of devices provides cluster, crowd, and global comparisons. An apparatus determines out of norm behavior of an individual within a crowd, or relative differences between two crowds. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150011178 | TRAFFIC DISTANCE METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A method for determining a cell placement efficiency number for a wireless cell by computing a first radius R1, wherein the first radius R1 defines a first region that comprises a first threshold TH1 of the total cell traffic. A second radius R2 is computed, wherein the second radius R2 defines a second region that comprises a second threshold TH2 of the total cell traffic. A cell placement efficiency value is then computed using R1 and R2. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150011179 | TETHERING DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND CENTRAL MEDIATOR - Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling tethering distribution. At least one leecher to which data is to be tethered is detected. Usage of the data that is to be tethered to the at least one leecher is controlled by adjusting an amount of data that is to be tethered for each of the at least one leecher. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150024706 | USING PERSONAL WIRELESS DEVICES FOR NETWORK TESTING - A personal wireless device is utilized to carry out measurements of one or more network-performance related metrics in response to a triggering event. The triggering event can be a message that is transmitted by a network element to the personal wireless device. The personal wireless device may be exemplified by a variety of personal devices such as, for example, a cellular phone, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). The measurements may be used to derive network-performance related information such as cellular signal coverage areas, signal hole areas, and signal interference areas. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150031326 | High Level Operating System Application Use Case Identification System to Improve User Experience - Methods, devices, and systems for a mobile device to execute user experience software that dynamically determines operating policies that are suited for managing resources, such as transceivers, processors, and other units within the mobile device. In an aspect, a processor executing the user experience software may monitor for activity information that indicates a user's interactions with the mobile device. Based on the activity information, a processor executing the user experience software may match a circumstance defined by the activity information with a stored activity profile. The activity profile may include information indicating aggregated resource usage associated with the matched circumstance. A processor executing the user experience software may implement an operating policy based on the activity profile that manages how the mobile device utilizes resources. In various aspects, activity profiles may be periodically updated with resource usage information from numerous sources to aggregate data for managing particular circumstances. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150031327 | CELL DEVICE PLANNING TOOL - A device is configured to receive signal information and demand information associated with a set of cell devices in a network. The device is configured to determine time usage information, based on the signal information and based on the demand information, and to provide the time usage information. The device is configured to determine a proposed cell device, for the network, based on the time usage information, and to determine modified signal information based on the proposed cell device and based on the signal information. The device is configured to determine modified time usage information based on the modified signal information, and to provide the modified time usage information. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150031328 | Hybrid Network Based Metering Server and Tracking Client for Wireless Services - A process of tracking usage of a wireless device in a third party wireless network with a metering system includes implementing the metering system in a network separate from the third party wireless network and activating the wireless device in response to identification of the wireless device and confirmation of use of a tracking system to the metering system. The process further includes obtaining, by the metering system, an amount of wireless services used by the wireless device. The obtaining includes at least one of obtaining an amount of wireless services used from the third party wireless network and obtaining an amount of wireless services used from the tracking system. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150056947 | MOBILE DEVICE RADIO POWER CONSUMPTION AND BATTERY CAPACITY MANAGEMENT - A mobile device may manage the battery of the mobile device by controlling radio power usage. In one implementation, a mobile device may determine a target power usage associated with a radio of the mobile device, the radio implementing a radio link with a base station associated with a cellular wireless network. The mobile device may also determine an actual power usage associated with the radio of the mobile device and compare the actual power usage to the target power usage. The mobile device may communicate with the base station, and based on the comparison of the actual power usage to the target power usage, to cause the base station to reduce a bit rate associated with the radio link. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150056948 | MANAGEMENT OF RECORDS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method, computer system, and computer-readable storage media are provided. The method can include identifying a set of one or more rules in response to an offline event for the remote device. The method can also include determining, based upon the offline event, one or more usage factors from one or more rules that identify at least one usage factor. The method can also include measuring, using the remote device, the determined one or more usage factors. The method can also include generating a filter from the set of one or more rules based off the measured one or more usage factors. The method can also include filtering the plurality of records from the online-accessible database to produce a set of filtered records. The method can also include transmitting the set of filtered records to the remote device. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150065083 | TECHNOLOGY FOR OPERATING NETWORK NODES OF A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method includes: a) assigning, at a MME, after initiation of a user session of an UE, a correlation ID to the user session; b) defining, at the MME, in response to an initiation of a first trace session of the UE during the user session, a first mapping correlation which maps a first trace ID reflecting the first trace session, to the correlation ID, and sending the first mapping correlation to a TCE; and c) defining, at the MME, in response to an initiation of a second trace session of the UE during the user session, a second mapping correlation which maps a second trace ID reflecting the second trace session, to the correlation ID, and sending the second mapping correlation to the TCE. The first and second mapping correlation enable the TCE to assign trace session information to the user session. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150094017 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLE BALANCE MANAGEMENT USING RESERVATION CONSUMPTION - A method, system, and computer-program product for flexible balance management using reservation consumption are disclosed. For example, a method according to embodiments of the methods and systems disclosed herein includes receiving a request message and, in response to the receiving the request message, updating a consumed reservation balance. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150099483 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA USAGE MANAGEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for data usage management in an electronic device is provided. The method includes tracking an estimated cost of a download in a currency set by a user, determining the estimated cost of the download in the currency set by the user, displaying the estimated cost of the download, determining application data usage, implementing notifications of the data usage, and displaying the data usage, wherein a widget or an application is used to display the data usage. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150105043 | Pro-Active Mobile Network Data Usage Alert System - A flow analyzer analyzes data consumption of flows associated with a user device of a user. The flow analyzer determines, for a given flow associated with the user device, whether to generate a notification alerting the user about data consumption on the network associated with the given flow. For example, if the given flow contains a large object requiring an inordinate amount of data consumption or contains many smaller objects that in the aggregate require an inordinate amount of data consumption to provide the flow to the user device, the flow analyzer may generate a notification including information alerting the user to the size of the flow or object. Thus, the user may elect whether to continue a flow that may significantly impact their data allowance prior to incurring the costs. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150111528 | ADAPTING NETWORK POLICIES BASED ON DEVICE SERVICE PROCESSOR CONFIGURATION - Disclosed herein are various embodiments to prevent, detect, or take action in response to the moving a device credential from one device to another, the improper configuration of a service processor, a missing service processor, or the tampering with a service processor in device-assisted services (DAS) systems. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150126148 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Determination of Dominant Base Stations - Methods, systems, and products determine home locations of mobile devices. Times of usages of network base stations are summed to determine a dominant base station that is frequently used by a mobile device. The dominant base station is assigned as a home location for the mobile device. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150126149 | Systems and Methods for Contacts Management - Devices, terminals and methods are provided for contacts management. For example, one or more first contacts included in a communication log are received, wherein the communication log includes a call log or an SMS log; contact frequencies of the first contacts are calculated based on at least information associated with the communication log; one or more second contacts are selected to be managed from the first contacts based on at least information associated with the contact frequencies; if the second contacts exist in an address book is determined; and in response to the second contacts existing in the address book, the second contacts in the address book are extracted as frequent contacts; and a list of frequent contacts are generated based on at least information associated with the frequent contacts. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150133076 | Mobile device application monitoring software - A software application for monitoring the performance of other software applications on mobile devices using efficient crowd sourced data and efficient proxies for performance of the applications. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150133077 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR ASSOCIATED WITH WIRELESS DEVICES - An embodiment of the invention describes a wireless device comprising a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) further comprising a memory for storing program code for performing a plurality of operations, and a processor for processing the program code to execute the plurality of operations, the operations including receiving over-the-air instructions via a wireless network from a control center to create a rules set in the SIM, wherein the rules set defines an acceptable behavior of the wireless device, monitoring requests from a wireless modem of the wireless device for access files stored in the SIM, detecting an aggressive behavior of the wireless device based on the rules set, and blocking the wireless modem from generating traffic in the wireless network. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150140955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING CELL SITE POWER CONSUMPTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method, computer-readable storage device, and an apparatus for reducing power consumption in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method performs an analysis of a usage pattern for a cell site, determines whether a threshold is reached for reducing the power consumption based on the analysis of the usage pattern, and reduces the power consumption when the threshold is reached for reducing the power consumption. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150140956 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR CALL FLOW ANALYSIS USING COMPARISON LEVEL INDICATORS - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for call flow analysis using comparison level indicators (CLIs) are disclosed. One exemplary method includes emulating a plurality of user devices, transmitting test traffic to at least one device under test (DUT) using the emulated user devices, receiving traffic from the at least one DUT in response to the traffic transmitted by the emulated user devices, and analyzing the traffic received from the at least one DUT using one or more CLIs, wherein each CLI indicates particular information associated with the traffic to analyze or compare. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150147999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT ISSUES - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a method and system for predictive analysis of technical issues in a technical support environment. In some embodiments, the method may include receiving information associated with a first technical support issue reported by a customer, associating at least one category with the first technical support issue based on an analysis of the received information and a history of system operation status data, and transmitting at least a portion of the information associated with the first technical support issue and the associated at least one category to an agent workstation. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150148000 | Method and Arrangement for Grace Period Control Associated with a Service Level in a Cellular Communications System - A method in a telecom node for controlling a grace period associated with a licensed capacity usage in the telecom node is provided. The telecom node is comprised in a cellular telephone network. The licensed capacity usage is associated with a capacity license limit. The telecom node measures over a specific amount of time, the capacity usage in the telecom node overshooting the capacity licence limit. When the measured capacity usage exceeds a preset value of an allowed capacity usage overshoot, the telecom node triggers a grace period of the licensed capacity usage at the expiry of the specific amount of time. During the grace period capacity usage overshoot is allowed. Upon expiry of said grace period the licensed capacity usage is enforced according to the capacity licence limit unless the licensed capacity usage is increased. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150296089 | METHOD OF PACING BULK OPERATIONS BASED ON AVAILABLE SYSTEM RESOURCES - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a network node, the method including: calculating a number of accounts allowed for reset (NAAR) in a schedule interval based upon a usage reset scheduler rate (URSR) and a schedule interval (SI); receiving a list of accounts to be reset; determining if a spot in the reset queue is available; and processing an account reset when a spot in the reset queue is available further including: queuing a reset request for the account; and calculating the expected number of resets (ER). | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150319605 | DETECTING CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY ISSUES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Various embodiments manage service issues in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, a plurality of call detail records associated with a wireless communication network is received. The plurality of call detail records is analyzed. At least one pattern from the plurality of call detail records is identified based on analyzing the plurality of call detail records. The at least one pattern indicates at least one service issue occurred during a set of calls associated with each of the plurality of call detail records. A location associated with the at least one service issue that has occurred is identified based on identifying the at least one pattern. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319760 | COMPUTATIONAL SYNDROME DETECTORS - Example methods disclosed herein include analyzing session records associated with a wireless system resource to determine a number of wireless devices that accessed the wireless system resource over a first time period. Example methods disclosed herein also include determining a status of vehicular traffic along a section of roadway within a service range of the wireless system resource based on the number of wireless devices determined to have accessed the wireless system resource over the first time period. Example methods disclosed herein further include transmitting a report including the status of the vehicular traffic along the section of roadway to a first wireless device. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150341502 | WIRELESS NETWORK INSTALLATION ANALYZER AND REPORTING - An analyzer resource receives density information indicating mobile device usage in each of multiple geographical regions. The analyzer resource further receives resource information indicating locations of physical network resources available to support installation of wireless access points in the geographical regions and the location of any existing wireless access points already installed. The analyzer resource then uses at least the density information and the resource information to produce a respective metric for each of the multiple geographical regions. The respective metric for a corresponding geographical region indicates a desirability of installing a respective wireless access point in the corresponding geographical region. Further disclosed embodiments herein include generating a respective map indicating in which respective geographical regions it is desirable to install a respective wireless access point. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150341503 | SOLUTION TO ENFORCE TIME AND USAGE THRESHOLD FOR MONITORING - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enforcing time and usage limits are provided. One method includes allocating a usage allowance and time allowance for a group subscription to a network, and receiving a notification when a minimum threshold is reached for either the usage allowance or the time allowance within a certain duration. The method may further include determining a remainder of the usage allowance and a remainder of the time allowance by querying at least one policy and charging enforcement function, and reallocating the usage allowance and the time allowance based on the determined remainder of the usage allowance and the determined remainder of the time allowance. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150341506 | CONFORMITY ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING CONFORMITY TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device displays an icon for an application and stores a data restriction for the application. The wireless communication device receives a user selection of the icon and receives wireless data for the application. The wireless communication device compares an amount of the received wireless data for the application to the data restriction for the application to determine a data conformity level for the application. The wireless communication device translates the data conformity level for the application to a color. The wireless communication device displays the icon for the application surrounded by the color to indicate the data conformity level of the application. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150341747 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING DYNAMIC GEO-FENCES BASED ON CONTENT CONSUMPTION LEVELS IN A GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - Systems and methods are provided for determining in real-time geographic areas having a threshold level of content consumption and deploying dynamic geo-fences to contain these geographic areas. These dynamic geo-fences provide a means for timing message notifications in order to optimize the chances of delivering targeted content to a mobile device user based on the current geographic location of the user's device relative to a threshold level of content consumption area. As mobile device users may be more likely to launch a client application in a place where other users are currently consuming content, a general message notification sent to the user's device located in a dynamic geo-fence created based on real-time content consumption, may increase the likelihood that the user will launch the client application and thereby, allow targeted content to be delivered to the user's mobile device. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150350851 | DETERMINING LOCATION OF A USER OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of determining location of a user of a mobile device based on Call Detail Records (CDRs) includes determining data in CDRs related to the user; determining base stations associated with communication locations of the user and corresponding statistical data about communication frequency according to the determined data in the CDRs; and determining location of the user based on at least three determined base stations and the corresponding statistical data about communication frequency as well as physical coordinates of the three base stations. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350956 | CHANGING A DATA STREAM CHARACTERISTIC BASED ON A DATA USAGE RATE - An approach is provided for adjusting a characteristic of a data stream. A rate of data usage provided by one or more data streams within a time period that has not ended is determined. An amount of time remaining in the time period is determined. Based at least in part on the amount of time remaining in the time period and the rate of data usage, an expected amount of data usage within the entire time period is determined. Whether the expected amount of data usage exceeds a limit on data usage within the entire time period is determined. If the expected amount of data usage exceeds the limit, the characteristic of the data stream is adjusted so that actual data usage within the entire time period does not exceed the limit. The actual data usage is based in part on the adjusted characteristic. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150351066 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH NON-TERRESTRIAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Embodiments are provided for communicating with electronic devices traveling on an aircraft. According to certain aspects, a data center can examine registration data to identify a set of electronic devices that are traveling on a particular flight, and can retrieve relevant travel information associated with the set of electronic devices. In particular, the travel information may be general to the flight or may be related to a specific itinerary for one of the passengers. The data center may generate one or more text messages that are intended for one of more of the set of electronic devices. The data center may also transmit the text message(s) to an on-board network for delivery to the electronic device(s). | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150358475 | ENRICHING AND ANALYZING CDR DATA TO IDENTIFY VOICE TRAFFIC ROUTING THROUGH AN INTERMEDIATE PROVIDER - A method describes enriching a Call Detail Record (CDR) to identify traffic routing through network providers. The method comprises the steps of obtaining Operator Carrier Numbers (OCNs) assigned to network providers operating in a network; obtaining trunk group identifiers for identifying trunks configured to interconnect an Originating Provider's network including a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) with network providers; and identifying network providers configured to communicate through the trunk groups with the Originating Provider's network, including the MSC. The method also obtains a Called Party Number (CdPN) from the CDR; and associates the CdPN with an OCN of a network provider. The method also determines whether the OCN associated with the trunk group and the OCN of the CdPN are the same. If they are the same, then the method concludes that the Originating Provider, including the MSC is communicating directly with the network provider without any other network provider operating as an Intermediate Provider; if they are not the same, then the method concludes that the Originating Provider including the MSC is communicating indirectly with the network provide involving another network provider operating as an Intermediate Provider. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150365521 | Dynamic Resource Adjustment for Establishing and Maintaining a Call of Interest - Methods and servers are disclosed for dynamically adjusting mobile communication device resources for maintaining call on the mobile communication device subject to a lawful intercept. Methods may include a server transmitting to the mobile communication device an activation input for activating a call extender daemon that cannot be deactivated. A resource status indication message may be received from the mobile communication device. The resource status indication message may include a state of an onboard resource of the mobile communication device. A resource adjustment input may be transmitted from the server to the mobile communication device. The resource adjustment input may cause the call extender daemon to adjust an operating state of the onboard resource of the mobile communication device based on the activation input to increase a likelihood of maintaining an active call on the mobile communication device and without alerting a user of the mobile communication device. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365815 | PROCESSING OF PREFERRED ROAMING LISTS - Processing of preferred roaming lists is disclosed. Usage data about wireless communication networks as utilized by a plurality of mobile apparatuses each associated with a set of subscriber identity modules performing subscriber identification and authentication in the wireless communication networks is gathered. Subscriber identity module-specific preferred roaming lists are updated on the basis of the usage data. The updated preferred roaming lists are distributed for use by the sets of the subscriber identity modules in the plurality of the mobile apparatuses. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150373186 | ENHANCED DATA CAPTURE, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING FOR UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS - The present disclosure includes descriptions of various aspects of unified communication (UC) systems, including UC management and analysis systems and related tools and techniques. Described systems, tools, and techniques are adapted for enhanced UC data capture, analysis, and reporting; enhanced UC monitoring services; and a user survey service that can be used for conducting user surveys related to UC services. Embodiments disclosed herein include computer systems and methods that can be used for analyzing service level objectives for call quality, classifying calls into distinct categories, and real-time user notification of call quality and reliability issues. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150373207 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, for obtaining information concerning a telecommunications network from various databases and/or informational spreadsheets, aggregating the information into a database, and displaying the information to aid in providing a telecommunication service to a customer. In one embodiment, the information in the database may be provided to an administrator of the telecommunications network through a user interface available to the administrator. With the information provided, the administrator may determine the network services available to a potential customer of the network and may generate a plan to provide the services to the customer's location. The information may include one or more connection locations to the telecommunications network and provide an estimated cost to the network and/or the customer for providing the service to the customer, including providing information to a field technician for installation of the service. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150381825 | MOBILE APPLICATION USAGE MONITOR - Described herein is a framework to monitor mobile application usage. In accordance with one aspect of the framework, sensor data from one or more sensors in a mobile computing device is received. Usage of one or more mobile applications implemented on the mobile computing device may be monitored based on such sensor data to generate monitoring results. A report may be generated based on the monitoring results. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381826 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DATA USAGE FOR A SERVICE ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - An approach for managing the amount of data spent by one or more user devices on one or more services is described. A data usage analysis platform receives an input for specifying a data budget associated with a service, wherein the service operates on one or more devices. The data usage analysis platform also monitors data usage data associated with the service across the one or more devices. Still further, the data usage analysis platform presents a report of the data usage data with respect to the data budget. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160006571 | ADAPTING PCC RULES TO USER EXPERIENCE - A method for policy management in a network comprises collecting data relating to one or more active user equipment in the network, processing said data, and responsive to said processing determining if policy management provided by a policy function of the network with respect to a respective user equipment is to be changed. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160006861 | MOBILE DEVICE USAGE ACTIVITY REPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for reporting mobile device usage activity. The method includes monitoring location data and/or sensor data of a particular mobile device corresponding to a particular user and monitoring usage activity occurring on the particular mobile device, the usage activity including voice communication, electronic messaging, and application usage. A processor determines whether the particular mobile device is operating in a moving vehicle based on the location data and/or the sensor data. It is further determined whether the usage activity occurs while the particular mobile device is operating in a moving vehicle. A report is generated and provided indicating whether the usage activity occurs while the particular mobile device is operating in a moving vehicle. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160021545 | Communication Coverage Navigation - A network device may predict the use of a mobile device and configure a network based on the prediction. The network device may provide instructions to display coverage indicators for the mobile device based on the predictions. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160029202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION HISTORY RECONCILIATION AMONGST LINKED DEVICES - Methods and systems for communication history reconciliation amongst linked devices are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for communication history reconciliation amongst linked devices may include receiving an incoming communication request directed to a communication identifier associated with a user account, transmitting the communication request to at least a first device and a second device associated with the user account, receiving, responsive to the communication request, a message from the first device indicating that the first device has accepted the communication request to establish a call, and transmitting, to the second device, an indication that the communication request was accepted by the first device. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160036514 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided a communication terminal configured to provide a tethering function controls permission of communication of a different apparatus using the tethering function provided by the communication terminal, based on at least one of attribute information of the different apparatus, a communication destination of the different apparatus, and information on an interface of a network to which the communication terminal is connected, in accordance with a control policy stored in a storage unit in advance. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160037321 | Telecommunications Data Usage Management - Telecommunications data usage management may be provided. A network state associated with a communication network may be identified. Upon determining that the network state is not in compliance with a data usage policy, access to the communication network may be restricted for at least one application. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160065749 | COMMUNICATION CONTROLLING METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for controlling wireless internet connection of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device tracks the habits of a user of starting or ending the application and adjusts itself to match the habits, the application is based on the Internet. The electronic device automatically disconnects a communication link between the electronic device and the network of mobile Internet when the current time is an idle usage time of the application. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160066120 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING USAGE HISTORY OF SMARTPHONE, RECOMMENDING USER FITTING APPLICATION, AND PROVIDING RESEARCH SERVICE BASED ON REWARD USING SMARTPHONE OPTIMIZING APPLICATION - A service system and method for collecting usage history of a smartphone using a smartphone optimization application, recommending a user-fitting application, and providing a research service based on a reward, include a processor, and a memory. The processor includes a collector configured to collect usage history provided from a terminal according to a control of an optimization application that is installed in the terminal and automatically executed in the terminal for at least one of a security enhancement and performance optimization of the terminal, and an analyzer configured to analyze at least one of a field of interest of the user and a usage pattern of the user about at least one other application installed in the terminal, based on the collected usage history. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160066189 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADDRESSING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES THAT ARE LOST OR STOLEN BUT NOT YET REPORTED AS SUCH - A method is provided for evaluating the usage of a mobile communications device that itself provides access to a resource. In the method, a detected usage of the mobile communications device is compared to a stored usage pattern of an authorized user. When a measure associated with the difference between the detected usage and the stored usage pattern exceeds a threshold, it is concluded that the mobile communications device is being used by an unauthorized user. In response to this conclusion, a restriction is placed on an ability of the mobile communications device to access the resource. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160066250 | WEB SERVER AND NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD THEREOF - A web server and a network connection method for local network log-in are provided. The method includes receiving a first calling signal from a mobile communication device through a mobile phone network, identifying a phone number of the mobile communication device according to the first calling signal from the mobile communication device, and permitting the mobile communication device to access an operating interface by using a class C network uniform resource locator through a local area network, and the phone number is contained in the class C network uniform resource locator. Accordingly, users can connect to the local network easily and safely through the provided web server. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160072964 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Sharing Usage Plans - Shared usage plans are popular with families, friends, and small businesses. These shared usage plans share some cumulative utilization of resources, such as communications services. Even though multiple devices may share a monthly allotment of resources, an individual threshold is established for each device. The multiple individual thresholds may then be dynamically regulated to maintain the monthly allotment of resources. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160073248 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160073293 | SEGMENTATION AND REASSEMBLY OF WARNING MESSAGES - The transmission of a warning message to a mobile terminal in a mobile communication network is triggered by an emergency event. The mobile terminal is first made aware of the need to receive a warning message by reception of an emergency event notification. The warning message is divided into a plurality of message segments. Each segment is transmitted in a separate paging message over a paging channel to mobile terminals in an idle mode. Information is added to each message segment to enable the mobile terminal to discriminate between segments belonging to different warning messages. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160088564 | LOW-POWER LOCATION INFORMATION REPORTING - Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications that may be performed (e.g., by a user equipment) for location information reporting. The method generally includes determining one or more properties of the UE and adjusting one or more parameters of location information reporting based on the determined one or more properties. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088681 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ACTIVE TIME OF UE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for determining an active time of UE, where the method includes: acquiring extension information of a DTX active time of a base station; and adjusting a DTX active time of the UE according to the extension information, and using an overlapped time between the DTX active time of the UE and a DRX active time of the UE as an active time of the UE for listening on a PDCCH channel. The UE can learn a latest DTX condition according to a change of the DTX on a base station side in a manner of acquiring extension information of a DTX active time of the base station, and therefore can determine a correct active time of the UE with reference to DRX of the UE, thereby ultimately ensuring QoS of the UE. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160094980 | CORRESPONDENCES ESTABLISHMENT BETWEEN MOBILE USER AND NETWORK ACCOUNTS - A method for establishing correspondences between mobile communication users and their network accounts includes acquiring an identifier of one of the mobile communication users and access information corresponding to the identifier from a communication stream. The access information includes Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) associated with network resources that have been accessed by the one of the mobile communication users. The method further includes acquiring a first set of network accounts associated with the URLs, and determining a second set of network accounts corresponding to the one of the mobile communication users based on the first set of network accounts. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160119776 | SUBSCRIBER GROUP RELATED CONTROL IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An apparatus of a communication network is provided, which detects (S | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160127210 | Facilitating Collection and Display of Information Related to Data Usage by a Plurality of Mobile Devices - A method for facilitating collection and display of information related to data usage by a plurality of mobile devices is disclosed. The method involves receiving first quantity information and sending a first identifier associated with the plurality of mobile devices and first activity-related information including the first quantity information to a server. The method also involves receiving group activity-related information associated with the plurality of mobile devices, the group activity-related information derived at least in part from second activity-related information including second quantity information, and producing signals for causing a display to display information derived from the group activity-related information. A method of associating a plurality of mobile devices in a group is also disclosed. Systems and computer-readable media for facilitating collection and display of information related to data usage by a plurality of mobile devices and for associating a plurality of mobile devices in a group are also disclosed. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127921 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE AN OVERALL PERFORMANCE INDEX - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate an overall performance index. The overall performance index is generated from data values from multiple different datasources that measure the same aspect of network performance of wireless providers of interest. The data values are used to generate metrics that measure the same aspect of network performance. The metrics are indexed and combined to generate an overall performance index. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160135031 | ENABLING MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES TO TRACK DATA USAGE AMONG MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES THAT SHARE A DATA PLAN - A method, system and computer program product for enabling mobile computing devices to track data usage among mobile computing devices that share a data plan. A threshold amount of data to be consumed over a period of time (e.g., billing period) by the mobile computing devices belonging to the shared data plan is received. Upon receiving a message from one of these mobile computing devices that contains an identifier that indicates that the message pertains to data usage information for the shared data plan, the current data usage metrics for the mobile computing device that sent the message is retrieved from the message. The value of the aggregate data usage is updated with the retrieved data usage metrics. Actions, such as throttling the data usage, are performed in response to the aggregate data usage being within a designated amount of data to the threshold amount of data to be consumed. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160142558 | INTERACTIVE APPLICATION RESOURCE USAGE INFORMATION - An environment is described in which a processing system provides application-level usage information to users. In one scenario, for example, the processing system may provide personal usage information to a user who is operating a user device. The personal usage information itemizes the amount of data (and/or other resources) that has been consumed by each application run by the user device. In another scenario, the processing system may provide expected usage information associated with at least one candidate application provided by a marketplace system. The expected usage information describes an expected consumption of data (and/or other resources) by the candidate application upon running the candidate application by the user device. The processing system can tailor the expected usage information that it sends to a particular user based on user profile data. The user profile data describes a manner in which users operate applications. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142905 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A TIME-SENSITIVE GRAMMAR - The disclosure relates to creating a time-sensitive grammar. A device receives a plurality of data points, identifies a plurality of time gaps associated with the plurality of data points, each of the plurality of time gaps representing a dwell time or a frequency of occurrence of a data point of the plurality of data points, generates a generic time factor representing a multiple of the plurality of time gaps, and combines the generic time factor with the plurality of data points to create a time-sensitive sequence of data points. The generic time factor may be inserted into the time-sensitive sequence a number of times representing the dwell time or the frequency of occurrence of a corresponding data point of the plurality of data points. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160150396 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK RESOURCES AND UTILIZING NON-REUSABLE, OBLIGATED NETWORK RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK RESOURCES - A system and computer-implemented method for reducing obligated communications network resources for a subscriber may include tracking usage of network resources during a month. A determination if the amount of network resources for which the subscriber has non-reusable, obligated network resources of the same type exceeds a monthly subscription allotment, and, if so, drawing additional network resources from the non-reusable, obligated network resources for the subscriber to use. Otherwise, the non-reusable, obligated network resources may not be drawn for the subscriber to use. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160173700 | MOBILE DEVICE PUSH NOTIFICATION USING MOBILE APPLICATION USAGE HISTORY | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160174103 | METHOD & SYSTEM FOR CELLULAR NETWORK LOAD BALANCE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160191142 | DEPLOYMENT CRITERIA FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES TO IMPROVE CELLULAR PHONE COMMUNICATIONS - System, method and computer program product for extending mobile device cellular carrier network coverage using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with telecommunications devices to act as temporary mobile device cellular network towers. The system and method extends cellular phone coverage of a land-based cellular phone network by: receiving information for determining a predicted or actual increase in aggregate cellular phone usage demand in an area at a determined time; identifying, based on an the predicted or actual increased aggregate cellular phone usage demand for the area, whether there exists a mismatch of existing usage coverage compared with the determined increased aggregate demand for that area; determining, based on an identified mismatch, a plan for sending signals to and deploying one or more mobile cellular unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) having telecommunications equipment configured to extend cellular phone network coverage of an existing land-based cellular phone network at the mismatched area. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191696 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONFIGURING A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON AN ORIENTATION-BASED USAGE CONTEXT - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for automatically configuring a mobile device. A mobile device can include a touch sensitive display, a processor, and a plurality of sensors to collect sensor data associated with the mobile device. The mobile device may establish an orientation of the mobile device relative to a user of the mobile device based on the sensor data. The mobile device may then determine a usage context for the mobile device based at least on the established orientation of the mobile device relative to the user. Furthermore, the mobile device may configure one or more components of the mobile device based on the determined usage context. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191717 | Hybrid Network Based Metering Server For A Shared Service And Tracking Client For Wireless Services - A process of modifying a usage allotment of a shared subscription in a third party wireless network includes implementing a metering system in a network separate from the third party wireless network and activating a plurality of wireless devices associated with the shared subscription in response to identification of each of the plurality of wireless devices and confirmation of use of a respective tracking system that tracks a respective usage allotment for each of the plurality of wireless devices on the metering system. In addition, the process includes receiving a change request to reallocate the respective usage allotment for at least two of the plurality of wireless devices and forwarding modification instructions to the at least two wireless devices. Furthermore, the process includes requesting confirmations from the at least two wireless devices that the modification instructions have been received and modifying the respective usage allotments for the at least two wireless devices in response to receiving confirmation from the at least two wireless devices. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160192200 | DATA USAGE IN MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES - In a multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) device for wireless communication, data usage is transferred from one subscription to another subscription. When it is determined the data utilized for a first subscription associated with a first SIM of the multi-SIM device is above a first data allowance threshold, then the data communication associated with the first subscription is transferred to a second subscription associated with a second SIM of the multi-SIM device. The transferring may occur when data utilized for the second subscription is below a second data allowance threshold. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20180027130 | VISUALIZING PREDICTED CUSTOMER BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION BASED ON UTILIZATION HISTORY | 01-25-2018 |
