Systems and methods for operation of network location services via translation of network telemetry

• US 10,313,828 B1
• Filed: 10/03/2017
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Burcham, Robert, Delker, Jason, Habiger, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Beamer, Temica M
• Application Number:
  US15/724,245
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561, 4554562, 4554563
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Systems and methods discussed herein are directed towards more efficient processing of user equipment (UE) data received in a native network telemetry data form. This data is stored and is selectively translated upon request to a different form such as longitude and latitude. The selective translation may be based on a request for a particular range of data that may fall into a geofence, which may be dynamically adjusted over time.

Claims

1. A system for maintaining location services, comprising:

an application stored in a non-transitory memory of a telecommunications provider server and executable by a processor to;

receive a plurality of location information expressed as a plurality of network telemetry values from a plurality of user equipment (UEs);

store the plurality of location information;

receive a request for identification information of UE within a geographic location expressed using a plurality of latitudes and a plurality of longitudes;

translate the geographical location in the request from the plurality of latitudes and the plurality of longitudes into corresponding network telemetry values;

analyze the stored plurality of location information based on the translated geographical location in the request;

identify, based on the analysis, a portion of the plurality of location information that corresponds to the translated geographic location in the request and a subset of UEs of the plurality of UEs associated with the identified portion of the plurality of location information;

translate the identified portion of location information from network telemetry values into a corresponding plurality of latitudes and longitudes; and

transmit identification information of the subset of UEs associated with the identified portion of the plurality of location information to a party associated with the request.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the request is received from an entity of the telecommunications service provider associated with a different server or a vendor.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the request comprises content and the application is further configured to transmit the content to the subset of UEs associated with the portion of translated location information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of network telemetry values associated with the plurality of location information are associated with a plurality of cell sites supported by the telecommunications service provider'"'"'s network.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of UEs comprises laptops, desktops, personal digital assistants (PDA), tablets, wearable technology, mobile phones, and smart phones.

6. A method of maintaining location services, each step of the method performed by an application stored in a non-transitory memory of a telecommunications provider server and executed by a processor of the telecommunications provider server, the method comprising:

receiving a request comprising content and a geofence expressed using a plurality of latitudes and a plurality of longitudes;

translating the geofence in the request from the plurality of latitudes and the plurality of longitudes into corresponding network telemetry values;

analyzing, in response to receipt of the request, a plurality of location information associated with a plurality of user equipment (UEs) and stored in the non-transitory memory;

identifying, based on the analysis, a portion of the plurality of location information that corresponds to the translated geofence in the request;

identifying, based on the analysis, a cell site associated with the identified portion of the plurality of location information;

receiving from the identified cell site, a plurality of location information from a plurality of UEs in communication with the identified cell site, wherein the plurality of location information from the plurality of UEs in communication with the identified cell site is accumulated via a trap;

translating the plurality of location information received from the identified cell site from network telemetry values into a corresponding plurality of latitudes and longitudes; and

transmitting identification information of the plurality of UEs in communication with the identified cell site to a party associated with the request.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the trap is generated at the cell site.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the trap is generated at the telecommunications provider server.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

determining based on the plurality of location information captured by the trap, at least one other cell site that each of the plurality of UEs is in communication with at the same time as it is in communication with the identified cell site;

generating a trap for the at least one other cell site;

analyzing data from the traps at the identified cell site and the at least one other cell site; and

determining which UEs of the plurality of UEs are in communication with the at least one other cell site and the identified cell site at the same time.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting the content from the request to the UEs of the plurality of UEs determined to be in communication with the at least one other cell site and the identified cell site at the same time.

11. A method of maintaining location services, comprising:

receiving, by an application stored in a non-transitory memory of a telecommunications provider server, a request to distribute content to user equipment (UE) in a target area, wherein the target area is expressed using a plurality of latitudes and a plurality of longitudes and comprises a geofence;

translating, by the application, the request into a corresponding native network telemetry data form;

in response to receipt of the request, analyzing, by the application, a plurality of location information received for a plurality of UEs by a plurality of cell sites, wherein the plurality of location information is received in the native network telemetry data form;

identifying, by the application, based on the analyzing, a portion of the plurality of location information that corresponds to the geofence;

identifying, by the application, UEs of the plurality of UEs associated with the portion of the plurality of location information;

translating, by the application, the portion of location information into a plurality of latitudes and a plurality of longitudes, wherein the identified UEs receive the content subsequent to translating the portion of location information;

receiving and analyzing, by the application, from the identified UEs, a plurality of content receipt data comprising at least one of an indication of whether the content was received by the UE and a location of the UE when the content was received; and

modifying, subsequent to the analyzing of the plurality of content receipt data, the geofence.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining, by the application, subsequent to receiving the plurality of content receipt data, whether the identified UEs which received the content were within the geofence at the time of receipt.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining, by the application, subsequent to receiving the plurality of content receipt data, whether the identified UEs which did not receive the content were within the geofence at the time of receipt.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining, by the application, subsequent to receiving the plurality of content receipt data, whether the identified UEs which received the content were within the geofence at a time the content was viewed.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining, by the application, subsequent to receiving the plurality of content receipt data, a location of the identified UEs which received the content but which were not within the geofence at the time of receipt.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein modifying the geofence comprises either adding at least one cell site to the geofence, removing at least one cell site from the geofence, or generating a sub-geofence.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the sub-geofence is one of within the geofence or shares at least two cell sites in common with the geofence.