Method and systems of collecting and segmenting device sensor data while in transit via a network

• US 10,405,173 B1
• Filed: 06/05/2013
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Holmes, Geoffrey A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Iosif, Mario C.
• Application Number:
  US13/911,074
• Time in Patent Office: 2,281 Days
• Field of Search: 705 1454, 705 1466, 705 1441, 705319, 707733
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 Processing of subscriber group data

Abstract

A network system for collecting and segmenting device sensor data is disclosed. The system comprises a memory. The system further comprises a classification application configured to classify a subscriber profile based on at least one interaction record. The system also comprises a gateway configured to receive a first message from a mobile device comprising a user identification based on one or more mobile device specific values and the first interaction record based on a detection of an interaction between a first mobile device user and the mobile device, assign a subscriber profile with the first message, wherein the subscriber profile is based at least on the user identification, add at least the first interaction record to the assigned subscriber profile, and transmit the subscriber profile to the classification application.

Claims

1. A network system for collecting and segmenting device sensor data while in transit via a network, the network system comprising:

a network system server having a processor and a non-transitory memory storing a network system component and a classification application stored in the non-transitory memory that configures the processor upon execution to classify a subscriber profile based on at least one interaction record; and

a gateway that is communicatively coupled to the network, network system component, and classification application, and configured to;

detect, by the gateway, a message being transmitted from a mobile device, through the network system, to an application located on a server, wherein the server comprising the application is connected to the network and the server is external to the network system, wherein the message is detected via a marker and the message comprises an interaction record and user identifier corresponding to the mobile device, the interaction record of the message comprising sensor data corresponding to interactions, measured via a plurality of sensors communicatively coupled to the mobile device, between a user of the mobile device and the mobile device, and wherein the sensor data corresponds to spatial orientation of the mobile device, movement of the mobile device, frequency of use of the mobile device, and type of mobile device use,

in response to the detection of the marker, intercept, by the gateway, the message being transmitted through the network system and receive the message at the gateway before the message is forwarded to the application located on the server that is external to the network system,

in response to the intercepted message being received at the gateway and before the message is forwarded to the server that is external to the network system;

compare the user identifier to a data store comprising a plurality of user identifiers associated with subscriber profiles;

assign, by the gateway when the user identifier matches a stored subscriber profile in the data store, the message to the stored subscriber profile based at least on one of the user identifier or a network identifier appended to a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) header of the message by the network system component,

generate and store, by the gateway when the user identifier does not match any stored subscriber profile in the data store, a new subscriber profile,

assign, by the gateway, the message to the new subscriber profile based at least on one of the user identifier or the network identifier appended to the HTTP header of the message by the network system component, and

add, by the gateway, at least the interaction record of the message to the assigned subscriber profile,

transmit the assigned subscriber profile to the classification application that classifies the assigned subscriber profile and clusters the assigned subscriber profile with at least one other subscriber profile based on the classification, and

forward, by the gateway, the message from the gateway to the application located on the server that is external to the network system, wherein the message has the network identifier appended to the HTTP header.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising an identification application configured to identify the message so that at least the gateway may receive the message.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the identification application identifies the message based on the marker, and wherein the marker is generated by a software development kit within an application on the mobile device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the network system component is configured to:

receive the message comprising the user identifier, wherein the user identifier is associated with a mobile device owner;

identify the user identifier and assign the network identifier to the message based on the association between the user identifier and the mobile device owner, wherein the network identifier comprise profile data of the mobile device owner; and

transmit the message to the gateway, wherein the gateway assigns the subscriber profile based on the network identifier.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the network identifier exists for the mobile device only if the mobile device utilizes services associated with the network providing the network system.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor data further comprises a time of the interaction.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the classification application is configured to cluster the assigned subscriber profile with at least one other subscriber profile based on a common classification.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the classification application notifies a computer system associated with at least one of a merchant, advertiser, marketer, service provider, or media outlet so that at least one of a coupon, an advertisement, a promotion, a recommendation, or update related to the classification of the assigned subscriber profile is sent via the network to the mobile device.

9. A method for collecting device sensor data while in transit via a network, the method comprising:

detecting, by a gateway within a network system, a message being transmitted on the network from a mobile device, through the network system, to an application located on a server, wherein the server comprising the application is connected to the network and the server is external to the network system, wherein the message is detected via a marker and the message comprises;

a user identifier based on one or more mobile device specific values, and an interaction record having sensor data corresponding to interactions, measured via a plurality of sensors communicatively coupled to the mobile device, between a mobile device user and the mobile device, and wherein the sensor data corresponds to spatial orientation of the mobile device, movement of the mobile device, frequency of use of the mobile device, and type of mobile device use;

in response to detecting the message, intercepting, by the gateway of the network system, the message being transmitted through the network system and receiving the message at the gateway before the message is forwarded to the application located on the server that is external to the network system;

in response to the intercepted message being received at the gateway and before the message is forwarded to the server that is external to the network system;

comparing the user identifier to a data store comprising a plurality of user identifiers associated with subscriber profiles;

assigning, by the gateway of the network system when the user identifier matches a stored subscriber profile in the data store, the message to the stored subscriber profile based at least on one of the user identifier or a network identifier appended to a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) header of the message by a network system component of the network system;

generating and storing, by the gateway of the network system when the user identifier does not match any stored subscriber profile in the data store, a new subscriber profile;

assigning, by the gateway of the network system, the message to the new subscriber profile based at least on one of the user identifier or the network identifier appended to the HTTP header of the message by the network system component; and

adding, by the gateway of the network system, at least the interaction record to the assigned subscriber profile;

transmitting, by the gateway of the network system, the assigned subscriber profile to a classification application of the network system, wherein the classification application classifies the assigned subscriber profile based at least on the interaction record and clusters the assigned subscriber profile with at least one other subscriber profile based on the classification; and

forwarding, by the gateway of the network system, the message from the gateway to the application located on the server that is external to the network system, wherein the message has the network identifier appended to the HTTP header.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the device specific values are based on at least one of the type of device or the application technology stack.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the sensor data further includes a time of the interaction.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying comprises identifying the marker attached to the message, and wherein the marker is provided by a software development kit of an application installed on the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising clustering, by the classification application of the network system, the assigned subscriber profile with at least one other subscriber profile based at least on the interaction record.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

identifying, by the network system, a second message from the mobile device to a second application, wherein the second message comprises the user identifier and a second interaction record based on a detection of an interaction between a second mobile device user and the mobile device;

receiving, by the gateway of the network system, the second message, wherein the gateway assigns the second message to the assigned subscriber profile, wherein the assigned subscriber profile comprises at least the interaction record of the message;

adding, by the gateway of the network system, the second interaction record of the second message to the assigned subscribe profile so that the assigned subscriber profile comprises the interaction record of the message and the second interaction record of the second message; and

transmitting, by the gateway of the network system, the assigned subscriber profile to the classification application of the network system to reclassify the assigned subscriber profile based on the addition of the second interaction record of the second message.

15. A method for collecting device sensor data while in transit via a network, the method comprising:

detecting, by a mobile device via a plurality of sensors, at least one interaction between a mobile device user and the mobile device, where the mobile device generates sensor data based on the detected interaction;

in response to detecting the interaction, attaching, by an application on the mobile device, a marker to a message that is intended for a server located external to a network system;

sending, by the mobile device, the message via the network system to the server located external to the network system;

identifying, via the marker by the network system comprising a gateway, the message being transmitted from the mobile device, through the network system, to an application located on the server, wherein the server comprising the application is connected to the network and the server is external to the network system, wherein the message requests access to the application located on the server external to the network system and the message comprises;

the marker, a user identifier based on one or more mobile device specific values, and at least one interaction record having the sensor data that is based on the detection of the at least one interaction between the mobile device user and the mobile device via the plurality of sensors on the mobile device, wherein the sensor data corresponds to spatial orientation of the mobile device, movement of the mobile device, frequency of use of the mobile device, and type of mobile device use, and wherein the user identifier is identified as being associated with a mobile device owner and a network identifier is assigned to the message based on being associated with the user identifier and the mobile device owner;

in response to identifying the message, intercepting, by the gateway of the network system, the message being transmitted through the network system and receiving the message at the gateway of the network system before the message is forwarded to the application located on the server that is external to the network system;

in response to the intercepted message being received at the gateway and before the message is forwarded to the server that is external to the network system;

comparing the user identifier to a data store comprising a plurality of user identifiers associated with subscriber profiles;

assigning, by the gateway of the network system when the user identifier matches a stored subscriber profile in the data store, the message to the stored subscriber profile based on the network identifier appended to a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) header of the message by a component of the network system, the network identifier comprising profile data corresponding to the mobile device owner;

generating and storing, by the gateway of the network system when the user identifier does not match any stored subscriber profile in the data store, a new subscriber profile;

assigning, by the gateway of the network system, the message to the new subscriber profile based at least on one of the user identifier or the network identifier appended to the HTTP header of the message by the network system component; and

adding, by the gateway of the network system, at least the at least one interaction record to the assigned subscriber profile;

transmitting, by the gateway of the network system, the assigned subscriber profile to a classification application of the network system, wherein the classification application classifies the assigned subscriber profile based at least on the profile data of the mobile device owner and the at least one interaction record; and

forwarding, by the gateway of the network system, the message from the gateway to the application located on the server that is external to the network system, wherein the message has the network identifier appended to the HTTP header.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein assigning the network identifier based on the user identifier comprises matching the mobile device owner associated with the user identifier with a mobile device owner associated with the network identifier.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising clustering, by the classification application of the network system, the assigned subscriber profile with at least one other subscriber profile based on a similarity between the at least one interaction record of the message and an interaction record associated with the other subscriber profile.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein clustering comprises identifying at least one of a similar interaction record between the assigned subscriber profile and the at least one other subscriber profile, identifying at least one of another interaction record of the other subscriber profile which is different from any interaction record of the assigned subscriber profile, and associating the assigned subscriber profile with the different interaction record based on the similar interaction records.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

identifying, by the network system, a second message from a second mobile device to a second application, wherein the second message comprises a second user identifier based on one or more second mobile device specific values and at least one interaction record based on a detection of at least one interaction between a second mobile device user and the second mobile device, wherein the second user identifier is associated with the mobile device owner;

receiving, by the component of the network system, the second message to the second application;

identifying, by the component of the network system, the second user identifier and assigning the network identifier to the second message based on the association between the second user identifier and the mobile device owner;

receiving, by the gateway of the network system, the second message, wherein the gateway assigns the second message to the assigned subscriber profile based on the network identifier, wherein the assigned subscriber profile comprises at least the profile data of the mobile device owner and the at least one interaction record of the message;

adding, by the gateway of the network system, the at least one interaction record of the second message to the assigned subscriber profile so that the assigned subscriber profile comprises the profile data of the mobile device owner, the at least one interaction record of the message, and the at least one interaction record of the second message; and

transmitting, by the gateway of the network system, the assigned subscriber profile to the classification application of the network system to reclassify the assigned subscriber profile based on the addition of the at least one interaction record of the second message.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising reclustering, by the classification application of the network system, the assigned subscriber profile based on the reclassification of the assigned subscriber profile.