MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A VoIP NETWORK SERVICE

• US 20120127895A1
• Filed: 11/22/2010
• Published: 05/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Yussouff, Ashraf, Puseljic, Danilo, Patel, Kanti S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,774,700 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/259
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1053 IP private branch exchange [PBX] functionality entities or arrangements circuit switched PBXs H04M3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A network device stores one or more mobile applications. The network device receives a message from another network device, where the message specifies multiple mobile devices to which the one or more mobile applications should be uploaded. The mobile devices include cellular telephones. The network device sends a notification to the multiple mobile devices that the one or more mobile applications are available for download from the network device. The notification includes a short message service (SMS) text message. The network device sends the one or more mobile applications to the multiple mobile devices based on receiving replies to the notification from the multiple mobile devices.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a first network device, a service activation request associated with a customer requesting activation of a network service for one or more subscribers; and

sending, based on the received service activation request, a subscriber activation request from the first network device to a second network device, that stores a mobile application, to cause the second network device to attempt to upload the mobile application to mobile devices associated with the one or more subscribers.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the mobile devices comprise a plurality of mobile devices, wherein the one or more subscribers comprise a plurality of subscribers, and wherein each of the plurality of mobile devices is associated with a different one of the plurality of subscribers.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an acknowledgement of the subscriber activation request from the second network device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the first network device, a notification that the mobile application has been successfully uploaded to the mobile devices associated with the one or more subscribers.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the mobile devices comprises a cellular telephone.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the network service comprises a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the subscriber activation request identifies a type of each of the mobile devices.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the subscriber activation request causes the second network device to attempt to upload a mobile application to the mobile devices associated with the one or more subscribers based on the identified type of each of the mobile devices.

9. A network device, comprising:

a memory configured to store one or more mobile applications;

a communication interface configured to receive a message from another network device, wherein the message specifies multiple mobile devices to which the one or more mobile applications should be uploaded; and

a processing unit configured to;

send, via the communication interface, a notification to the multiple mobile devices that the one or more mobile applications are available for download from the network device, and

send, via the communication interface, the one or more mobile applications to the multiple mobile devices based on receiving replies to the notification from the multiple mobile devices.

10. The network device of claim 9, wherein the message further specifies a type associated with each of the mobile devices.

11. The network device of claim 10, wherein the processing unit is further configured to:

select a mobile application from the one or more mobile applications based on the type associated with a respective one of the mobile devices, and

send the selected mobile application to the respective one of the mobile devices based on a received reply to the notification from the respective one of the mobile devices.

12. The network device of claim 9, wherein the notification comprises a text message.

13. The network device of claim 12, wherein the text message comprises a short message service (SMS) text message.

14. The network device of claim 9, wherein the mobile devices comprise cellular telephones.

15. A computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processing unit, the computer-readable medium comprising:

one or more instructions for receiving, at a first network device, a service activation request associated with a customer requesting activation of a network service for one or more subscribers, wherein the network service comprises a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service; and

one or more instructions for causing a subscriber activation request to be sent, based on the received service activation request, from the first network device to a second network device, that stores a mobile application, to cause the second network device to attempt to upload the mobile application to mobile devices associated with the one or more subscribers, wherein the mobile devices comprise cellular telephones.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the mobile devices comprise a plurality of mobile devices, wherein the one or more subscribers comprise a plurality of subscribers, and wherein each of the plurality of mobile devices is associated with a different one of the plurality of subscribers.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising:

one or more instructions for receiving an acknowledgement of the subscriber activation request from the second network device.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising:

one or more instructions for receiving, at the first network device, a notification that the mobile application has been successfully uploaded to the mobile devices associated with the one or more subscribers.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the subscriber activation request identifies a type of each of the mobile devices.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the subscriber activation request causes the second network device to attempt to upload a mobile application to the mobile devices associated with the one or more subscribers based on the identified type of each of the mobile devices.