MATCHING CLIENT DEVICE TO APPROPRIATE DATA PACKAGE

• US 20130031274A1
• Filed: 07/26/2011
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Nunez-Tejerina, Fabian, Geisel, Kurt A., Anderson, Noel, Sawaya, Samer Fouad
• Granted Patent: US 9,300,494 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/250
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/563 Software download or update
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for matching a client device with an appropriate network service provider data package. A device ID for the client device can be decomposed to one or more device ID ranges in a device decomposition set. One or more ranges of client ID can be assigned to a network service provider data package, which can be decomposed into a set of package decomposition ranges in a package decompositions set. The device decomposition set can be compared to the package decomposition set, and if an intersection is identified between the sets, the network service provider data package can be provided to the client device.

Claims

1. A computer-based method for matching a client device with an appropriate network service provider data package, comprising:

receiving a device identification (ID) for the client device;

receiving a package decomposition set for the network service provider data package, the package decomposition set comprising one or more ranges of client IDs associated with the network service provider data package; and

providing the network service provider data package to the client device if at least a portion of the device ID is comprised in the package decomposition set.

2. The method of claim 1:

the device ID comprising a device decomposition set; and

providing the network service provider data package to the client device if is determined that the device decomposition set intersects the package decomposition set.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising determining the device decomposition set based at least upon the device ID.

4. The method of claim 3, determining the device decomposition set comprising combining one or more of:

a network operator ID for a network service provider associated with the client device;

one or more portions of a subscriber ID associated with the client device; and

one or more placeholder indicators that represent a device ID range for the client device.

5. The method of claim 4, determining if the device decomposition set intersects the package decomposition set comprising identifying an intersecting element comprising a smallest number of placeholder indicators.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising determining the package decomposition set based at least upon one or more ranges of client IDs associated with the package.

8. The method of claim 7, determining the package decomposition set comprising decomposing the one or more ranges of client IDs into a set of one or more sub-ranges of data strings comprised in the one or more ranges of client IDs.

9. The method of claim 7, determining the package decomposition set comprising deriving a set of one or more sub-ranges of data strings from leaves of a decomposition tree of the one or more ranges of client IDs.

10. The method of claim 9, comprising creating the decomposition tree comprising:

a root node comprising the one or more ranges of client IDs;

for respective nodes of the tree comprising a node-range of min to max, the node comprising two children nodes if;

a variable value is a smallest integer such that;

min≦

the variable value<

max; and

the variable value comprises a highest number of trailing nines;

if the node comprises two children nodes;

a first child node comprises a range of min to the variable value; and

a second child node comprises a range of the variable value plus 1 to max;

else, the node comprises no children nodes.

11. The method of claim 1, comprising encoding the device ID and the package decomposition set.

12. The method of claim 11, encoding comprising one or more of:

hashing at least a portion of the device ID resulting in a device hash value;

hashing at least a portion of the package decomposition set resulting in a package hash value;

converting the device hash value to a device text string;

converting the package hash value to a package text string;

obscuring at least a portion of the device ID; and

removing at least a portion of the device ID.

6. The method of claim (c), determining the device decomposition set comprising decomposing at least a portion of the device ID into one or more of:

a first range of data strings comprising the portion of the device ID;

a second range of data strings comprising the portion of the device ID, the second range comprising data strings of a base power below that of the first range; and

the portion of the device ID.

13. A system for matching a client device with an appropriate network service provider data package, comprising:

a computer-based processor configured to process data for the system;

a device ID matching component, operably coupled with the processor, configured to determine whether at least a portion of a device identification (ID) for the client device is comprised in a package decomposition set for the network service provider data package, the package decomposition set comprising one or more ranges of client IDs assigned to the network service provider data package; and

a data package providing component, operably coupled with the device ID matching component, configured to provide the network service provider data package to the client device if at least a portion of the device ID is comprised in the package decomposition set.

14. The system of claim 13, comprising a device decomposition set determination component configured to determine a device decomposition set for the device ID, comprising one or more ranges of device ID data strings, the one or more ranges of device ID data strings respectively comprising the device ID.

15. The system of claim 13, comprising a package decomposition set determination component configured to determine the package decomposition set.

16. The system of claim 13, comprising an encoding component configured to encode one or more of:

the device ID; and

the package decomposition set.

17. The system of claim 16, the encoding component comprising one or more of:

a hashing component configured to determine a hash value for one or more of;

the device ID; and

the package decomposition set; and

a text string component configured to covert the hash value to a text for one or more of;

the device ID; and

the package decomposition set

18. The system of claim 13, comprising a package matching component configured to match the client device with one or more network service provider data packages based at least upon a mobile network operator identification for the client device.

19. The system of claim 18, the data package providing component configured to provide an appropriate data package, from the one or more network service provider data packages, based at least upon the portion of the device ID that is matched with an element in the package decomposition set.

20. A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed via a processor on a computer perform a method for matching a client device with an appropriate network service provider data package, comprising:

receiving a device identification (ID) for the client device comprising a device decomposition set, the device decomposition set determined by combining one or more of;

a network operator ID for a network service provider associated with the client device;

one or more portions of a subscriber ID associated with the client device; and

one or more placeholder indicators that represent a device ID range for the client device;

determining a package decomposition set for the network service provider data package based at least upon one or more ranges of client IDs associated with the package, comprising decomposing the one or more ranges of client IDs into a set of one or more sub-ranges of data strings comprised in the one or more ranges of client IDs; and

providing the network service provider data package to the client device if the device decomposition set intersects the package decomposition set.