Methods and Devices for Estimating Terminals' Interest in Services

• US 20130315150A1
• Filed: 03/15/2011
• Published: 11/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Koskinen, Henri Markus
• Application Number:
  US13/983,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20130315150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5064 Customer relationship management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

The present invention proposes a device including a receiver module configured to receive data from a respective terminal'"'"'s logging memory, and a processor module configured to process the received data to calculate an estimate for the conditional probability for a random terminal, while being interested in a service, to be in a specific state. Also, the present invention proposes correspondingly configured terminals, together with respective methods.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a transmitter module configured to

send a configuration request adapted to

request a terminal to configure a terminal'"'"'s logging memory for subsequently storing at least

information allowing to estimate the conditional probability that, at a random occurrence of counting interest in a service, given that the terminal is interested in the enquired service, the terminal is in a connected state.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the configuration request is further adapted to request a terminal to configure the terminal'"'"'s logging memory for subsequently storing information proportional to the probability that at a random occurrence of counting interest in the service, the terminal is interested in the enquired service.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein

the transmitter module is configured

to send said request towards a network transceiver device for broadcasting, or

to broadcast said request towards terminals.

10. A device according to claim 1, wherein the information allowing to estimate the conditional probability comprises

an indication of the proportion of such occasions where the terminal was in a connected state, among all such occasions of the terminal having been enquired of service interest by the network, that were observed by the terminal while interested in the service.

11. A device according to claim 2, wherein information proportional to the probability comprises

an indication of the average frequency of occurrence of such occasions of the terminal having been enquired of service interest by the network, that were observed by the terminal while interested in the service.

4. A device, comprising:

a receiver module configured to receive information from at least one respective terminal'"'"'s logging memory, wherein the information received comprise

information allowing to estimate the conditional probability that, at a random occurrence of counting interest in a service, given that the terminal is interested in the enquired service, the terminal is in a connected state.

5. A device according to claim 4, wherein the information received further comprises

information proportional to the probability that at a random occurrence of counting interest in the service, the terminal is interested in the enquired service.

6. A device according to claim 4, further comprising

a processor module configured to process the received information to calculate an estimate for the conditional probability that, while interested in the service, a random terminal is in a specific state.

7. A device, comprising a receiver module, a control module, and a memory module, wherein

the receiver module is configured

to receive a request for memory configuration, and

to receive a request to indicate the device'"'"'s interest in a service that is indicated in such request, the control module is configured

to configure the memory module according to the configuration request, and to store at least

information allowing to estimate the conditional probability that, at a random occurrence of counting interest in a service, given that the terminal is interested in the enquired service, the terminal is in a connected state.

8. A device according to claim 7, wherein the control module is further configured to store

information proportional to the probability that at a random occurrence of counting interest in the service, the terminal is interested in the enquired service.

9. A device according to claim 7, further comprising a transmitter module configured to transmit the information stored in the memory module.

12. A method, comprising:

sending a configuration request adapted to request a terminal to configure a terminal'"'"'s logging memory for subsequently storing at least

information allowing to estimate the conditional probability that, at a random occurrence of counting interest in a service, given that the terminal is interested in the enquired service, the terminal is in a connected state.

13. A method according to claim 12, wherein the configuration request is further adapted to request a terminal to configure the terminal'"'"'s logging memory for subsequently storing

information proportional to the probability that at a random occurrence of counting interest in the service, the terminal is interested in the enquired service.

14. A method according to claim 12, further comprising

sending said request towards a network transceiver device for broadcasting, or broadcasting said request towards terminals.

21. A method according to claim 12, wherein the information allowing to estimate the conditional probability comprises

an indication of the proportion of such occasions where the terminal was in a connected state, among all such occasions of the terminal having been enquired of service interest by the network, that were observed by the terminal while interested in the service.

22. A method according to claim 13, wherein information proportional to the probability comprises

an indication of the average frequency of occurrence of such occasions of the terminal having been enquired of service interest by the network, that were observed by the terminal while interested in the service.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving information from at least one respective terminal'"'"'s logging memory, wherein the information received comprise

information allowing to estimate the conditional probability that, at a random occurrence of counting interest in a service, given that the terminal is interested in the enquired service, the terminal is in a connected state.

16. A method according to claim 15, wherein the information received further comprises

information proportional to the probability that at a random occurrence of counting interest in the service, the terminal is interested in the enquired service.

17. A method according to claim 15, further comprising

processing the received information to calculate an estimate for the conditional probability that, while interested in the service, a random terminal is in a specific state.

18. A method, comprising

receiving a request for memory configuration, and receiving a request to indicate the device'"'"'s interest in a service that is indicated in such request,

configuring a memory module according to the configuration request, and storing at least

information allowing to estimate the conditional probability that, at a random occurrence of counting interest in a service, given that the terminal is interested in the enquired service, the terminal is in a connected state.

19. A method according to claim 18, further comprising storing information proportional to the probability that at a random occurrence of counting interest in the service, the terminal is interested in the enquired service.

20. A method according to claim 18, further comprising transmitting the information stored in the memory module.