LONG TERM EVOLUTION INTELLIGENT SUBSCRIBER PROFILE

• US 20140141743A1
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shaw, Venson
• Granted Patent: US 9,154,641 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/405
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1485 Tariff-related aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/147 for predicting network behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/04 for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/80 Rating or billing plans; Tariff determination aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8044 Least cost routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8055 Selecting cheaper transport technology for a given service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/82 Criteria or parameters used for performing billing operations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8207 Time based data metric aspects, e.g. VoIP or circuit switched packet data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8214 Data or packet based
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/062 Pre-authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• 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 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 : based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

A network device may predict the use of a mobile device and configure a network based on the prediction. The network device may provide instructions to display coverage indicators for the mobile device based on the predictions.

Claims

1. A network device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising;

accessing information associated with a mobile device, the information associated with the mobile device comprising a first data usage for a first data session associated with the mobile device;

predicting a second data usage for a second data session associated with the mobile device based on an analysis of the information associated with the mobile device; and

providing instructions to configure a network resource for the mobile device based on the predicted second data usage for the second data session associated with the mobile device.

2. The network device of claim 1, wherein the first data usage for the first data session associated with the mobile device comprises at least one of:

a time of day a data session occurred, a type of a cloud service accessed, a duration of the data session, a volume of data accessed during the data session, or a provider of the cloud service.

3. The network device of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the mobile device further comprises a user profile associated with the mobile device.

4. The network device of claim 3, wherein the user profile associated with the mobile device comprises at least one of:

a user preference for data quality, a model number associated with the mobile device, a wireless technology format capability associated with the mobile device, applications associated with the mobile device, a user preference for quality of service of a cloud service, or demographics of the user of the mobile device.

5. The network device of claim 4, wherein the demographics of the user of the mobile device comprises at least one of:

age, home ownership, employment status, gender, height, weight, birthday, college education status, or income.

6. The network device of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the mobile device further comprises a rate plan associated with the mobile device.

7. The network device of claim 6, wherein the rate plan associated with the mobile device comprises at least one of:

time based rate plan, bulk data usage based rate plan, or pay per use based rate plan.

8. The network device of claim 1, wherein the first data session is a type of cloud service comprising at least one of:

an infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, software as a service, storage as a service, security as a service, data as a service, test environment as a service, desktop as a service, or application program interface as a service.

9. The network device of claim 1, further comprising executable instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

providing instructions to create an intelligent subscriber profile, wherein the intelligent subscriber profile comprises a record of the analysis that predicts the second data usage for the second data session associated with the mobile device.

10. The network device of claim 1, further comprising executable instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

providing instructions to display an advertisement based on the predicted second data usage for the second data session associated with the mobile device, wherein the advertisement is displayed upon wake-up of the mobile device after at least one of;

wireless inactivity of the mobile device, device inactivity of the mobile device, or during the second data session.

11. The network device of claim 10, wherein the advertisement is a data usage plan that is subscribed to upon connecting to the second data session.

12. The network device of claim 10, further comprising executable instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

providing instructions to the mobile device to access an alternate network domain at a particular timeframe based on the predicted second data usage.

13. A network device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising;

accessing mapping data for a route to a destination;

accessing information associated with a mobile device, the information associated with the mobile device comprising at least one of usage data of the mobile device, a user profile associated with the mobile device, or demographic data associated with a user of the mobile device;

predicting coverage for the mobile device along the route based on an analysis of the information associated with the mobile device and the mapping data for the route; and

providing instructions to display the route to the destination along with an indicator of the predicted coverage for the mobile device along the route.

14. The network device of claim 13, further comprising executable instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

providing instructions to configure a network resource for the mobile device based on the route to the destination.

15. The network device of claim 13, wherein the indicator comprises at least one of text, a graphic, or sound.

16. The network device of claim 13, wherein the indicator characterizes at least a portion of the route.

17. The network device of claim 13, further comprising executable instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

providing instructions to display an option of the usage data to be analyzed for predicting the coverage for the mobile device along the route.

18. The network device of claim 13, further comprising executable instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

providing instructions to the mobile device to access an alternate network domain based on the predicted coverage.

19. A system comprising:

a mobile device, the mobile device capable of accessing a wide area wireless network domain and alternate network domain; and

a network device comprising;

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising;

accessing information associated with the mobile device, the information associated with the mobile device comprising at least one of usage data of the mobile device, a user profile associated with the mobile device, or a demographic associated with a user of the mobile device;

accessing a current state of a wide area wireless network;

predicting the use of the mobile device based on an analysis of the data associated with the mobile device and the current state of the wide area wireless network;

providing instructions to the mobile device to use the alternate network domain based on the predicted use of the mobile device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the network device authenticates the mobile device for the wide area wireless network and the alternate network domain.