PAGING AN IDLE STATE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140349688A1
• Filed: 05/22/2013
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rogers Communications Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rogers Communications Inc.
• Inventors: LIU, Jianming, MA, Jun, SHI, Lixin, FENG, Jianguo, ZHENG, Paul Borong
• Granted Patent: US 9,167,555 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/458
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/223 using wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/04 multi-step notification using statistical or historical mobility data

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of paging an electronic device when the electronic device is in an idle state, the method comprising: determining a time; determining a primary tracking area that is associated with a time period in a profile of the electronic device, wherein the time period comprises the determined time; and transmitting a paging message to the electronic device in one or more target tracking area, the one or more target tracking area comprising the primary tracking area.

Claims

1. A method of paging an electronic device when the electronic device is in an idle state, the method comprising:

determining a time;

determining a primary tracking area that is associated with a time period in a profile of the electronic device, wherein the time period comprises the determined time; and

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transmitting a paging message to the electronic device in one or more target tracking area, the one or more target tracking area comprising the primary tracking area.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining one or more primary nodes in the primary tracking that are associated with the time period in the profile of the electronic device, and wherein transmitting the paging message to the electronic device comprises transmitting the paging message to the one or more primary nodes.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising

determining that the paging message was not received at the electronic device;

broadcasting the paging message to all nodes in the primary tracking area.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining that the paging message was not received at the electronic device;

determining a secondary tracking area that is associated with the time period in a profile of the electronic device; and

transmitting a paging message to the electronic device in the secondary tracking area.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining one or more secondary nodes in the secondary tracking that are associated with the time period in the profile of the electronic device, and wherein transmitting the paging message to the electronic device in the secondary tracking area comprises transmitting the paging message to the one or more secondary nodes.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining that the paging message was not received at the electronic device;

broadcasting the paging message to all nodes in the secondary tracking area.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining that the paging message was not received at the electronic device in the secondary tracking area; and

broadcasting the paging message to all tracking areas that the electronic device is registered with.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the primary tracking area and the first time period are predetermined based on a known location related to the electronic device.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the primary tracking area comprises a most used tracking area for the electronic device within a predefined period of time.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the secondary tracking area comprises a second most used tracking for the electronic device within the predefined period of time.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein a most used tracking area for the electronic device comprises the tracking area from which the electronic device placed the most phone calls within the predefined period of time.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the profile of the electronic devices comprises an association of the primary tracking area with a first time period and an association of an alternative-time tracking area with an alternative time period.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the primary tracking area comprises a work location and the alternative-time tracking area comprises a residential location.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the profile further comprises an association of a specific tracking area with a specific day and wherein the determined time comprises a day.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to transmitting a paging message, determining that the primary tracking area is identified as registered with the electronic device.

16. A network component for managing the initiation of data transmission to an electronic device when the electronic device is in an idle state, the network component comprising:

a database for storing profiles;

a time keeper for keeping time;

a transmitter; and

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a processor connected to the database, the time keeper and the transmitter, the processor configured to;

retrieve a time from the time keeper;

retrieve the profile of the electronic device;

determine a primary tracking area that is associated with a time period in the profile, wherein the time period comprises the retrieved time; and

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instruct the transmitter to transmit a paging message to the electronic device in one or more target tracking area, the one or more target tracking area comprising the primary tracking area.

17. The network component of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to determine one or more primary nodes in the primary tracking that are associated with the time period in the profile of the electronic device, and wherein the instructions to the transmitting further comprise instructing the transmitter to transmit the paging message to the one or more primary nodes.

18. The network component of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that the paging message was not received at the electronic device;

determine a secondary tracking area that is associated with the time period in a profile of the electronic device; and

instruct the transmitter to transmit a paging message to the electronic device in the secondary tracking area.

19. The network component of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that the paging message was not received at the electronic device in the secondary tracking area; and

instruct the transmitter to broadcast the paging message to all tracking areas that the electronic device is registered with.

20. A method of paging an electronic device when the electronic device is in an idle state, the method comprising:

determining a primary tracking area that is associated with a profile of the electronic device; and

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transmitting a paging message to the electronic device in in or more target tracking area, the target tracking area comprising the primary tracking area.