VIDEO INTERCONNECT SYSTEM

• US 20170373913A1
• Filed: 06/13/2017
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Zait, Hichem, Sabeur, Nassereddine
• Granted Patent: US 10,659,278 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0002 by adapting the transmission rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0014 by adapting the source coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/38 by adapting coding or compression rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/08 Metering calls to called party , i.e. B-party charged for the communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/41 Billing record details, i.e. parameters, identifiers, structure of call data record [CDR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/50 for cross-charging network operators
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/56 for VoIP communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8033 location-dependent, e.g. business or home
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8214 Data or packet based
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8228 Session based
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0226 based on location or mobility handoff or reselection H04W36/00; mobile application services making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0268 : using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 : Accounting or billing

Abstract

This disclosure describes a video interconnect system that may establish a Video over Long Term Evolution (ViLTE) communication session between two interacting client devices. In some examples, the video interconnect system may selectively establish a ViLTE communication based on one or more rules associated with the domain information of interacting client devices, availability of network bandwidth, bandwidth consumption of a video component of the ViLTE communication, or established service agreements between telecommunication service providers of the interacting client devices. Further, the video interconnect system may facilitate generating termination charges for a video and/or audio communication session of a ViLTE communication. For example, a video component of the ViLTE communication may be charged and metered based on data usage, and an audio component of the ViLTE communication may be charged and metered based on the duration and relative location of the interacting client devices.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

under control of one or more processors;

receiving a communication request to initiate a real-time communication session between an originating client device and a recipient client device, the communication request including a request for a Video over Long-Term Evolution (ViLTE) communication session;

retrieving an originating domain information of the originating client device and a recipient domain information of the recipient client device, based at least in part on the communication request;

determining, using one or more rules, whether to establish a ViLTE communication between the originating client device and the recipient client device, based at least in part on the originating domain information and the recipient domain information; and

establishing the real-time communication session between the originating client device and the recipient client device, based at least in part on the one or more rules.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the communication request comprises of a Session Interface Protocol (SIP) message that specifies a media format and a protocol that is intended for the ViLTE communication, and further comprising:

validating a correctness of the SIP message via a Proxy-Call Session Control Function.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the originating domain information is associated with a geographic location of the originating client device at a point in time associated with initiating the real-time communication session, and the recipient domain information is associated with a geographic location of the recipient client device at the point in time.

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

transmitting a request for domain information from the originating client device and the recipient client device, in response to receipt of the communication request, and

wherein, retrieving the originating domain information from the originating client device and the recipient domain information from the recipient client device, is further based at least in part on the request for domain information, the domain information including at least one a Public Land Mobile Network ID (PLMN ID) or a Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN).

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

determining an available network bandwidth allocation to establish a ViLTE communication session, based at least in part on the one or more rules;

determining that a requisite network bandwidth allocation for transmission of the ViLTE communication session is greater than the available network bandwidth allocation, based at least in part on the one or more rules, and

wherein, establishing the real-time communication session further comprises establishing a Voice over LTE communication session between the originating client device and the recipient client device, based at least in part on the requisite network bandwidth allocation is greater than an available network bandwidth allocation.

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

determining an available network bandwidth allocation to establish a ViLTE communication session, based at least in part on the one or more rules;

determining that a requisite network bandwidth allocation for transmission of the ViLTE communication session is greater than the available network bandwidth allocation, based at least in part on the one or more rules; and

modifying a bit-rate of a video component of the ViLTE communication session such that the bit-rate is substantially congruent with the available network bandwidth allocation,

wherein, establishing the real-time communication session further comprises establishing a ViLTE communication session between the originating client device and the recipient client device, based at least in part on the bit-rate of the video component being substantially congruent with the available network bandwidth allocation.

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

identifying a recipient telecommunications service provider associated with the recipient client device; and

verifying that a cooperative service agreement is in place with the recipient telecommunications service provider, based at least in part on the one or more rules, and

wherein, establishing the real-time communication session further comprises establishing a ViLTE communication session between the originating client device and the recipient client device, based at least in part on verifying that the cooperative service agreement is in place.

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

determining that the communication request to initiate the real-time communication session occurs during a peak network traffic period, based at least in part on the one or more rules, and

wherein, establishing the real-time communication session further comprises establishing a Voice over LTE communication session between the originating client device and the recipient client device, based at least in part on the real-time communication session occurring during the peak network traffic period.

9. A system, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory comprising;

an input module configured to receive a communication request to initiate a real-time communication session between a first client device and a second client device, the first client device having initiated the communication request, the communication request including a request for a Video over Long-Term Evolution (ViLTE) communication session;

a domain information module configured to retrieve a first domain information from the first client device and a second domain information from the second client device, the first domain information and the second domain information indicating a relative geolocation of the first client device and the second client device at a point in time of initiating the real-time communication session;

a rule implementation module configured to include one or more rules that facilitate establishing one of a ViLTE communication session or a Voice over LTE (VoLTE) communication session; and

a communication selection module configured to initiate one of a ViLTE communication session or the VoLTE communication session, based at least in part on the one or more rules.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the domain information module is further configured to transmit the first domain information and the second domain information to a charging data module as an online attribute value pair (AVP) code, the AVP code identifying a first geographic location of the first client device at the point in time of initiating the real-time communication session, and a second geographic location of the second client device at the point in time of initiating the real-time communication session.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the rule implementation module is configured to include at least one rule of the one or more rules that corresponds to determining a network bandwidth allocation of a client account associated with the first client device,

the rule implementation module further configured to determine whether a requisite bandwidth allocation for establishment of a video component of the ViLTE communication session is less than the network bandwidth allocation for the client account, and

wherein, the communication selection module is configured to establish the ViLTE communication session between the first client device and the second client device in response to the requisite bandwidth allocation being less than the network bandwidth allocation for the client account.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the rule implementation module is configured to include at least one rule of the one or more rules that corresponds to determining whether a cooperative service agreement is in place with a telecommunications service provider associated with the second client device,

wherein, the communication selection module is configured to establish the ViLTE communication session between the first client device and the second client device in response to the cooperative service agreement being in place.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the rule implementation module is configured to include at least one rule of the one or more rules that corresponds to determining whether a service agreement is in place with a client account associated with the first client device, the service agreement stipulating a bandwidth allocation,

the rule implementation module further configured to determine whether a requisite bandwidth allocation for establishment of a video component of the ViLTE communication session is less than a network bandwidth allocation within the service agreement, and

wherein, the communication selection module is configured to establish the VoLTE communication session between the first client device and the second client device in response to the requisite bandwidth allocation being greater than the bandwidth allocation within the service agreement.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the rule implementation module is configured to include at least one rule of the one or more rules that corresponds to determining whether a service agreement is in place with a client account associated with the first client device, the service agreement stipulating a geographic limitation on ViLTE communication sessions,

the rule implementation module further configured to determine whether the first client device is within the geographic limitation stipulated within the service agreement, based at least in part on the first domain information, and

wherein, the communication selection module is configured to establish a ViLTE communication session between the first client device and the second client device in response to the first client device being located within the geographic limitation at the point in time of initiating the real-time communication session.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the communication selection module is further configured to establish a VoLTE communication session between the first client device and the second client device in response to the first client device being located outside the geographic limitation stipulated within the service agreement, at the point in time of initiating the real-time communication session.

16. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions, that when executed on one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

receiving a communication request to initiate a real-time communication session between an originating client device and a recipient client device, the communication request including a request for a Video over Long-Term Evolution (ViLTE) communication session;

transmitting a request for domain information request to the originating client device and the recipient client device;

receiving an originating domain information from the originating client device and a recipient domain information from the recipient client device, based at least in part on the request for domain information;

determining, using one or more rules, whether to establish a ViLTE communication between the originating client device and the recipient client device, based at least in part on the originating domain information and the recipient domain information; and

establishing the ViLTE communication session between the originating client device and the recipient client device, based at least in part on the one or more rules.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the originating domain information identifies a geographic location of the originating client device at a point in time of initiating the real-time communication session, and the recipient domain information identifies a geographic location of the recipient client device at the point in time of initiating the real-time communication session.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the one or more rules indicate a network bandwidth limit for a client account associated with the originating client device;

determining that a requisite network bandwidth for transmission of a video component of the ViLTE communication session is greater than the network bandwidth limit; and

reducing a bit-rate of the video component of the ViLTE communication to a reduced bit-rate, the reduced bit-rate being substantially congruent with the network bandwidth limit, and

wherein, establishing the ViLTE communication session includes the video component that is based at least in part on the reduced bit-rate.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the originating domain information and the recipient domain information includes at least one a Public Land Mobile network ID (PLMN ID) or a Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN), and wherein, the originating domain information and the recipient domain information is expressed as an online attribute value pair (AVP) code.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, further comprising:

determining that a cooperative service agreement is in place with a telecommunications service provider associated with the recipient client device, based at least in part on the one or more rules, and

wherein, establishing the ViLTE communication session is based at least in part on the cooperative service agreement being in place.