Automatic profile updating for a wireless communication device

• US 8,301,141 B1
• Filed: 08/26/2010
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Reeves, Raymond Emilio, Wick, Ryan Alan, Xue, Wen, Silvey, Michael Aaron
• Primary Examiner(s): Zewdu, Meless N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nealon, William
• Application Number:
  US12/868,954
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/435.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A profile audit system in a wireless network comprises a communication interface and a processing system. The communication interface is configured to receive a notification of a failed attempt by a first wireless communication device operated by a user to register with the wireless network using invalid registration data, and receive a user profile associated with the user. The processing system is configured to process the user profile and the invalid registration data to determine if a credential error has occurred, and if the credential error has occurred, process the user profile to determine if a second wireless communication device is associated with the user, and if the second wireless communication device is associated with the user, direct the communication interface to transfer an updated user profile for wireless delivery to the second wireless communication device, wherein the updated user profile includes valid registration data.

Claims

1. A method of operating a profile audit system in a wireless network, the method comprising:

receiving a notification of a failed attempt by a first wireless communication device operated by a user to register with the wireless network using invalid registration data;

receiving a user profile associated with the user;

processing the user profile and the invalid registration data to determine that a credential error has occurred by determining that the invalid registration data is associated with an old user profile associated with the user; and

based on the credential error having occurred, processing the user profile to determine that a second wireless communication device is associated with the user

and responsively transferring valid registration data for wireless delivery to the second wireless communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising, based on the credential error having occurred, transferring the valid registration data for wireless delivery to the first wireless communication device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein processing the user profile to determine that the second wireless communication device is associated with the user comprises processing the user profile to determine a device identifier that identifies the second wireless communication device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the valid registration data is obtained from the user profile.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein processing the user profile and the invalid registration data to determine that the credential error has occurred comprises comparing the valid registration data from the user profile to the invalid registration data to determine if the credential error has occurred.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the notification of the failed attempt comprises receiving the notification of the failed attempt transferred from an authorization system.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the authorization system is configured to transfer the notification of the failed attempt for delivery to the profile audit system responsive to the failed attempt by the first wireless communication device operated by the user to register with the wireless network using the invalid registration data.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the user profile includes a user identifier associated with the user and a device identifier that identifies the first wireless communication device.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the user profile includes the valid registration data.

10. A profile audit system in a wireless network, the system comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive a notification of a failed attempt by a first wireless communication device operated by a user to register with the wireless network using invalid registration data, and receive a user profile associated with the user;

a processing system configured to process the user profile and the invalid registration data to determine that a credential error has occurred by determining that the invalid registration data is associated with an old user profile associated with the user; and

the processing system configured to, based on the credential error having occurred, process the user profile to determine that a second wireless communication device is associated with the user

and responsively direct the communication interface to transfer valid registration data for wireless delivery to the second wireless communication device.

11. The system of claim 10 further comprising the processing system configured to, based on the credential error having occurred, direct the communication interface to transfer the valid registration data for wireless delivery to the first wireless communication device.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the processing system configured to process the user profile to determine that the second wireless communication device is associated with the user comprises the processing system configured to process the user profile to determine a device identifier that identifies the second wireless communication device.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the valid registration data is obtained from the user profile.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the processing system configured to process the user profile and the invalid registration data to determine that the credential error has occurred comprises the processing system configured to compare the valid registration data from the user profile to the invalid registration data to determine if the credential error has occurred.

15. The system of claim 10 wherein the communication interface configured to receive the notification of the failed attempt comprises the communication interface configured to receive the notification of the failed attempt transferred from an authorization system.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the authorization system is configured to transfer the notification of the failed attempt for delivery to the profile audit system responsive to the failed attempt by the first wireless communication device operated by the user to register with the wireless network using the invalid registration data.

17. The system of claim 10 wherein the user profile includes a user identifier associated with the user and a device identifier that identifies the first wireless communication device.

18. A computer apparatus to facilitate updating registration data for devices in a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:

software instructions configured, when executed by a profile audit system, to direct the profile audit system to receive a notification of a failed attempt by a first wireless communication device operated by a user to register with the wireless network using invalid registration data, receive a user profile associated with the user, process the user profile and the invalid registration data to determine that a credential error has occurred by determining that the invalid registration data is associated with an old user profile associated with the user, and based on the credential error having occurred, process the user profile to determine that a second wireless communication device is associated with the user and responsively transfer valid registration data for wireless delivery to the second wireless communication device; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing the software instructions.