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Intelligently assigning an IP address to a mobile device

  • US 8,504,724 B1
  • Filed: 08/02/2012
  • Issued: 08/06/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method of allocating an identifier to a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • receiving a registration request, which requests that an address be assigned to the mobile device, thereby enabling it to communicate data by way of a wireless telecommunications network;

    determining the MIP address;

    considering the following factors in connection with determining a mobile IP (MIP) address to be assigned to the mobile device, which runs a client application that makes use of the MIP address,(1) a refresh rate associated with the registration request;

    (2) a frequency that the client application running on the mobile device has been disconnected from the network,wherein the frequency includes a number of occurrences during a given time period that the mobile device attempted to reregister with the wireless telecommunications network;

    (3) an availability of MIP addresses remaining in a pool of MIP addresses;

    (4) a type of application that the client application is;

    (5) a location of the mobile device when the request is received; and

    (6) a certain set of MIP addresses that have functioned well in the past;

    conveying the MIP address to the mobile device such that the mobile device is identifiable on the network by way of the MIP address; and

    monitoring a communications channel that was established by virtue of conveying the MIP address to the mobile device, wherein monitoring the communications channel includes;

    logging whether the communications channel is disrupted,logging a given MIP address that was allocated at a time of disruption of the communications channel, andrepeatedly logging the given MIP addresses, which are different from each other, thereby storing a first set of MIP addresses that resulted in relatively stable connections and a second set of MIP addresses that resulted in relatively unstable connections.

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