System and method for modifying calling behavior

• US 8,594,637 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2009
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Starscriber Corp.
• Original Assignee: Starscriber Corp.
• Inventors: Johnson, Roderick Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nair, Sowmini
• Application Number:
  US12/431,572
• Publication Number:
  US 20090270067A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,673 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/564, 455/565, 455/405, 726/22, 379/112
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27485 Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/1008 Calls without connection establishment for implicit information transfer or as a service trigger
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/652 Call initiation triggered by text message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

A method for modified dialing behavior includes capturing a dialing stream in a virtual input buffer, comparing the dialing stream of the calling party to a history of dialing streams stored in a database, analyzing the history of dialing streams to determine a desired dialing behavior of the calling party, and passing a modified dialing stream to a mobile operating system based on the determined desired dialing behavior of a calling party.

Claims

1. A method for communicating with a recipient mobile device comprising:

capturing a dialing stream in a virtual input buffer in a mobile device;

comparing the dialing stream to a history of dialing streams stored in a database in the mobile device;

analyzing, at the mobile device, the history of dialing streams to determine that a desired dialing behavior of a calling party is to intentionally drop a call placed to a telephone number within the dialing stream; and

in response to determining that the desired dialing behavior of the calling party is to intentionally drop the call placed to the telephone number within the dialing stream, transmitting, from the mobile device to a mobile operating system, a request for transmission of a message to the recipient mobile device associated with the telephone number within the dialing stream.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising presenting, on the mobile device, an indication that the request for transmission of the message has been sent to the mobile operating system.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising recording the dialing stream of the calling party in the database, and revising the dialing behavior based on the dialing stream.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the database is located on one of a subscriber interface module, a memory stick, or a handset.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the dialing stream is a dialing pattern that is a sequence of characters, numbers, or both that would not be recognized as a valid entry by a telephony network.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the message comprises text requesting that a user place a call to a second telephone number.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the request for transmission of the message is sent from a mobile subscriber with insufficient credit to make a call.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein statistically significant historical dialing behaviors and dialing patterns are used to improve the performance of the method.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein business rules validate dialing behavior and dialing patterns prior to transmitting the request for transmission of the message.

10. The method of claim 1 the message is a text message.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the request for transmission of the message is sent in the form of machine readable code in a network protocol that can be interpreted by one or more network elements.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the machine readable code comprises a location.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the machine readable code is constructed for delivery to a network element that provides a USSD service.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the message is capable of being interpreted by client software resident on the recipient mobile device as the discovery of similar client software.

15. The method of claim 11 further comprising receiving a second message in the form of machine readable code in a second network protocol from the recipient mobile device that acknowledges discovery of the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, on the recipient mobile device, the message in a first messaging protocol;

interpreting, at the recipient mobile device, the message as a discovery of similar client software operating on the mobile device; and

sending a discovery message from the recipient mobile device to the mobile device to facilitate further communications in a second messaging protocol.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the message is interpreted by the recipient mobile device as a command to automatically initiate a call back to the calling party.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the message is in the form of machine readable code in a network protocol that can be interpreted by one or more network elements.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the machine readable code inside the network protocol is constructed for delivery to a network element that provides USSD service.

20. The method of claim 16 wherein the message is a text message and the discovery message is constructed for delivery to a network element that provides USSD service.

48. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when loaded onto a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 1.

49. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when loaded onto a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 16.

21. A method of communication between a mobile device and a recipient mobile device comprising:

capturing a dialing stream in a virtual input buffer on a mobile device;

determining, on the mobile device, that a desired dialing behavior of the calling party is to intentionally drop a call placed to a telephone number within the dialing stream;

presenting, on a display of the mobile device, a suggestion for a modified dialing behavior; and

in response to detecting the modified dialing behavior;

determining, on the mobile device, that the desired dialing behavior of the calling party is to intentionall drop a second call placed to a second telephone number within a second dialing stream, and

in response to determining that the desired dialing behavior of the calling party is to intentionally drop the second call placed to the second telephone number within the second dialing stream, transmitting, from the mobile device to a mobile operating system, a request for transmission of a message to the recipient mobile device associated with the second telephone number within the second dialing stream.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the message is a text message.

23. The method of claim 21 further comprising receiving a comfort message indicating that a missed call message has been sent to the recipient mobile device.

24. The method of claim 21 further comprising receiving a discovery message from the recipient mobile device indicating that the recipient mobile device also uses a similar client.

25. The method of claim 24 further comprising, in response to subsequent detection of the modified dialing behavior, transmitting a second request to the mobile operating system for transmission of a second message to the telephone number within the second dialing stream, wherein the second message uses fewer network resources.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein the second message is provided using a USSD service.

27. The method of claim 21 wherein the request for transmission of the message comprises a location.

28. The method of claim 21 wherein the calling party has insufficient credit to make a call.

29. The method of claim 21 wherein the suggestion for the modified dialing behavior comprises an instruction to press “

End”

immediately after “

Send”

.

30. The method of claim 21 wherein the suggestion for the modified dialing behavior comprises an instruction to terminate input sequences with a first character indicating an intention to initiate one or more client services to instead of initiating network based services by inputting “

Send”

.

31. The method of claim 30 wherein subsequent characters entered following the first character further differentiates service types.

32. The method of claim 30 wherein the client services are initiated via machine readable code using a protocol that is constructed for delivery to a network element that is a USSD service element.

50. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when loaded onto a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 21.

33. A method for communicating with a recipient mobile device comprising:

capturing a dialing stream input sequence comprising a send command and at least one of a “

#”

or a “

*”

character in a virtual input buffer in a mobile device;

comparing the dialing stream to a history of dialing streams stored in a database in the mobile device;

analyzing, at the mobile device, the history of dialing streams to determine that a desired dialing behavior of a calling party is to transmit a callback request message to a telephone number within the dialing stream; and

in response to determining that the desired dialing behavior of the calling party is to transmit the callback request message to the telephone number within the dialing stream, transmitting, from the mobile device to a mobile operating system, a request for transmission of the callback request message to the recipient mobile device associated with the telephone number within the dialing stream.

34. The method of claim 33 wherein the request for transmission of the callback request message uses a protocol that is constructed for delivery to a network element that is a USSD service element.

35. The method of claim 34 wherein the request for transmission of the callback request message is subsequently routed to be processed by a service that is external to and separate from the mobile operating system.

36. The method of claim 33 wherein the request to for transmission of the callback request message comprises location information of the mobile device.

37. The method of claim 36 wherein the location information is supplied by a network element.

38. The method of claim 35 wherein the service determines location information of the mobile device.

39. The method of claim 38 wherein the location information is used to select a location based mobile ad for delivery to the mobile device.

40. The method of claim 35 wherein the service determines location information of the recipient mobile device.

41. The method of claim 35 wherein the service determines navigation directions from a location of the mobile device to a location of recipient mobile device.

42. The method of claim 35 wherein the telephone number within the dialing stream is associated with a fixed address.

43. The method of claim 42 wherein the service determines navigation directions from the mobile device to the fixed address.

44. The method of claim 35 wherein the service determines a more economical long distance service voice call.

45. The method of claim 35 wherein the service initiates a voice call over a network connection other than that does not use the mobile operating system.

46. The method of claim 45 wherein the network connection is a VoIP call over an available network connection.

47. The method of claim 45 wherein the network connection is a user preferred network connection.

51. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when loaded onto a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 33.