Providing a notification message

• US 8,768,310 B1
• Filed: 07/19/2012
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Oroskar, Siddharth
• Primary Examiner(s): Htun, San
• Assistant Examiner(s): Navar, Erica
• Application Number:
  US13/553,436
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 455/127.1, 455/127.5, 455/343.1, 455/343.2, 455/343.3, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/413, 455/415, 455/458, 455/515, 455/574, 370/310, 370/311, 370/312, 370/389
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel

Abstract

In systems and methods of providing a notification message in a wireless communication system, a message notifier is received at a processing node in wireless communication system based on a first message from a sender. The message notifier comprises sender information. The sender information is matched to a contact entry of the recipient to generate a matching criteria. Based on the matching criteria a paging channel power is determined for a notification message to be sent to the recipient wireless device.

Claims

1. A method of providing a notification message in a wireless communication system, comprising:

receiving at a processing node in a wireless communication system a message notifier based on a first message from a sender to a recipient wireless device, the message notifier comprising sender information;

creating a missed message value associated with the notification message;

matching the sender information to a contact entry of the recipient to generate a matching criteria;

determining a paging channel power based on the matching criteria for the notification message to be sent to the recipient wireless device;

incrementing the missed message value when the recipient wireless device sends a second message to the sender based on the first message wherein the sender does not respond to the second message; and

determining the paging channel power based on the missed message value for a second notification message to be provided to the recipient wireless device when the network node receives a second message notifier based on a third message from the sender to the recipient wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the message notifier further comprises chronological information, and wherein the method further comprises:

locating the sender information in a received message history of the recipient to generate a message history criteria;

comparing the chronological information to a first time period to generate a chronological criteria;

generating a frequency metric based on the message history of the recipient and a second time period; and

determining a paging channel power for a notification message to be sent to the recipient wireless device based on at least one of the matching criteria, the message history criteria, the chronological criteria, and the frequency metric.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a frequency at which the notification message is re-sent based on the matching criteria.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a number of times which the notification message is re-sent based on the matching criteria.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a call-rejected indication from the recipient wireless device and adjusting the paging channel power based on the call-rejected indication.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adjusting the paging channel power based on an indication of network congestion.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a paging area to which the notification message is broadcast based on the matching criteria.

8. A processing node comprising a processing system and a communications interface in a wireless communication system, configured to:

receive at a network node in a wireless communication system a message notifier based on a first message from a sender to a recipient wireless device, the message notifier comprising sender information;

create a missed message value associated with the notification message;

match the sender information to a contact entry of the recipient to generate a matching criteria;

determine a paging channel power based on the matching criteria for a notification message to be sent to recipient wireless device;

increment the missed message value when the recipient wireless device sends a second message to the sender based on the first message wherein the sender does not respond to the second message; and

determine the paging channel power based on the missed message value for a second notification message to be provided to the recipient wireless device when the network node receives a second message notifier based on a third message from the sender to the recipient wireless device.

9. The processing node of claim 8, wherein the message notifier further comprises chronological information, the processing node further configured to:

locate the sender information in a received message history of the recipient to generate a message history criteria;

compare the chronological information to a first time period to generate a chronological criteria;

generate a frequency metric based on the message history of the recipient and a second time period; and

determine a paging channel power for a notification message to be sent to the recipient wireless device based on at least one of the matching criteria, the message history criteria, the chronological criteria, and the frequency metric.

10. The processing node of claim 8, further configured to:

determine a frequency at which the notification message is re-sent based on the matching criteria.

11. The processing node of claim 8, further configured to:

determine a number of times which the notification message is re-sent based on the matching criteria.

12. The processing node of claim 8, further configured to:

receive a message-rejected indication from the recipient wireless device and adjusting the paging channel power based on the message-rejected indication.

13. The processing node of claim 8, further configured to:

adjust the paging channel power based on an indication in the message notifier of network congestion.

14. The processing node of claim 8, further configured to:

determine a paging area to which the notification message is broadcast based on the matching criteria.

15. A method of providing a notification message in a wireless communication system, comprising:

receiving at a network node in a wireless communication system a message notifier based on a first message from a sender to a recipient wireless device, the message notifier comprising sender information and chronological information;

creating a missed message value associated with the notification message;

matching the sender information to a contact entry of the recipient to generate a matching criteria;

locating the sender information in a received message history of the recipient to generate a message history criteria;

comparing the chronological information to a first time period to generate a chronological criteria;

generating a frequency metric based on the message history of the recipient and a second time period;

determining a paging channel power for a notification message to be sent to the recipient wireless device based on at least one of the matching criteria, the message history criteria, the chronological criteria, and the frequency metric;

incrementing the missed message value when the recipient wireless device sends a second message to the sender based on the first message wherein the sender does not respond to the second message; and

determining the paging channel power based on the missed message value for a second notification message to be provided to the recipient wireless device when the network node receives a second message notifier based on a third message from the sender to the recipient wireless device.