Segmented customization package within distributed server architecture

• US 9,204,239 B1
• Filed: 08/27/2013
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Sumner, Bret D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rutkowski, Jeffrey M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Li, Ning
• Application Number:
  US14/010,522
• Time in Patent Office: 826 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A method of making customization changes on a mobile communication device, comprises identifying, on the mobile communication device, the bandwidth of a bearer channel of the mobile communication device, and selecting at least one server from which to request a customization payload based at least in part on the bandwidth of the bearer channel of the mobile communication device, wherein different servers are configured to access different portions of the customization package. The method further comprises sending a request for the customization payload to the selected server, receiving the customization payload from the selected server, and performing customization changes on the mobile communication device in response to receiving customization information contained in the customization payload.

Claims

1. A method of making customization changes on a mobile communication device, comprising:

identifying, by an application stored in a non-transitory memory and executed to configure a processor on the mobile communication device, a bandwidth of a bearer channel connecting the mobile communication device with a network;

determining, by the application, a portion of a customization package to request based on identification of the bandwidth of the bearer channel;

selecting, by the application, a server from a plurality of servers based at least in part on the determination of the portion of the customization package and identification of the bandwidth of the bearer channel of the mobile communication device, wherein at least two servers of the plurality of servers are configured to access different portions of the customization package;

sending, by the application, a request for the portion of the customization package to the server based on the selecting, wherein the request comprises identity information of the server selected;

receiving, on the mobile communication device by the application, the portion of the customization package from the server in response to sending the request; and

performing, by the application, customization changes on the mobile communication device based on customization information contained in the portion of the customization package.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to access the portion of the customization package in a non-transitory memory at a location on the network, wherein the portion of the customization package is one of a primary portion, a secondary portion, or a tertiary portion of the customization package.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the primary portion of the customization package comprises customization information of the highest priority, the secondary portion of the customization package comprises customization information of intermediate priority, and the tertiary portion of the customization package comprises customization information of lower priority than the customization information contained in either of the primary portion and the secondary portion of the customization package.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein a central server is configured to access the primary portion of the customization package.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the server is the central server based on the portion of the customization package being the primary portion in response to the bandwidth being identified as corresponding to a 1XRTT (Radio Transmission Technology) bearer channel connecting the mobile communication device with the network.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein at least one of the plurality of servers is a regional server that is selected in response to identifying the bandwidth of the bearer channel as at least that of an EV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized) bearer channel connection with the network.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein a regional server is configured to access at least one of the secondary portion of the customization package or the tertiary portion of the customization package, and the regional server is not configured to access the primary portion of the customization package.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is sent via a regional home agent (HA) configured to reroute the request to the server based on the identifying information, wherein sending the request for the customization package comprises:

sending the request via the regional home agent (HA) for the server, wherein the HA is configured to reroute the request to the server.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the customization package is determined to be a primary portion based on the bandwidth of the bearer channel corresponding to a bandwidth of a 1XRTT (Radio Transmission Technology) bearer channel connection with the mobile communication device, wherein the primary portion of the customization package comprises a set of customization information configured to be sent to the mobile communication before other portions of the customization package are sent to the mobile communication device.

9. A mobile communication device comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory memory communicatively coupled with at least the processor;

a radio frequency transceiver; and

an application stored in the non-transitory memory that, upon execution, configures the processor to;

identify a bandwidth of a bearer channel to which the mobile communication device is connected based on information received from the radio frequency transceiver,

determine a portion of a customization package to request based on the bandwidth of the bearer channel,

select a server from a plurality of servers based on the portion of the customization package, wherein the server is configured to access at least the portion of the customization package, and wherein at least two servers of the plurality of servers correspond with different portions of the customization package,

send a request for the portion of the customization package to the server that is selected, the request comprising identifying information of the server,

receive the portion of the customization package from the server in response to the request, and

perform customization changes to the mobile communication device in response to customization information contained in the portion of the customization package.

10. The mobile communication device of claim 9, wherein the customization changes comprise at least three of:

providing power-on animations, providing power-off animations, changing wallpaper, changing a ringtone, providing a link to an application store, entering a short code or phone number of a customer care center into an address book of the mobile communication device, providing a short code or phone number of voice mail, installing an application, installing a widget, or executing one or more sets of instructions configured to complete rebranding, customizing, or provisioning the mobile communication device.

11. The mobile communication device of claim 9, wherein the portion of the customization package is a primary portion.

12. The mobile communication device of claim 9, wherein customization information comprises information about at least three of:

power-on animations, power-off animations, wallpaper information, ringtone information, information about a link to an application store, a short code of a customer care center, phone number of a customer care center, carrier legal statements, multimedia preloaded responses, coverage maps, a mobile directory number, a network access identifier, a short code of voice mail, a phone number of voice mail, information for installing an application or widget, instructions configured to complete rebranding, or provisioning information.

13. The mobile communication device of claim 9, wherein the request is sent through a regional home agent (HA) to the server.

14. A method of receiving a customization payload on a mobile communication device, comprising:

identifying, by an application stored in a non-transitory memory and executed to configure a processor on the mobile communication device, a bandwidth of a first bearer channel connecting the mobile communication device to a network;

determining, by the application, a first portion of a customization package from a plurality of portions of the customization package based on identifying the bandwidth of the first bearer channel;

selecting, by the application, a first server that corresponds with the first portion of the customization package in response to determining the first portion;

sending, by the application, a request for a first customization payload comprising the first portion of the customization package to the first server of a plurality of servers;

receiving, on the mobile communication device by the application, the first customization payload from the first server;

perform customization changes to the mobile communication device based on the first portion of the customization package in the first customization payload;

subsequent to performing customization changes based on the first portion, determining a second portion of the customization package from the plurality of portions based on identification of a second bandwidth of a different bearer channel that connects the mobile communication device with the network after connection to the first bearer channel ends;

selecting, by the application, a second server to request a second portion of the customization package based on the determination of the second portion;

sending, by the application, a second request for the second portion to a second server of the plurality of servers;

receiving, on the mobile communication device from the second server, a second customization payload comprising the second portion of the customization package in response to the second request, wherein receiving the second customization payload is based on the mobile communication device being connected to the different bearer channel after connection to the first bearer channel is ended; and

performing additional customization changes to the mobile communication device based on the second portion of the customization package, wherein the additional customization changes are supplemental to the customization changes performed based on the first portion.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein each portion of the customization package comprises customization information that is used to perform customization changes.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the customization changes comprise at least three of:

providing power-on animations, providing power-off animations, changing wallpaper, changing a ringtone, providing a link to an application store, entering a short code or a phone number of a customer care center into an address book of the mobile communication device, providing a short code or phone number of voice mail, installing application, installing a widget, or executing instructions configured to complete rebranding, customizing, or provisioning the mobile communication device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the customization information comprises information about at least three of:

power-on animations, power-off animations, wallpaper information, ringtone information, carrier legal statements, multimedia preloaded responses, coverage maps, a mobile directory number, a network access identifier, information about a link to an application store, a short code or phone number of a customer care center, a short code or phone number of voice mail, information for installing an application, information for installing a widget, instructions configured to complete rebranding of the mobile communication device, or provisioning information for the mobile communication device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein each portion of the customization package comprises different customization information.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein at least one of the first request or the second request comprises identifying information for the corresponding server for routing through a regional home agent (HA).