Device, computer-readable medium, and method for modifying services using advanced data collection capabilities

• US 9,686,417 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2015
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient Mobile Security America, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient Mobile Security America, Inc.
• Inventors: Jahr, Christoph
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Thai
• Application Number:
  US14/693,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20150229777A1
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 455418, 455419, 455420, 455466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/85 characterised by the type of condition triggering a notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A device includes one or more processor, a display, and a module card. The one or more processor determines that a communication function of the device has terminated and sends a notification to the module card that indicates the termination. The module card sends a message to a server in response to receiving the notification and receives another message from the server. The message indicates that the device is ready to receive the other message. The other message includes an instruction and another notification, which is based on usage of an account and identifies an actionable category with respect thereto. The instruction causes the one or more processor to function as display, receiving, determining, and sending devices, which respectively display the other notification, receive an input response thereto, determine that the response corresponds to a confirmation to implement the actionable category, and send a further message including the response.

Claims

1. A portable device for performing one or more communication functions, the portable device comprising:

a processor;

a display; and

a module card comprising a memory, the memory configured to store;

a toolkit comprising a plurality of commands; and

a second instruction that, when executed by the module card, instructs the module card to function as an interpreter configured to interpret a first instruction,

wherein the processor is configured to;

determine whether a communication function of the portable device successfully connected to a wireless network has terminated; and

in response to determining that the communication function of the portable device has terminated after disconnecting from the wireless network, send a first notification to the module card, the first notification indicating that the communication function of the portable device has terminated;

wherein the module card is configured to;

in response to receiving the first notification, send a first message to a server, the first message indicating that the portable device is ready to receive a second message;

receive the second message from the server,

the second message being in response to the first message,

the second message comprising a second notification and the first instruction,

the second notification based on usage data of a subscriber account associated with the portable device, and

the second notification identifying an actionable category with respect to the subscriber account,

wherein the first instruction, when executed by the interpreter, implements the plurality of commands, such that the processor functions as;

a display device configured to display the second notification on the display;

a receiving device configured to receive an input as a response to the second notification;

a determining device configured to determine whether the response corresponds to a confirmation to implement the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account; and

a sending device configured to, in response to the determining device determining that the response corresponds to the confirmation to take implement the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account, send a third message, the third message comprising the response to the second notification.

2. The portable device of claim 1,

wherein the subscriber account is an account for a mobile telecommunications service, and

wherein the mobile telecommunications service comprises at least one of:

a voice service,

a data service, and

a messaging service.

3. The portable device of claim 2, wherein the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account is an action of retaining the mobile telecommunications service.

4. The portable device of claim 2,

wherein the second notification comprises one or more offers to modify the mobile telecommunications service associated with the subscriber account, and

wherein the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account is an action of accepting one of the one or more offers to modify the mobile telecommunications service associated with the subscriber account.

5. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the usage data comprises at least one of:

data relating to web activity associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to a portable device service plan associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to data usage associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to telephone call activity associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to text messaging activity associated with the subscriber account, and

data relating to multimedia messaging activity associated with the subscriber account.

6. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the display device is configured to display the second notification such that the second notification covers an item previously displayed on the display.

7. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the second notification comprises at least one of:

a question requiring a response of “

yes”

or “

no”

;

a menu including a predetermined number of choices; and

a prompt requesting a subscriber-generated response.

8. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a portable device comprising a processor, a module card, and a display, instruct the portable device to perform processes comprising:

determining, by the processor, whether a communication function of the portable device successfully connected to a wireless network has terminated; and

in response to the processor determining that the communication function of the portable device has terminated after disconnecting from the wireless network, sending a first notification from the processor to the module card, the first notification indicating that the communication function of the portable device has terminated;

in response to receiving the first notification at the module card, sending a first message from the module card to a server, the first message indicating that the portable device is ready to receive a second message;

receiving the second message from the server,

the second message being in response to the first message,

the second message comprising a second notification and a first instruction,

the second notification based on usage data of a subscriber account associated with the portable device, and

the second notification identifying an actionable category with respect to the sub scriber account;

executing, by the module card, a second instruction that instructs the module card to function as an interpreter configured to interpret the first instruction;

executing, by the module card functioning as the interpreter, the first instruction, such that the processor functions as;

a display device configured to display the second notification on the display;

a receiving device configured to receive an input as a response to the second notification;

a determining device configured to determine whether the response corresponds to a confirmation to implement the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account; and

a sending device configured to, in response to the determining device determining that the response corresponds to the confirmation to implement the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account, send a third message, the third message comprising the response to the second notification.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8,

wherein the subscriber account is an account for a mobile telecommunications service, and

wherein the mobile telecommunications service comprises at least one of:

a voice service,

a data service, and

a messaging service.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account is an action of retaining the mobile telecommunications service.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9,

wherein the second notification comprises one or more offers to modify the mobile telecommunications service associated with the subscriber account, and

wherein the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account is an action of accepting one of the one or more offers to modify the mobile telecommunications service associated with the subscriber account.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the usage data comprises at least one of:

data relating to web activity associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to a portable device service plan associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to data usage associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to telephone call activity associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to text messaging activity associated with the subscriber account, and

data relating to multimedia messaging activity associated with the subscriber account.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the display device is configured to display the second notification such that the second notification covers an item previously displayed on the display.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second notification comprises at least one of:

a question requiring a response of “

yes”

or “

no”

;

a menu including a predetermined number of choices; and

a prompt requesting a subscriber-generated response.

15. A method for controlling a portable device comprising a processor, a module card, and a display, the method comprising:

determining, by the processor, whether a communication function of the portable device successfully connected to a wireless network has terminated; and

in response to the processor determining that the communication function of the portable device has terminated after disconnecting from the wireless network, sending a first notification from the processor to the module card, the first notification indicating that the communication function of the portable device has terminated;

in response to receiving the first notification at the module card, sending a first message from the module card to a server, the first message indicating that the portable device is ready to receive a second message;

receiving the second message from the server,

the second message being in response to the first message,

the second message comprising a second notification and a first instruction,

the second notification based on usage data of a subscriber account associated with the portable device, and

the second notification identifying an actionable category with respect to the sub scriber account;

executing, by the module card, a second instruction that instructs the module card to function as an interpreter configured to interpret the first instruction;

executing, by the module card functioning as the interpreter, the first instruction, such that the processor functions as;

a display device configured to display the second notification on the display;

a receiving device configured to receive an input as a response to the second notification;

a determining device configured to determine whether the response corresponds to a confirmation to implement the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account; and

a sending device configured to, in response to the determining device determining that the response corresponds to the confirmation to implement the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account, send a third message, the third message comprising the response to the second notification.

16. The method of claim 15,

wherein the subscriber account is an account for a mobile telecommunications service, and

wherein the mobile telecommunications service comprises at least one of:

a voice service,

a data service, and

a messaging service.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account is an action of retaining the mobile telecommunications service.

18. The method of claim 16,

wherein the second notification comprises one or more offers to modify the mobile telecommunications service associated with the subscriber account, and

wherein the actionable category with respect to the subscriber account is an action of accepting one of the one or more offers to modify the mobile telecommunications service associated with the subscriber account.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the usage data comprises at least one of:

data relating to web activity associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to a portable device service plan associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to data usage associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to telephone call activity associated with the subscriber account,

data relating to text messaging activity associated with the subscriber account, and

data relating to multimedia messaging activity associated with the subscriber account.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the second notification comprises at least one of:

a question requiring a response of “

yes”

or “

no”

;

a menu including a predetermined number of choices; and

a prompt requesting a subscriber-generated response.