VIRTUAL DEVICE PROXY

• US 20160150040A1
• Filed: 11/24/2014
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fan, James W., Aaron, Jeffrey A., Shaw, Venson
• Application Number:
  US14/551,524
• Publication Number:
  US 20160150040A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable

Abstract

Utilizing a virtual proxy system to emulate a portion of a communication is presented herein. A method can include receiving status information corresponding to a communication session of a communication device; based on the status information, determining, utilizing a rule representing a condition corresponding to the communication session, an action to be performed with respect to an emulation of a portion of the communication session; and sending an instruction representing the action directed to a proxy device for performance of the emulation. In an example, the action can include translating the portion of the communication session to a text message, and sending, via the proxy device, the text message directed to the communication device. In another example, the action can include generating a proxy communication corresponding to the portion of the communication session, and sending, via the proxy device, the proxy communication to a target communication device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor, status information corresponding to a communication session of a communication device;

based on the status information, determining, by the system utilizing a rule representing a condition of the communication session, an action to be performed with respect to an emulation of a portion of the communication session; and

sending, by the system, an instruction representing the action directed to a proxy device for performance of the emulation of the portion of the communication session.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the status information represents a state of the communication device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the state represents an amount of battery power determined for the communication device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the state represents an amount of processing determined to be performed by the communication device.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the state represents a quality of a signal determined to have been received by the communication device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the status information represents a quality of a signal determined to have been received by a network device corresponding to the communication session.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on the instruction, translating, by the system, the portion of the communication session to a substitute portion, wherein the substitute portion corresponds to a first communication bandwidth that is lower than a second communication bandwidth corresponding to the portion of the communication; and

sending, by the system via the proxy device, the substitute portion directed to the communication device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on the instruction, generating, by the system, a proxy communication corresponding to the portion of the communication session; and

sending, by the system via the proxy device, the proxy communication directed to a target communication device on behalf of the communication device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on the instruction, recording, by the system, the portion of the communication session.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving a message comprising a request from a subscriber of a communication service corresponding to the communication session, determining, by the system, a requested action to be performed with respect to the portion of the communication session.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

sending, by the system, request information representing the requested action directed to the proxy device for performance of the requested action.

12. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

determining status information associated with a communication session corresponding to a communication device;

based on the status information, determining, using a defined policy with respect to a condition associated with the communication session, an action to be performed with respect to an emulation of a portion of the communication session; and

sending instruction information representing the action directed to a proxy device for performance of the emulation of the portion of the communication session.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the status information represents a state of the communication device.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the status information represents a state of a network device corresponding to the communication session.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the action comprises generation of a proxy communication corresponding to the portion of the communication.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the action comprises storage of the portion of the communication in a storage device.

17. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing device including a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

determining status information corresponding to a communication associated with a communication device;

based on the status information, determining, using a defined set of rules with respect to a condition corresponding to the communication, an action to be performed with respect to an emulation of at least a portion of the communication; and

sending proxy information directed to a proxy device for performance of the emulation of at least the portion of the communication.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the determining the status information comprises determining a device state of the communication device.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the determining the status information comprises determining a device state of a network device corresponding to the communication.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating, based on at least the portion of the communication, a message; and

sending, via the proxy device, the message directed to the communication device.