Reciprocal addition of attribute fields in access control lists and profiles for femto cell coverage management

• US 9,584,984 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2014
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Huber, Kurt Donald, Mansfield, William Gordon, Flynn, Judson John
• Primary Examiner(s): SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI
• Application Number:
  US14/455,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20140342703A1
• Time in Patent Office: 935 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
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• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 : based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
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Abstract

Access management to femto cell service is provided through access control list(s) (e.g., white list(s), or black list(s)). White list(s) includes a set of subscriber station(s) identifier numbers, codes, or tokens, and also can include additional fields for femto cell access management based on desired complexity. White list(s) can have associated white list profile(s) therewith to establish logic of femto coverage access based on the white list(s). A mechanism for reciprocal addition of access field attributes in access control lists and white list profiles also is provided. The mechanism allows at least in part for a first subscriber to be added to a configured white list of a second subscriber, when the first subscriber configures a new white list, the second subscriber is reciprocally incorporated in the new white list. Such mechanism can be driven and facilitates generation of associations among groups of subscribers that share specific commonalities.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

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

receiving, from a network data store, data signals representing information related to subscriber devices linked to a mobile identifier attribute field of an access control data structure that is employable to control access to a femto access point device,

based on social activity criterion data associated with the subscriber devices, classifying the information into segments representing networks to which the subscriber devices are determined to be subscribed, and

based on topology information associated with the networks, determining first action data related to a customization of a femto wireless service provided via the femto access point device to a network of the networks and determining second action data related to a commercialization of a product for the network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the social activity criterion data comprises location criterion data related to a location associated with the subscriber devices.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the social activity criterion data comprises consumption pattern criterion data related to a pattern associated with service consumption of the subscriber devices.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the social activity criterion data comprises temporal criterion data related to timing data associated with the subscriber devices.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the social activity criterion data is determined based on multimedia share services subscribed by the subscriber devices.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the social activity criterion data is determined based on multimedia delivery packages transferred to the subscriber devices.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the classifying is based on service data indicative of a type of femto service subscribed by the subscriber devices.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the classifying is based on device data indicative of a type of the subscriber devices.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the classifying is based on radio frequency band data indicative of a radio frequency band utilized by the subscriber devices.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the access control data structure is populated based on social network data received from a social network server.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the segments comprise a first segment representing a first group of the networks associated with a first group of the subscriber devices that subscribe to a femto service associated with the femto access point device and a second segment representing a second group of the networks associated with a second group of the subscriber devices that do not subscribe to the femto service.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the second group of the subscriber devices subscribe to a macro service associated with a macro access point device.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a data signal representing information related to subscriber devices associated with a mobile identifier attribute field of an access control data structure that is employable to control access to a femto access point device;

based on social activity criterion data associated with the subscriber devices, classifying, by the system, the information into segments that represent a group of networks to which the subscriber devices are determined to be subscribed, and

based on topology information associated with the group of networks, customizing, by the system, a femto wireless service provided via the femto access point device to a network of the group of networks and initiating, by the system, a commercialization of a product for the network.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the classifying comprises classifying the information based on device data indicative of a device category assigned to the subscriber devices.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the classifying comprises classifying the information based on service data indicative of a type of femto service subscribed by the subscriber devices.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the classifying comprises classifying the information based on radio frequency band data indicative of a radio frequency band utilized by the subscriber devices.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

based on social network data received from a social network server, populating, by the system, the access control data structure.

18. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving, from a network data store, a data signal representing information related to subscriber devices linked to a mobile identifier attribute field of an access control data structure that is employable to restrict access to a femto access point device;

based on social activity criterion data associated with the subscriber devices, determining segments representing networks associated with the subscriber devices wherein the subscriber devices are determined to be subscribed to the networks; and

based on topology information associated with the networks, determining first action data related to an adjustment of a femto wireless service provided via the femto access point device to a network of the networks and determining second action data related to a commercialization of a product for the network.

19. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the access control data structure is populated based on social network data received from a social network device.

20. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the segments comprises a first segment representing a first group of networks associated with a first group of the subscriber devices that subscribe to a femto service associated with the femto access point device and a second segment representing a second group of networks associated with a second group of the subscriber devices that subscribe to a macro service associated with a macro network device.