Session-based device configuration

• US 9,614,724 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2014
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Menezes, Pascal F., Hassan, Amer A., Leeb, Gunter, Haugen, Todd
• Primary Examiner(s): ALRIYASHI, ABDULKADER MOHAMED
• Application Number:
  US14/257,502
• Publication Number:
  US 20150304165A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,079 Days
• Field of Search: 709221, 709222, 709228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

Techniques for session-based device configuration are described. According to one or more implementations, various settings of a wireless device are configured to optimize device performance while participating in a communication session via a wireless network. The settings, for instance, are configured dynamically and on a per-session basis.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more computer-readable storage media including instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the at least one processor, cause the system perform operations including;

receiving a notification that a communication session is initiated in a network, the notification including a session notification application programming interface (API) that includes a value for an attribute of the communication session;

ascertaining that a client device is connected to the network based on the attribute of the communication session received as part of the session notification API;

applying the attribute of the communication session received as part of the session notification API to a network policy for the network to specify a parameter for the communication session;

configuring a session configuration application programming interface (API) with the parameter for the communication session by applying the value for the attribute included in the session notification API to the network policy;

generating a configuration event that includes the session configuration API configured with the parameter for the communication session; and

communicating the configuration event to the client device.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the notification is separate from data packets of the communication session.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the attribute includes an identifier for the client device.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the attribute includes one or more media types for the communication session.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the session notification API further includes multiple attributes of the communication session.

6. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the parameter for the communication session specifies a wireless behavior to be applied by the client device.

7. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the parameter for the communication session specifies a quality of service marking to be applied by the client device to data packets of the communication session.

8. The system as recited in claim 1, the operations further including:

receiving an indication of a change in the communication session;

generating a reconfiguration event that includes at least one of a change to the parameter for the communication session or a change to a different parameter for the communication session; and

communicating the reconfiguration event to the client device.

9. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the indication of the change includes an indication of a problem with session quality for the communication session, and wherein at least one of the change to the parameter for the communication session or the change to the different parameter is specified to increase the session quality for the communication session.

10. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the indication of the change includes an indication that the client device is moving to a different location, and wherein at least one of the change to the parameter for the communication session or the change to the different parameter identifies a wireless access point that is available to provide wireless connectivity at the different location.

11. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the indication of the change includes an indication that the communication session is terminated, and wherein at least one of the change to the parameter for the communication session or the change to the different parameter includes an indication that the communication session is terminated.

12. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the session notification API is configured to identify dialogue events and session events, and populate the dialogue events and session events with respective values for the communication session.

13. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a notification that a communication session is initiated in a network, the notification including a session notification application programming interface (API) that includes a value for an attribute of the communication session;

ascertaining that a client device is connected to the network based on the attribute of the communication session received as part of the session notification API;

applying the attribute of the communication session received as part of the session notification API to a network policy for the network to specify a parameter for the communication session;

configuring a session configuration application programming interface (API) with the parameter for the communication session by applying the value for the attribute included in the session notification API to the network policy;

generating a configuration event that includes the session configuration API configured with the parameter for the communication session; and

communicating the configuration event to the client device.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the parameter for the communication session specifies a wireless behavior to be applied by the client device.

15. The method as recited in claim 13, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a change in the communication session;

generating a reconfiguration event that includes at least one of a change to the parameter for the communication session or a change to a different parameter for the communication session; and

communicating the reconfiguration event to the client device.

16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the indication of the change includes an indication of a problem with session quality for the communication session, and wherein at least one of the change to the parameter for the communication session or the change to the different parameter is specified to increase the session quality for the communication session.

17. A method comprising:

receiving an update event including an indication of a change to a communication session in a network between a client device and at least one other device, the update event further including a session update application programming interface (API) that includes a value for an attribute of the communication session;

ascertaining that the change has occurred in the communication session based on the attribute of the communication session received as part of the session update API;

applying the attribute of the communication session received as part of the session update API to a network policy for the network to specify a parameter for the communication session;

configuring a reconfiguration application programming interface (API) with the parameter for the communication session by applying the value for the attribute included in the session update API to the network policy;

generating a reconfiguration event that includes the reconfiguration API configured with the parameter for the communication session; and

communicating the reconfiguration event to the client device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the indication of the change includes an indication of a problem with session quality for the communication session, and wherein the parameter for the communication session is specified to increase the session quality for the communication session.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the indication of the change includes an indication that the client device is moving to a different location, and wherein the parameter for the communication session identifies a wireless access point that is available to provide wireless connectivity at the different location.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the indication of the change includes an indication that the communication session is terminated, and wherein the change to the parameter for the communication session includes an indication that the communication session is terminated.