System and method for managing the monitoring and receipt of a paging signal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10375670-B2
Application number	US-201615084552-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2016
Priority date	Mar 30, 2016
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for managing in a wireless communication device the receipt of a paging signal from a wide area wireless network. The method includes detecting by the wireless communication device whether the user of the wireless communication device is available for receiving an alert regarding incoming information via the wireless communication device. When the device determines that the user is not available for receiving the alert, one or more intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible are ignored by the wireless communication device, such that any paging signal for the wireless communication device that is present during the one or more intervals that are being ignored by the wireless communication device are not received by the wireless communication device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing in a wireless communication device the receipt of a paging signal from a wide area wireless network, the method comprising:
detecting by the wireless communication device whether a user of the wireless communication device is available for receiving an alert regarding incoming information via the wireless communication device;
wherein, when the device determines that the user is not available for receiving the alert, one or more intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible are ignored by the wireless communication device, such that any paging signal for the wireless communication device that is present during the one or more intervals that are being ignored by the wireless communication device are not received by the wireless communication device.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein ignoring one or more intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible includes deactivating or maintaining in a deactivated state the receiver, which is adapted to receive a paging signal when present, during the one or more intervals which are to be ignored.

3. A method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein deactivating or maintaining the receiver in a deactivated state includes detaching the wireless communication device from the wide area wireless network.

4. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein ignoring one or more intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible includes reducing a frequency that a receiver, which is adapted to receive a paging signal when present, is activated.

5. A method in accordance with claim 4 , wherein reducing the frequency that the receiver is activated includes skipping the monitoring of at least some of the one or more intervals during which a paging signal is expected.

6. A method in accordance with claim 4 , wherein reducing the frequency that the receiver is activated includes requesting from a paging server of the wide area wireless network a longer paging interval.

7. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein in addition to ignoring one or more intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible includes during the intervals in which the paging signal is ignored, the communication of data between the wireless communication device and the wide area wireless network is suspended.

8. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein in addition to ignoring one or more intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible includes reducing the operation of an application processor adapted for executing one or more applications in the wireless communication device.

9. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the determination that the user of the wireless communication device is available for receiving the alert includes a determination as to whether the user is proximate the wireless communication device.

10. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the determination that the user of the wireless communication device is available for receiving the alert includes a determination as to whether the user is able to perceive the alert.

11. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the determination that the user of the wireless communication device is available for receiving the alert includes detecting a context for which the state of the user relative to the wireless communication device can be identified or inferred from a suite of one or more sensors located within the wireless communication device.

12. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the incoming information includes information associated with an incoming voice call.

13. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the incoming information includes information associated with an incoming text message.

14. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein after the wireless communication device has determined that the user is not available for receiving an alert, and wherein one or more intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible has been ignored, upon detecting that the user is now available to receive an alert, the wireless communication device resumes monitoring for paging signals during at least some of the otherwise ignored intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible.

15. A wireless communication device comprising:
a wireless receiver for receiving information from a wide area network including a paging signal used to alert the wireless communication device of an incoming communication;
one or more sensors adapted for detecting whether a user of the wireless communication device is available for receiving an alert regarding incoming information for the wireless communication device; and
a paging controller adapted for ignoring one or more intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible, such that any paging signal for the wireless communication device that is present during the one or more intervals that are being ignored by the wireless communication device are not received by the wireless communication device, when the wireless communication device determines that the user is not available for receiving the alert.

16. A wireless communication device in accordance with claim 15 , wherein after the wireless communication device via the one or more sensors has determined that the user is not available for receiving an alert, and wherein one or more intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible has been ignored, upon detecting by the one or more sensors that the user is now available to receive an alert, the wireless communication device resumes monitoring for paging signals during at least some of the otherwise ignored intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible.

17. A wireless communication device in accordance with claim 15 further comprising a wireless transmitter, which is adapted for requesting from a paging server of the wide area network a longer paging interval, for reducing the frequency that the receiver is activated as part of ignoring one or more intervals during which a paging signal is expected as being possible.

18. A wireless communication device in accordance with claim 17 , wherein the wireless receiver and wireless transmitter are incorporated as part of a wireless transceiver.

19. A wireless communication device in accordance with claim 15 further comprising an application processor, which can be selectively activated and deactivated with the wireless receiver in conjunction with the determination by the one or more sensors whether the user of the wireless communication device is available for receiving an alert regarding incoming information for the wireless communication device.

20. A wireless communication device in accordance with claim 15 further comprising one or more timers for measuring a duration that the one or more sensors have detected the current state of the user relative to the wireless communication device.

Assignees

• Motorola Mobility Llc

Inventors

• Ballantyne Wayne
• Johnson John C
• Lohr Phillips W

Classifications

• H04W68/005 Primary

  Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication · CPC title

• H04W76/27

  Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states · CPC title