Mobile terminating device readiness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12238549-B2
Application number	US-202117566113-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2021
Priority date	Dec 30, 2021
Publication date	Feb 25, 2025
Grant date	Feb 25, 2025

Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for implementing a cellular network readiness check between a mobile originator and a mobile terminator for connecting calls and messages. A network communicates push notifications to a device and receives indications of a readiness of that device to participate in a testing scenario. Additionally, within the testing scenario, push notifications are used to communicate expectations of a test communication session to a mobile terminating device and to determine if test outcomes matched expectations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for implementing a cellular network readiness check, the method comprising:
communicating a first push notification from a push notification server in response to a request to determine a status of a first mobile terminating device to the first mobile terminating device and a first mobile originating device;
receiving a network connection status from the first mobile terminating device, the status indicating a readiness of the first mobile terminating device to receive communication from the first mobile originating device;
communicating a second push notification from the push notification server to the first mobile terminating device and the first mobile originating device in response to the receiving the network connection status from the first mobile terminating device, the second push notification comprising the network connection status;
receiving from the first mobile originating device, a first request to distribute a message expectation push to the first mobile terminating device;
communicating a third push notification from the push notification server in response to the first request to distribute the message expectation push to the first mobile terminating device and the first mobile originating device;
receiving an indication from the first mobile originating device to initiate a first communication session with the first mobile terminating device;
initiating the first communication session from the first mobile originating device to the first mobile terminating device; and
receiving a first communication from the first mobile terminating device indicating if the first communication session was completed within a predetermined time period.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request to determine the status of the first mobile terminating device is received from the first mobile originating device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the request to determine the status of the first mobile terminating device is received by way of an application programming interface.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
upon receiving the third push notification, initiating, by the first mobile terminating device, a second communication to determine whether the first communication session was successful.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein upon completion of an allotted time specified on a timer and the first communication session is not received by the first mobile terminating device, the first communication session is indicated as not successful.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein upon completion of an allotted time specified on a timer and the first communication session is received by the first mobile terminating device, the first communication session is indicated as successful.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein following the communication of the first push notification, an identification of the first mobile terminating device is received by the push notification server.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
communicating, to the first mobile originating device, a status push notification in response to a receipt of the status of the first mobile terminating device.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
distributing a fourth push notification generated at the push notification server in response to a second request to distribute a second incoming message expectation push to a second mobile terminating device;
initiating a second communication session request from the first mobile originating device to the second mobile terminating device; and
receiving a third communication from the second mobile terminating device indicating whether the second communication session request was successful.

10. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for implementing a cellular network readiness check, the method comprising:
communicating a first push notification from a push notification server to a first mobile terminating device in response to a request to determine a status of the first mobile terminating device;
receiving a network connection status from the first mobile terminating device, the network connection status indicating a readiness of the first mobile terminating device to receive a communication from a first mobile originating device;
communicating a second push notification from the push notification server to the first mobile terminating device and the first mobile originating device in response to the receiving the network connection status from the first mobile terminating device, the second push notification comprising the network connection status;
receiving from the first mobile originating device, a first request to distribute a message expectation push to the first mobile terminating device;
communicating a third push notification from the push notification server in response to the first request to distribute the message expectation push to the first mobile terminating device;
receiving an indication from the first mobile originating device to initiate a first communication session with the first mobile terminating device;
initiating the first communication session from the first mobile originating device to the first mobile terminating device; and
receiving a first communication from the first mobile terminating device indicating whether the first communication session was completed within a predetermined time period.

11. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the request to determine the status of the first mobile terminating device is received from the first mobile originating device.

12. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the request to determine the status of the first mobile terminating device is received by way of an application programming interface.

13. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein:
upon receiving the third push notification, the first mobile terminating device initiates a protocol to determine whether the first communication session was successful.

14. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the protocol comprises a timer configured to start upon receipt of the first communication session.

15. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 14 , wherein upon completion of an allotted time specified on the timer and the first communication session not being received by the first mobile terminating device, the first communication session is indicated as not successful.

16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein upon receiving an indication that the first communication session was not successful, creating a trouble ticket, the trouble ticket indicating that a problem exists in a communication pathway between the first mobile originating device and the first mobile terminating device.

17. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 16 , wherein upon completion of the allotted time specified on the timer and the first communication session being received by the first mobile terminating device, the first communication session is indicated as successful.

18. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein following the communication of the first push notification, an identification of each of the first mobile terminating device and a second mobile terminating device is received.

19. A system for implementing a cellular network readiness check comprising:
one or more computer components configured to:
communic

Assignees

• T Mobile Innovations Llc

Inventors

• Kumar Nitin
• Lien Frederick Andrew
• Bellam Prakasa Rao
• Prakash Sumeet

Classifications

• H04L67/55

  Push-based network services · CPC title

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04W24/08 Primary

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title