Mobile Activity Status Tracker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016112862-A1
Application number	US-201514976625-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 21, 2015
Priority date	Apr 11, 2000
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A technique and apparatus to provide status tracking of presence and/or location of a mobile, wireless device to a requesting entity even outside of a particular wireless system. This allows wireless service providers the ability to monitor and log changes in the status of mobile stations within and/or outside their networks. Embodiments are disclosed wherein presence and/or location information is provided to entities outside of a particular servicing wireless network using the mechanisms of call processing components of a mobile network (e.g., call setup procedures), and using standard mechanisms currently available to any appropriately conforming Mobile Switching Center (MSC) element. A mobile activity status tracker (MAST) is disclosed which contains a database of information similar to the information contained in the Home Location Register. The MAST tracks and reports status and activity of mobile wireless devices in a wireless network using mobile registration message, mobile inactivity message forwarding, and/or mobile automatic notification of subscriber status to TCP/IP entities (e.g., application servers on the Internet or Intranet). The MAST system duplicates the same or similar information contained in a corresponding HLR, but is available as an external database entity which is not restricted by SS7 standards. The tracking need not track call-specific information, e.g., called telephone numbers or information regarding conversations sustained by the tracked wireless subscribers.

First claim

1 - 28 . (canceled)

29 . A method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device, comprising:
monitoring, from a server outside a servicing network to a given mobile device, a duplicate of a status change mechanism of call processing initiated by said mobile device, said status change mechanism being independent of a home location register; and logging, at said server outside said servicing network, a presence of said mobile device based on a change in said mechanism of call processing of said mobile device.

30 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 29 , wherein:
said carrier's network is a wireless network.

31 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 29 , wherein:
said mechanism of call processing comprises call setup messaging.

32 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 29 , wherein:
said mechanism of call processing comprises a mobile registration message.

33 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 29 , wherein:
said mechanism of call processing comprises a forwarded mobile inactivity message.

34 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 29 , wherein:
said mechanism of call processing comprises a mobile automatic notification of subscriber status to a TCP/IP entity.

35 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 34 , wherein:
said TCP/IP entity is an application server on an Internet.

36 . A method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device, comprising:
monitoring, from a server outside a servicing network to a given mobile device, a duplicate of a status change mechanism generated by a mobile switching center (MSC), said status change message being independent of a home location register; and logging, at said server outside said servicing network, a presence of said mobile device based on a change in said status change mechanism generated by said mobile switching center (MSC).

37 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 36 , wherein:
said carrier's network is a wireless network.

38 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 36 , wherein:
said status change mechanism comprises call setup messaging.

39 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 36 , wherein:
said status change mechanism comprises a mobile registration message.

40 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 36 , wherein:
said status change mechanism comprises a forwarded mobile inactivity message.

41 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 36 , wherein:
said status change mechanism comprises a mobile automatic notification of subscriber status to a TCP/IP entity.

42 . The method of obtaining presence of a mobile device outside a carrier's network supplying service to said mobile device according to claim 41 , wherein:
said TCP/IP entity is an application server on an Internet.

Assignees

• Telecomm Systems Inc

Inventors

• Wallace Erik
• Weichselbaumer Walter
• Hronek Daniel J
• Titus Mark
• Ung Dara

Classifications

• H04W64/006

  with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination · CPC title

• H04W8/08 Primary

  Mobility data transfer · CPC title

• H04L67/24

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/22

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L69/16

  Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] · CPC title