Adjustable sip mute call and one-way communication detection and reporting systems and methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020296554-A1
Application number	US-201916354143-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 14, 2019
Priority date	Mar 14, 2019
Publication date	Sep 17, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods for maintaining and dynamically updating an inactivity timer at a user equipment to detect a one-way audio or mute call to improve call experience are disclosed. The method enables the user equipment to perform an action (e.g., enable, disable, drop call, don't drop call, etc.) when a one-way audio or mute call is detected. Instead of hardcoding values for the timer and/or action parameters within the user equipment (for example, by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM)), these parameter values can be dynamically determined and communicated to the user equipment by a telecommunications service provider based on one or more of the following factors: network health, network congestion, current events, type of call (emergency v. non-emergency), type of customer (business, premium, residential, etc.), service-level agreement, and so on.

First claim

1 . At least one computer-readable memory carrying instructions to be executed by at least one processor, wherein the instructions are for performing a method of detecting a one-way connection, the method comprising:
receiving, at a user equipment, a set of configurable media inactivity timer values; storing, in at least one memory configurably connected to the user equipment, a subset of the set of configurable media inactivity timer values; receiving, at the user equipment, a call setup completion message; detecting, at the user equipment, inactivity in both a downlink connection and an uplink connection between the user equipment and a telecommunications service provider; when inactivity is detected in both the downlink connection and the uplink connection:
restarting, at the user equipment, at least one media inactivity timer;
comparing a value of the at least one media inactivity timer with a corresponding value in the set of configurable media inactivity timer values; and
when a value of the at least one media inactivity timer equals or exceeds the corresponding value in the set of configurable media inactivity timer values:
executing, by the user equipment, at least one action associated with the at least one media inactivity timer; and

when inactivity is not detected in either the downlink connection or the uplink connection:
resetting, at the user equipment, a value of the at least one media inactivity timer.

2 . The at least one computer-readable memory of claim 1 wherein the set of configurable media inactivity timer value is received from the telecommunications service provider, and wherein a user of the user equipment is subscribed with the telecommunications service provider.

3 . The at least one computer-readable memory of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a set of actions associated with each value in the set of configurable media inactivity timer values,
wherein the at least one action executed by the user equipment is selected from the set of actions associated with the at least one media inactivity timer.

4 . The at least one computer-readable memory of claim 1 wherein the set of configurable media inactivity timer values comprises a first inactivity timer value for an emergency call and a second inactivity timer value for a non-emergency call.

5 . The at least one computer-readable memory of claim 1 wherein the set of configurable media inactivity timer values comprises a first inactivity timer value for an emergency call and a second inactivity timer value for a non-emergency call, and
wherein the first inactivity time value is associated with a first action and the second inactivity timer value is associated with a second action different from the first action.

6 . The at least one computer-readable memory of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises:
transmitting, from the user equipment, a request to a telecommunications service provider for the set of configurable media inactivity timer values,
wherein a user of the user equipment is subscribed with the telecommunications service provider.

7 . The at least one computer-readable memory of claim 1 wherein detecting inactivity in either the downlink connection or the uplink connection comprises:
detecting, at the user equipment, no Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) packet, and
detecting, at the user equipment, no RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) packet.

8 . The at least one computer-readable memory of claim 1 wherein the at least one media inactivity timer is started when the user equipment receives a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) acknowledgment (ACK) message or a SIP ACK 200-OK message.

9 . The at least one computer-readable memory of claim 1 wherein the at least one media inactivity timer is started when the user equipment receives the call setup completion message.

10 . The at least one computer-readable memory of claim 1 wherein the set of configurable media inactivity timer values are received via at least one: Non-Access Stratum (NAS) layer message, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) layer message, Over-the-Air (OTA) message, or any combination thereof.

11 . The at least one computer-readable memory of claim 1 wherein the set of configurable media inactivity timer values are configured based on:
network health,
network congestion,
current events,
user-defined parameters,
type of communication,
type of audio call,
user profile of user associated with the user equipment,
subscriber plan associated with the user equipment,
or any combination thereof.

12 . A method of detecting a one-way connection at a mobile device, the method comprising:
receiving, at the mobile device, a set of configurable media inactivity timer values; receiving, at the user equipment, a communication completion message; upon detecting, at the user equipment, inactivity in at least one of a downlink connection and an uplink connection between the user equipment and a telecommunications service provider:
restarting, at the user equipment, at least one media inactivity timer;
comparing a value of the at least one media inactivity timer with a corresponding value in the set of configurable media inactivity timer values; and
when a value of the at least one media inactivity timer is greater than the corresponding value in the set of configurable media inactivity timer values:
executing, by the user equipment, at least one action associated with the at least one media inactivity timer.

13 . The method of claim 12 further comprising:
storing, in at least one memory configurably connected to the mobile device, a subset of the set of configurable media inactivity timer values.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the set of configurable media inactivity timer values comprise a set of uplink media inactivity timer values for the uplink connection and a set of downlink media inactivity timer values for the downlink connection.

15 . The method of claim 12 further comprising:
when inactivity is not detected in at least one of the downlink connection and the uplink connection, resetting, at the user equipment, a value of the at least one media inactivity timer.

16 . The method of claim 12 wherein the set of configurable media inactivity timer values is received from the telecommunications service provider, and wherein a user of the user equipment is subscribed with the telecommunications service provider.

17 . The method of claim 12 further comprising:
receiving a set of actions associated with each value in the set of configurable media inactivity timer values,
wherein the at least one action executed by the user equipment is selected from the set of actions associated with the at least one media inactivity timer.

18 . The method of claim 12 wherein the set of configurable media inactivity timer values comprises a first inactivity timer value for an emergency call and a second inactivity timer value for a non-emergency call, and
wherein the first inactivity time value is associated with a first action and the second inactivity timer value is associated with a second action different from the first action.

19 . A method of detecting a one-way connection at a mobile device, the method comprising:
receiving, at the mobile device, a set of configurable media inactivity timer values, wherein each particular value in the set of configurable media inactivity timer values is associated with a set of actions to be performed when the particular value is exceeded; upon detecting, at

Assignees

• T Mobile Usa Inc

Inventors

• Chiang Hsin-Fu Henry
• Rahman Muhammad Tawhidur

Classifications

• H04L65/1094

  Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing · CPC title

• H04W4/16 Primary

  Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold · CPC title

• H04L65/80 Primary

  Responding to QoS · CPC title

• H04L65/1104

  Session initiation protocol [SIP] · CPC title

• H04M3/2272

  Subscriber line supervision circuits, e.g. call detection circuits · CPC title