Method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for processing machine-to-machine communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9860906-B2
Application number	US-201514970037-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2015
Priority date	Dec 15, 2015
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for processing a machine-to-machine communication. For example, the method receives a request for transmission of the machine-to-machine communication in the communications network, wherein the machine-to-machine communication is between two dedicated machines operated by a customer of the communications network, determines an overall priority of the request, wherein the overall priority is based on a plurality of priority parameters, wherein the plurality of priority parameters comprises at least two of: a level of delivery service priority, a customer type priority, a location type priority, a sensor type priority, a registration status priority, a transmission status priority, and a bearer establishment priority, and transmits the machine-to-machine communication over the communications network to a destination, wherein the transmitting is based on the overall priority.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for processing a machine-to-machine communication in a communications network, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a request for transmission of the machine-to-machine communication in the communications network, wherein the machine-to-machine communication is between two dedicated machines operated by a customer of the communications network;
determining, by the processor, an overall priority of the request, wherein the overall priority is based on a plurality of priority parameters, wherein the plurality of priority parameters comprises at least two of: a level of delivery service priority, a customer type priority, a location type priority, a sensor type priority, a registration status priority, a transmission status priority, and a bearer establishment priority; and
transmitting, by the processor, the machine-to-machine communication over the communications network to a destination, wherein the transmitting is based on the overall priority.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication comprises a short message service message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication is received from a controller of one of the two dedicated machines.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication is received from a sensor of one of the two dedicated machines.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication comprises data associated with a parameter that the sensor measures.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bearer establishment priority is based on at least one of: a bandwidth parameter, a throughput parameter, and a latency parameter.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the level of delivery service priority is based on at least one of: a real time delivery service, a near real time delivery service, and a non-real time delivery service.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication is transmitted over the communications network in real time.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication is transmitted over the communications network in near real time.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication is transmitted over the communications network in non-real time.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing, by the processor, the machine-to-machine communication that is transmitted in the communications network.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
analyzing, by the processor, the machine-to-machine communication that is stored in the communications network.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for processing a machine-to-machine communication in a communications network, the operations comprising:
receiving a request for transmission of the machine-to-machine communication in the communications network, wherein the machine-to-machine communication is between two dedicated machines operated by a customer of the communications network;
determining an overall priority of the request, wherein the overall priority is based on a plurality of priority parameters, wherein the plurality of priority parameters comprises at least two of: a level of delivery service priority, a customer type priority, a location type priority, a sensor type priority, a registration status priority, a transmission status priority, and a bearer establishment priority; and
transmitting the machine-to-machine communication over the communications network to a destination, wherein the transmitting is based on the overall priority.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication comprises a short message service message.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication is received from a controller of one of the two dedicated machines.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication is received from a sensor of one of the two dedicated machines.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 16 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication comprises data associated with a parameter that the sensor measures.

18. An apparatus for processing a machine-to-machine communication in a communications network, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a request for transmission of the machine-to-machine communication in the communications network, wherein the machine-to-machine communication is between two dedicated machines operated by a customer of the communications network;
determining an overall priority of the request, wherein the overall priority is based on a plurality of priority parameters, wherein the plurality of priority parameters comprises at least two of: a level of delivery service priority, a customer type priority, a location type priority, a sensor type priority, a registration status priority, a transmission status priority, and a bearer establishment priority; and
transmitting the machine-to-machine communication over the communications network to a destination, wherein the transmitting is based on the overall priority.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication is received from a sensor of one of the two dedicated machines.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the machine-to-machine communication comprises data associated with a parameter that the sensor measures.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Shaw Venson
• Kodaypak Rajendra Prasad

Classifications

• H04W72/56 Primary

  based on priority criteria · CPC title

• H04L51/26

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W76/023

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/14 Primary

  Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] · CPC title

• H04W72/10 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic