公开(公告)号：US10009450B1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US14501844

申请日：2014-09-30

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： Brandon Christopher Annan ,  Raymond Emilio Reeves ,  Ryan Alan Wick ,  John Marvin Jones, III

IPC: G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F13/10 ,  H04M1/725

CPC classification number: H04M1/72525 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F9/44505

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer-readable media, and wireless device that automatically determines whether an application requires a virtual input mechanism are provided. The wireless device includes a virtual machine and database. The virtual machine executes the application and parses code associated with the application to determine whether a virtual input mechanism is necessary. The database stores metadata that indicates whether the type of input needed for the application is touch or key.

公开(公告)号：US10007918B1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US14583582

申请日：2014-12-26

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： Jamal Cox ,  Matthew Henderson ,  Lisa Hilger

IPC: G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q10/06

CPC classification number: G06Q30/016 ,  G06Q10/063112 ,  G06Q10/06314

Abstract: A method of performing a customer service operation with user interface (UI) element widgets is disclosed. The method comprises an application of an evaluation server receiving inputs that are responses to a survey of a user of a workstation. The method comprises the application determining a personality type and a technical ability level of the user. The method comprises the application receiving a request for a widget, wherein the widget provides the functionality to complete the user request that is related to an issue that the user wants to resolve. The application automatically selects a widget from a plurality of widgets based on the type of user request and the technical ability level of the user. The application then transmits the widget to the user.

公开(公告)号：US09992659B1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-05

申请号：US15663743

申请日：2017-07-29

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： Sridhar R. Amireddy ,  Carter W. Floyd ,  Kenneth W. Samson ,  Vincent E. Turnbaugh

IPC: H04W4/24 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04L12/911

CPC classification number: H04W4/24 ,  H04L47/822 ,  H04M15/47 ,  H04M15/64 ,  H04M15/65 ,  H04M2215/0148 ,  H04M2215/32

Abstract: A method of real-time streaming telecommunication event records. The method comprises receiving event records by a collector component executing on a computer system, storing the event records in a messaging queue by the collector component, where the messaging queue is executed on the computer system, retrieving some of the event records from the messaging queue by a producer component executing on the computer system, where each of the retrieved event records are associated with a same on-going telecommunication activity, aggregating the event records associated with the same on-going telecommunication activity by the producer into a bundle, retrieving the bundle by a consumer component executing on the computer system, formatting the bundle by the consumer component into an aggregated data record, analyzing the aggregated data record based on a predefined fraud pattern by the consumer component, and generating a billing record by the consumer component based on the aggregated data record.

公开(公告)号：US20180152810A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-31

申请号：US15824170

申请日：2017-11-28

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： Yu Wang ,  Sanghoon Sung ,  Dhaval Dipak Mehta ,  Udit A. Thakore

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04B7/14 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W88/08

CPC classification number: H04W4/023 ,  H04B7/14 ,  H04L43/0864 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: A wireless base station locates User Equipment (UE) that is served by a wireless repeater chain that is served by the wireless base station. The wireless base station maintains a data structure that indicates geographic locations for wireless repeaters in the wireless repeater chain. The wireless base station wirelessly exchanges user data with the wireless repeater chain responsive to the UE exchanging the user data with one of the wireless repeaters in the wireless repeater chain. The wireless base station determines repeater hops in the wireless repeater chain between the wireless base station and the UE. The wireless base station determines the wireless repeater serving the UE based on the repeater hops. The wireless base station indicates a geographic location in the data structure for the wireless repeater serving the UE.

公开(公告)号：US09985938B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US15131889

申请日：2016-04-18

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： John M. Gatewood ,  Lee Alan Schnitzer ,  Sharon L. Woodrum ,  Bhanu Prakash Voruganti

IPC: G04F7/04 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/08 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04L63/06 ,  H04L63/083 ,  H04L63/0884 ,  H04L63/10 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/08 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: A wireless communication device controls access to a geographically-distributed Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) network. The wireless communication device graphically presents WiFi network data to receive user selections of multiple WiFi access systems, a network name, and a user password. The wireless communication device receives configuration data that associates broadcast identification signals for the WiFi access systems with the network name. The wireless communication device detects a broadcast identification signal for one of the WiFi access systems and responsively presents the network name and a password prompt to receive the user password. The wireless communication device transfers the network name and the user password to the WiFi access system, and in response, the wireless communication device exchanges user data over the WiFi access system.

公开(公告)号：US09985866B1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US15217981

申请日：2016-07-23

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： Arun Rajagopal ,  Marouane Balmakhtar ,  Carl Joseph Persson

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04W8/02 ,  H04L12/931 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W88/16

CPC classification number: H04L43/50 ,  H04L43/10 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L49/70 ,  H04W8/02 ,  H04W88/16

Abstract: A Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Software Defined Network (SDN) performs a network task. An NFV management system processes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify the network task and to direct an NFV orchestration system to install a virtual Probe (vProbe) with filter criteria to collect additional KPIs for the network task. The NFV orchestration system directs an NFV Infrastructure (NFVI) to install the vProbe. The vProbe sends the filter criteria to a virtual Switch (vSW) in the NFVI, and the vSW applies the filter criteria to Virtual Network Function (VNF) traffic and transfers the filtered data to the vProbe. The vProbe processes the filtered data to generate the additional KPIs for the NFV management system. The NFV management system processes the additional KPIs to perform the network task.

公开(公告)号：US09980144B1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-22

申请号：US15486826

申请日：2017-04-13

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： Lyle Walter Paczkowski ,  George Jason Schnellbacher

IPC: H04W12/10 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04L12/46 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/04

CPC classification number: H04W76/11 ,  G06F21/57 ,  H04L9/3234 ,  H04L12/4641 ,  H04L63/0823 ,  H04W12/06

Abstract: A wireless relay serves User Equipment (UE) with hardware-trusted wireless data communications over Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 links and Long Term Evolution (LTE) links. The wireless relay maintains hardware-trusted wireless backhaul links to a data network. The wireless relay broadcasts an IEEE 802.11 Service Set Identifier (SSID) and a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Network Identifier (NID). The UE wirelessly transfers a hardware-trusted attachment request using the 802.11 SSID or the LTE NID. The wireless relay validates hardware-trust of the UE, and in response, establishes a hardware-trusted attachment of the UE. The wireless relay exchanges user data with the UE using hardware-trusted circuitry. The wireless relay exchanges the user data over hardware-trusted wireless backhaul links.

公开(公告)号：US09973952B1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US15250817

申请日：2016-08-29

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： Ali Reza Hosseinmostafa ,  Dwight D. Inman ,  Raymond E. Reeves

IPC: H04W24/04 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04W88/02

CPC classification number: H04W24/08 ,  H04L43/10 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: A user equipment (UE). The UE comprises a client application that presents prompts to guide a user through inputting a personal quality metric definition, transmits personal quality metric definition inputs via the radio transceiver, creates data based on wireless communication service experienced by the UE, transmits the performance data to one of a server application or a data store, receives a personal quality metric from the server application, where the personal quality metric represents the quality of wireless communication service received by the UE based on the quality metric definition inputs and performance data transmitted by the UE to the server application or the data store and based on the performance data transmitted by other UEs to one of the server application or the data store, and presents the personal quality metric on a display.

公开(公告)号：US09973256B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US15005234

申请日：2016-01-25

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： Zheng Fang

IPC: H04B7/155 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04W88/18

CPC classification number: H04B7/15507 ,  H04M15/66 ,  H04W8/082 ,  H04W76/12 ,  H04W84/047 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W88/16 ,  H04W88/182

Abstract: A Relay Gateway (R-GW) proxies Long Term Evolution (LTE) signaling in a network core for wireless relays that serve mobile User Equipment (UE). The R-GW receives relay-originated LTE signaling from the wireless relays through a data gateway system in the network core. The R-GW transfers the relay-originated LTE signaling to a UE control system in the network core. The R-GW receives core-originated LTE signaling that was transferred by the UE control system in the network core. The R-GW transfers the core-originated LTE signaling to the data gateway system for delivery to the wireless relays.

公开(公告)号：US20180132093A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-10

申请号：US15866289

申请日：2018-01-09

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： Bonnie Chen ,  Rajil Malhotra

IPC: H04W8/04 ,  H04W48/20

CPC classification number: H04W8/04 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: A wireless network receives a registration from a wireless device. The network identifies an Extensible Mark-up Language Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) service and establishes an XCAP bearer for the wireless device. The network receives an enabling instruction over the XCAP bearer to enable the mobile data service and establishes a mobile data bearer for the wireless device. The network exchanges user data with the wireless device over the mobile data bearer. The network automatically establishes the mobile data bearer for the wireless device responsive to subsequent registrations when the mobile data service is enabled. The network receives a disabling instruction over the XCAP bearer to disable the mobile data service for the wireless device. The network terminates the mobile data bearer for the wireless device and does not automatically establish the mobile data bearer for the wireless device responsive to subsequent registrations when the mobile data service is disabled.