Apparatus and methods for enhanced paging in wireless networks
AssigneeCharter Communications Operating, LLC
InventorsCurt Wong, Yildirim Sahin
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for managed or “intelligent” paging of a user device in one or more wireless networks. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods provide enhanced wireless services which enable prioritized paging operations of a given user device (e.g., a mobile 3GPP-compliant UE) within two or more mobile networks (e.g., PLMNs) when the UE is operating in a “dual” mode such as 3GPP 5G NR dual-SIM, dual standby (DSDS) mode. In one implementation, the UE contains multiple SIM cards to enable connection to different PLMNs simultaneously, such that paging associated with one network can be managed and prioritized as needed when the UE is actively utilizing another network.
Claims20
A computerized method of managing paging notifications for a computerized client device, the computerized method comprising:
- generating data relating to one or more rules relating to one or more user applications, the one or more user applications associated with the computerized client device;
- and
- causing configuration of the computerized client device according to the generated data relating to the one or more rules, the causing of the configuration comprising causing the computerized client device to execute computerized logic to perform at least evaluation of a plurality of paging notifications from one or more wireless networks according to the one or more rules, each of the plurality of paging notifications associated with at least one of the one or more user applications.
A computerized method of managing paging notifications for a computerized user device, the computerized user device configured to transition wireless service from a first wireless network to a second wireless network, the computerized method comprising:
- generating data relating to one or more rules relating to one or more user applications, the one or more user applications associated with the computerized user device;
- and
- causing configuration of the computerized user device according to the generated data relating to the one or more rules, the causing of the configuration comprising causing the computerized user device to be able to both (i) at least evaluate one or more first paging notifications issued from the first wireless network according to the one or more rules;
- and (ii) at least evaluate one or more second paging notifications issued from the second wireless network according to the one or more rules;
- wherein each of the one or more first paging notifications and each of the one or more second paging notifications is associated with at least one of the one or more user applications.
Computer readable apparatus comprising a storage medium having at least one computer program stored thereon, the at least one computer program configured to, when executed on a wireless-enabled computerized device, cause the wireless-enabled computerized device to:
- receive user inputs regarding at least one paging notification rule;
- cause transmission of first data relating to the received user inputs to a network entity, the transmission of the first data enabling the network entity to cause configuration of at least some paging notifications for the wireless-enabled computerized device according to the at least one paging notification rule, the configuration of the at least some paging notifications comprising inclusion of respective ones of second data within each of the at least some paging notifications;
- receive at least portions of the configured at least some paging notifications, the received at least portions enabling the at least one computer program to determine the respective ones of the second data;
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- based at least in part on the determined respective ones of the second data, selectively cause processing of at least some of the configured at least some paging notifications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.