Preventing dropped calls through behavior prediction
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsKirk W Skeba, Jaroslaw J Sydir, Anthony G LaMarca
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Abstract
Described herein are techniques related to preventing dropped cellular phone calls through predicting the behavior of cell phones along a route traveled by a mobile device. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims.
Claims38
A mobile device, comprising:
- a scanning module that is configured to encounter a series of ambient identifiable wireless signal (IWS) sources while the mobile device is traveling along a route;
- a tracking module that is configured to track the encountered series of ambient IWS sources along the route taken by the mobile device;
- a learning module that is configured to learn, in response to tracking the encountered series of ambient IWS sources, the route taken by the mobile device and to determine whether the route includes dropped calls;
- a database that is configured to store the learned routes and a history of dropped calls along the route;
- a call monitoring module that is configured to monitor the route along which the mobile device is traveling and to compare the route along which the mobile device is traveling to the stored learned routes and history of dropped calls along the route and to determine when a dropped call has occurred;
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- a notification module that is configured to generate a coverage-hole notification if the comparison of the route along which the mobile device is traveling matches a stored learned route that has history of dropped calls.
One or more computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that when executed cause one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- determining a route along which the mobile device is traveling;
- determining whether the route that the mobile device is traveling along is a known route;
- in response to determining that the route that the mobile device is traveling along is a known route, determining whether there are one or more coverage holes along the known route;
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- in response to determining that there are one or more coverage holes along the known route, generating a coverage-hole notification indicating that there are one or more coverage holes along the route.
One or more computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that when executed cause one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- encountering a series of ambient identifiable wireless signal (IWS) sources while the mobile device is traveling along a present route;
- recognizing the present route in at least a portion of the series of encountered ambient IWS sources;
- based upon the recognizing, determining which of one or more known routes most likely matches the present route;
- selecting the determined known route as a match to the present route of mobile device travel;
- based upon the selecting, determining whether the known route includes a history of one or more dropped calls;
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- based upon a determination that the known route includes a history of dropped calls, generating a coverage-hole notification that the known route includes a history of dropped calls.
A method comprising:
- determining a route along which the mobile device is traveling;
- determining whether the route that the mobile device is traveling along is a known route;
- in response to determining that the route that the mobile device is traveling along is a known route, determining whether there are one or more coverage holes along the known route;
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- in response to determining that there are one or more coverage holes along the known route, generating a coverage-hole notification indicating that there are one or more coverage holes along the route.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.