Method and apparatus for detecting nuisance traffic events based on network and wireless phone number
AssigneesAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsSheldon Kent Meredith, Zachary Cleigh Meredith, Howard L. Lang
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Abstract
A processing system may determine a nuisance traffic event. The processing system may receive from a first entity a request to determine a status of a wireless user endpoint device associated with a wireless phone number, wherein the status comprises a determination as to a validity of a subject communication associated with the wireless phone number, perform a presence analysis of the wireless user endpoint device based on the wireless phone number, and respond to the request by providing an indication as to the validity of the subject communication associated with the wireless phone number back to the first entity.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving from a first entity, by a processing system including at least one processor of a second wireless carrier network, a request to determine a status of a wireless user endpoint device associated with a wireless phone number, wherein the status comprises a determination as to a validity of a subject communication associated with the wireless phone number;
- performing, by the processing system, a presence analysis of the wireless user endpoint device based on the wireless phone number;
- and
- responding, by the processing system, to the request by providing an indication as to the validity of the subject communication associated with the wireless phone number back to the first entity.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system including at least one processor of a second wireless carrier network, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving from a first entity a request to determine a status of a wireless user endpoint device associated with a wireless phone number, wherein the status comprises a determination as to a validity of a subject communication associated with the wireless phone number;
- performing a presence analysis of the wireless user endpoint device based on the wireless phone number;
- and
- responding to the request by providing an indication as to the validity of the subject communication associated with the wireless phone number back to the first entity.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processing system including at least one processor of a second wireless carrier network;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving from a first entity a request to determine a status of a wireless user endpoint device associated with a wireless phone number, wherein the status comprises a determination as to a validity of a subject communication associated with the wireless phone number;
- performing a presence analysis of the wireless user endpoint device based on the wireless phone number;
- and
- responding to the request by providing an indication as to the validity of the subject communication associated with the wireless phone number back to the first entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.