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US 9,439,061 B2Granted
Selective prioritization of voice over data
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsMark Austin, Mario Kosseifi, Sheldon Meredith
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described herein for allowing a user or a service provider to selectively prioritize voice communications over data communications. By selectively prioritizing voice communications over data communications, the number of dropped calls in the mobile telecommunications network can be significantly reduced.
Claims17
A mobile device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
- receiving a selection of a voice prioritized option,
- establishing, over a voice-only radio access bearer, a voice session with another device,
- collecting, during at least a portion of the voice session, uplink transmit power statistics associated with maintaining the voice session,
- calculating a mean uplink transmit power from the uplink transmit power statistics,
- calculating a standard deviation from the uplink transmit power statistics,
- calculating a value for the mean uplink transmit power plus the standard deviation,
- receiving a data request,
- determining if the value calculated for the mean uplink transmit power plus the standard deviation at least meets a threshold value of uplink transmit power that is insufficient for the mobile device to support a multiple radio access bearer, wherein the multiple radio access bearer simultaneously supports both a voice component of the voice session and a data component of the data request,
- in response to determining that the value does not at least meet the threshold value,
- allowing establishment of the multiple radio access bearer,
- transferring the voice session to the multiple radio access bearer, and
- tearing down the voice-only radio access bearer, and
- in response to determining that the value does at least meet the threshold value, denying establishment of the multiple radio access bearer.
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A mobile device comprising:
- a display;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
- presenting, on the display, a network settings graphical user interface comprising an input portion and a settings control options portion, the settings control options portion comprising a control settings remotely option,
- receiving a selection of the control settings remotely option,
- based upon receiving the selection of the control settings remotely option, receiving, from a server, a threshold value for a voice priority setting, wherein establishment of a multiple radio access bearer to simultaneously support both a voice component of a voice session and a data component of a data request is denied when the voice session is established and when a value associated with maintaining the voice session at least meets the threshold value,
- storing the threshold value for the voice priority setting in the input portion of the network settings graphical user interface,
- establishing, over a voice-only radio access bearer, the voice session with another device,
- collecting, during at least a portion of the voice session, uplink transmit power statistics for the mobile device associated with maintaining the voice session,
- calculating a mean uplink transmit power from the uplink transmit power statistics,
- calculating a standard deviation from the uplink transmit power statistics,
- calculating a value for the mean uplink transmit power plus the standard deviation,
- receiving the data request,
- determining if the value calculated for the mean uplink transmit power plus the standard deviation at least meets the threshold value,
- in response to determining that the value for the mean uplink transmit power plus the standard deviation does not at least meet the threshold value,
- allowing establishment of the multiple radio access bearer,
- transferring the voice session to the multiple radio access bearer, and
- tearing down the voice-only radio access bearer, and
- in response to determining that the value for the mean uplink transmit power plus the standard deviation does at least meet the threshold value, denying establishment of the multiple radio access bearer.
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A mobile device comprising:
- a display;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
- presenting, on the display, a voice prioritized option in context of a first selectable graphical user interface element, wherein the voice prioritized option denies establishment of a multiple radio access bearer to simultaneously support both a voice component of a voice session and a data component of a data request when the voice session is established and when a value associated with maintaining the voice session at least meets a threshold value,
- presenting, on the display, a voice only option in context of a second selectable graphical user interface element, wherein the voice only option denies the data request when the voice session is established, whether or not the value associated with maintaining the voice session at least meets the threshold value,
- presenting, on the display, a normal option in context of a third selectable graphical user interface element, wherein the normal option allows establishment of the multiple radio access bearer to simultaneously support both the voice component of the voice session and the data component of the data request when the voice session is established, whether or not the value associated with maintaining the voice session at least meets the threshold value,
- receiving a selection of the voice prioritized option via the first selectable graphical user interface element,
- establishing, over a voice-only radio access bearer, the voice session with another device,
- collecting, during at least a portion of the voice session, uplink transmit power statistics for the mobile device associated with maintaining the voice session,
- calculating a mean uplink transmit power from the uplink transmit power statistics,
- calculating a standard deviation from the uplink transmit power statistics,
- calculating a value for the mean uplink transmit power plus the standard deviation,
- receiving the data request,
- determining if the value calculated for the mean uplink transmit power plus the standard deviation at least meets the threshold value,
- in response to determining that the value for the mean uplink transmit power plus the standard deviation does not at least meet the threshold value,
- allowing establishment of the multiple radio access bearer,
- transferring the voice session to the multiple radio access bearer, and
- tearing down the voice-only radio access bearer, and
- in response to determining that the value for the mean uplink transmit power plus the standard deviation does at least meet the threshold value, denying establishment of the multiple radio access bearer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.