Patents by Inventor Raymond E. Reeves
Raymond E. Reeves has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240397369Abstract: Systems, methods and devices are provided for cell outage compensation optimization. Methods include monitoring, by a cell outage compensation analyzer, events between wireless devices and an access node deploying a cell within a radio access network. The method additionally includes determining relevant events indicative of a cell outage from the monitored events and forwarding forwarding the relevant events to a cell outage compensation optimization agent within a core network. The method additionally includes generating, at the cell outage compensation optimization agent, a real time status of the cell based on the events and providing an approval at the cell outage compensation optimization agent prior to allowing performance of cell outage compensation procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Raymond E. REEVES, Pablo LOPEZ
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Publication number: 20240373302Abstract: Systems, methods and devices are provided for facilitating undisturbed performance during service handover thresholds. Methods include monitoring performance parameters over time for multiple types of wireless devices experiencing a handover triggering event and storing the performance parameters for the multiple types of wireless devices. The methods further include analyzing the stored performance parameters for the multiple types of wireless devices to formulate a handover plan for the multiple types of wireless devices. The method further includes generating the handover plan for the multiple types of wireless devices and utilizing the handover plan to determine whether handover default settings should be utilized or overridden.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2023Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Raymond E. REEVES, John Paxton SMITH
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Patent number: 11973548Abstract: The disclosed system adjusts performance of a network. The system obtains a configuration and historical performance of the network. Based on the historical performance, the system identifies a time window and a location associated with the network. Based on the configuration and the historical performance, the system identifies a parameter associated with the network, parameter adjustment, success criterion, failure criterion, and deployment duration. Based on the time window, the location, and the deployment duration, the system determines a testing time window within the time window, where the testing time window satisfies a density threshold indicating low impact to UEs associated with the network. The system deploys the parameter adjustment at the location during the testing time window, and monitors the performance of the network. The system determines whether the success or failure criterion is satisfied, and preserves the parameter adjustment or terminates the test, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Raymond E. Reeves
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Patent number: 11950123Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that relate to an automated auditing system of the network conditions are disclosed. In one example aspect, a network device in a core network for wireless communication include one or more processors that are configured to determine an expected network state based on predefined configuration information of one or more network resources, receive measurement results reported by one or more wireless devices via at least one radio access node, estimate an actual network state based on the measurement results reported by one or more wireless devices, and detect a discrepancy between the expected network state and the actual network state.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Raymond E. Reeves
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Publication number: 20230422019Abstract: Systems, methods, and processing nodes for managing wireless network communications perform and/or comprise: establishing a trace session; and while the trace session is active: receiving a plurality of message reports, wherein respective ones of the plurality of message reports correspond to protocol interactions between an access node and a wireless device, determining whether the wireless device is technically capable of communicating using a communication technique, determining, from the plurality of message reports, whether the wireless device is communicating with the access node using the communication technique, and in response to a determination that the wireless device is capable of communicating using the communication technique and that the wireless device is not communicating with the access node using the communication technique, initiating an over-the-air upgrade process to enable the communication technique in the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventor: Raymond E. REEVES
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Publication number: 20230292206Abstract: The system obtains an event report identifying a UE, and a location of the UE. The system obtains a primary service plan provided to the UE, and a second service plan, where the second service plan is available to the UE at the location of the UE. The system obtains a first measurement of a parameter indicating a first QoS provided to the UE, and a second measurement of the parameter indicating a second QoS provided to multiple UEs, where the multiple UEs are proximate to the UE. The system compares the first and the second measurement to determine whether the first QoS is lower than the second QoS. Upon determining that the first QoS is lower, the system confirms that the second service plan is likely to improve the QoS. Upon confirming, the system sends a request to change the primary service plan to the second service plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventor: Raymond E. Reeves
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Publication number: 20230246676Abstract: The disclosed system adjusts performance of a network. The system obtains a configuration and historical performance of the network. Based on the historical performance, the system identifies a time window and a location associated with the network. Based on the configuration and the historical performance, the system identifies a parameter associated with the network, parameter adjustment, success criterion, failure criterion, and deployment duration. Based on the time window, the location, and the deployment duration, the system determines a testing time window within the time window, where the testing time window satisfies a density threshold indicating low impact to UEs associated with the network. The system deploys the parameter adjustment at the location during the testing time window, and monitors the performance of the network. The system determines whether the success or failure criterion is satisfied, and preserves the parameter adjustment or terminates the test, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventor: Raymond E. Reeves
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Patent number: 11706590Abstract: A method and system for enabling MMS message delivery to a recipient device. An MMSC receives and stores MMS message content to be delivered to the recipient device, and the MMSC responsively sends to the recipient device an MMS-notification message carrying an address of the MMS message content stored at the MMSC and then receives a reply indicating that the recipient device received the MMS-notification message. The MMSC then detects that, after the MMSC received the reply, (i) at least a predefined threshold amount of time has passed and (ii) the MMSC has not yet received from the recipient device a request to download the MMS message content. And responsive to at least the detecting, the MMSC then sends to the recipient device a data-service-trigger message that triggers turning on data service of the recipient device, thus enabling MMS-message delivery to the recipient device.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LLCInventors: Mark Peden, Raymond E. Reeves, Simon Youngs
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Publication number: 20230209383Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that relate to an automated auditing system of the network conditions are disclosed. In one example aspect, a network device in a core network for wireless communication include one or more processors that are configured to determine an expected network state based on predefined configuration information of one or more network resources, receive measurement results reported by one or more wireless devices via at least one radio access node, estimate an actual network state based on the measurement results reported by one or more wireless devices, and detect a discrepancy between the expected network state and the actual network state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventor: Raymond E. Reeves
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Publication number: 20230208709Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that relate to an inspection system deployed in a core network. The inspection system includes one or more inspection agent nodes located close to an edge of the core network configured to generate one or more network reports based on information from one or more access nodes. An inspection manager node is in communication with the one or more inspection agent nodes to receive one or more network reports from the one or more inspection agent nodes, derive an actual network behavior of the one or more access nodes based on the one or more network reports, detect a discrepancy between an expected network behavior and the actual network behavior, and trigger a reconfiguration of at least one of the one or more access nodes based on the discrepancy.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Raymond E. Reeves, Jorge Climaco Toledo, Henry Rico Olivas, Hector M. Rodriguez Riego
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Patent number: 11418928Abstract: An adaptable method of monitoring a mobile communication device for duplicate text messages. The method of monitoring for duplicate text messages comprises receiving, by a monitoring application, a text message by a first messaging protocol and a second text message by a second messaging protocol, wherein the first and second text message comprises message metadata and message content. The first and second message metadata is recorded into a message log. The monitoring application compares at least one factor of the second message metadata to the first message metadata stored in the message log and assigns an incident score. The second text message is displayed if the incident score exceeds a user criteria threshold. A user feedback selection input is displayed along with the text message on the display log.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Sean P. Hoelzle, Mark Douglas Peden, Jason Phillips, Raymond E. Reeves
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Patent number: 11259160Abstract: A computer system for provisioning voicemail. The system comprises a processor, a non-transitory memory, and a voicemail provisioning application. Upon execution by the processor, the provisioning application receives a request to create a voicemail account associated with a first phone number, creates a voicemail account comprising a first voicemail box, assigns a voicemail account identifier associated with an identity of the subscriber, and transmits the voicemail account and first voicemail box to a voicemail system, wherein the voicemail account identifier is used to reference the voicemail account. The application further receives a request to create a voicemail account associated with a second phone number of the mobile communication device, determines that a voicemail account associated with the mobile communication device already exists, creates a second voicemail box, and transmits the second voicemail box to the voicemail account identified by the voicemail account identifier.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: John E. Belser, Mark Douglas Peden, Raymond E. Reeves, Simon Youngs
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Patent number: 11146923Abstract: A method and system for enabling MMS message delivery to a recipient device. An MMSC receives and stores MMS message content to be delivered to the recipient device, and the MMSC responsively sends to the recipient device an MMS-notification message carrying an address of the MMS message content stored at the MMSC and then receives a reply indicating that the recipient device received the MMS-notification message. The MMSC then detects that, after the MMSC received the reply, (i) at least a predefined threshold amount of time has passed and (ii) the MMSC has not yet received from the recipient device a request to download the MMS message content. And responsive to at least the detecting, the MMSC then sends to the recipient device a data-service-trigger message that triggers turning on data service of the recipient device, thus enabling MMS-message delivery to the recipient device.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventors: Mark Peden, Raymond E. Reeves, Simon Youngs
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Patent number: 10716021Abstract: A minimization drive test (MDT) selection server computer. The server comprises a processor, a non-transitory memory; and an MDT selection application stored in the non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor the MDT selection application receives a mobile communication device selection criteria, where the criteria identifies a device candidate profile, determines a degree of match of a plurality of MDT candidate mobile communication devices to the device candidate profile, selects a population of mobile communication devices to perform the MDT based at least in part on the degree of match of the mobile communication devices to the device candidate profile, and causes the selected population of mobile communication devices to perform the MDT.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Mark D. Peden, Raymond E. Reeves, Simon Youngs
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Patent number: 10034168Abstract: Disclosed are a method, apparatus, and system for authenticating a communication session between a user equipment device (UE) and a communication network. A first authentication of a UE is performed by generating an authentication key, transmitting the authentication key over a first communication link from the UE to a communication network, authenticating the UE using the authentication key, and generating an authentication result indicative of authenticating the UE. A second authentication of the UE is performed to authorize a communication session over a second communication link between the UE and the communication network. The second authentication includes transmitting UE identifying information over the second communication link from the UE to the communication network and authenticating the UE using the UE identifying information and the authentication key. The second communication link is established under an internet protocol.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventors: Raymond E. Reeves, Mark Peden, Simon Youngs, Gary Koller
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Patent number: 9992326Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to methods and systems for determining the language presented by a mobile communication device operable for use in a plurality of different countries during an activation process on the mobile communication device. Methods may comprise receiving information from beacon(s) of one or more wireless access points to determine the presented language.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Gary D. Koller, Mark Douglas Peden, Raymond E. Reeves, Simon Youngs
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Patent number: 9973952Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Sprint Communication Company L.P.Inventors: Ali Reza Hosseinmostafa, Dwight D. Inman, Raymond E. Reeves
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Patent number: 9917841Abstract: A user equipment includes a radio transceiver, a processor coupled to the processor, and a storage device containing executable instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to examine files in the storage device for a signature indicative of a branding element and, upon detection of the signature in a file, perform a branding action on the file with the detected signature. The instructions also cause the processor to determine whether an application loaded on the storage device is operating consistent with permissions set for the application and with a usage profile for the application and to generate an alert when the operation of the application is inconsistent with the usage profile despite being consistent with the permissions.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Gary D. Koller, Mark D. Peden, Raymond E. Reeves, Simon Youngs
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Patent number: 9792627Abstract: A method of resolving commercial content on a mobile communication device comprises determining whether to delegate interaction with an intelligent content distributor to the mobile communication device, wherein the interaction is related to resolving commercial content, wherein resolving commercial content comprises processing redirections of the commercial content, and wherein the commercial content comprises at least one of text, images, video, and other data intended to market a good or service; delaying resolving commercial content until the commercial content is to be displayed on the mobile communication device; caching commercial content on the mobile communication device; resolving, upon a request for the commercial content, a cached version of the commercial content; and prioritizing distribution of the commercial content based on characteristics of at least one of a requesting application and a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.Inventors: Mark D. Peden, Raymond E. Reeves, Simon Youngs
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Patent number: 9680914Abstract: A method of providing an update to a user mobile communication device, wherein the update comprises at least one new credential for a user mobile communication device following a change of a domain name related to a service, the method comprising changing the domain name, changing a state of an at least one old credential for the user mobile communication device used at the service to transient, granting access to the service to the user mobile communication device in response to a request for access using the at least one transient credential, determining if the user mobile communication device is in an acceptable environment to update to the at least one new credential and, when the user mobile communication device is in an acceptable environment, updating the user mobile communication device to the at least one new credential.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Gregory A. Drews, Brian D. Farst, Young S. Lee, Raymond E. Reeves