Patent ID: 9313339
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of preventing a user equipment device from communicating payload information in a telecommunication network without sufficiently paying for use of the telecommunication network, the method comprising: receiving in a processor signaling information relating to the user equipment device from a first network component in the telecommunication network; receiving data plane information relating to the user equipment device from a second network component in the telecommunication network; using the received signaling information and the received data plane information to determine a number of times that the user equipment device established signaling-only connections within a time period; determining an average amount of revenue associated with the user equipment device and the time period; using the received signaling information to determine whether the user equipment device is a signaling-only device that uses signaling communications to circumvent paying for the use of the telecommunication network based on a ratio between the number of times that the user equipment device established signaling-only connections within the time period and the determined average amount of revenue; and performing a responsive operation in response to determining that the user equipment device is a signaling-only device.