Patent ID: 8862726
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for profiling user activity in a mobile network, comprising: identifying, from the mobile network, a plurality of application sessions; extracting, by a computer processor, a plurality of user identifiers from the plurality of application sessions based on a pre-determined criterion; analyzing, by the computer processor, the plurality of application sessions to determine a plurality of session blocks, wherein each session block comprises a plurality of application sessions sharing an IP address and is defined based on a minimum separation time with any other session block sharing the IP address; extracting, by the computer processor, a traffic marker from the plurality of session blocks based on a user identifier of the plurality of user identifiers, wherein extracting the traffic marker comprises: identifying a first portion of the plurality of the session blocks based on the user identifier, wherein the first portion of the plurality of the session blocks is associated with first mobile network activities of a user identified by the user identifier; identifying a second portion of the plurality of the session blocks based on the traffic marker, wherein the second portion of the plurality of the session blocks is associated with second mobile network activities of the user; and analyzing, by the computer processor, the first portion and the second portion of the plurality of the session blocks to determine a measure of a mobile network activity of the user.