Patent ID: 8271685

Claim:
Non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method of allocating an identifier to a mobile device, the method comprising: receiving a registration request, which requests that an address be assigned to the mobile device, thereby enabling it to communicate data by way of a wireless telecommunications network; considering the following factors in connection with determining a mobile IP (MIP) address to be assigned to the mobile device, which runs a client application that makes use of the MIP address, (1) a refresh rate associated with the registration request; (2) a frequency that the client application running on the mobile device has been disconnected from the network; (3) an availability of MIP addresses remaining in a pool of MIP addresses; (4) a type of application that the client application is; (5) a location of the mobile device when the request is received; (6) a certain set of MIP addresses that have functioned well in the past; determining the MIP address; conveying the MIP address to the mobile device such that the mobile device is identifiable on the network by way of the MIP address; and monitoring a communications channel that was established by virtue of conveying the MIP address to the mobile device, wherein monitoring the communications channel includes: logging whether the communications channel is disrupted, logging a given MIP address that was allocated at a time of disruption of the communications channel, and repeatedly logging the given MIP addresses, which might be different from each other, thereby storing a first set of MIP addresses that resulted in relatively stable connections and a second set of MIP addresses that resulted in relatively unstable connections.