Patent application EP17168345A (EP), filed 2017-04-27
Publication number: EP3240242A1
Title: RECOMMENDATION ENTITY FOR A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
Abstract: A method for recommending an action at an electronic terminal in a communication network, the method comprising: providing a notification profile to the electronic terminal, receiving a report message including operational information associated with the electronic terminal in accordance with the notification profile, obtaining at least one item of network data, generating a recommendation message in accordance with the operational information and at least one item of network data; and transmitting the recommendation message to the electronic terminal.
IPC codes: H04L  12/    24            A I
G06Q  30/    02            A I
H04L  12/    26            A I
H04L  29/    08            A I
G06Q  10/    04            A I
G06Q  10/    06            A I
G06Q  10/    10            A I
G06Q  30/    06            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A method for recommending an action at an electronic terminal in a communication network, the method comprising, in a controller entity:
number: 2
text: A method according to claim 1, wherein generating a recommendation message comprises:
number: 3
text: A method according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the transmission of the recommendation message is performed only when a predetermined recommendation condition is fulfilled.
number: 4
text: A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the operational information associated with the electronic terminal includes at least one of information indicating:
number: 5
text: A method as according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein providing a notification profile includes:
number: 6
text: A method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein providing a notification profile includes:
number: 7
text: A method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising,
number: 8
text: A method according to in any preceding claim, wherein the notification profile includes address details for the controller entity.
number: 9
text: A method according to any preceding claim, wherein obtaining at least one item of network data includes transmitting a network monitoring request to a network monitoring entity, and receiving a network monitoring response to said network data request.
number: 10
text: A method for recommending an action at an electronic terminal in a communication network, the method comprising, in the electronic terminal:
number: 11
text: A method according to claim 10, wherein the notification profile includes an indication of at least one trigger parameter, wherein the obtained operational information includes an indication of the value of the or each trigger parameter, and wherein transmitting said operational information to the controller entity is conditional upon the value of the or each trigger parameter.
number: 12
text: A controller entity having a communication unit and a processing unit, the communication unit being configured to provide a notification profile to an electronic terminal to receive a report message from the electronic terminal, the report message including operational information associated with the electronic terminal in accordance with the notification profile, and to obtain at least one item of network data from a network monitoring entity, and the processing unit being configured to initiate generation of a recommendation message in accordance with the operational information and the at least one item of network data; and
wherein the communication unit is further configured to transmit the recommendation message to the electronic terminal.
number: 13
text: A controller entity according to claim 12, wherein the processing unit is further configured to generate the recommendation message and to control the communication unit to transmit the generated recommendation message to the electronic terminal.
number: 14
text: A controller entity according to claim 12, wherein the processing unit is configured to initiate generation of a recommendation message at a network service entity by transmitting a service alert message to the network service entity, the service alert message including the operational information and the at least one item of network data, and
wherein the processing unit is further configured to control the communication unit to receive a generated recommendation message from the network service entity and to transmit the received recommendation message to the electronic terminal.
number: 15
text: An electronic terminal in communicative connection with a controller entity via a communication network, the electronic terminal having a communication unit and a processing unit, the communication unit being configured to obtain a notification profile from the controller entity; and the processing unit being configured to obtain operational information associated with the electronic terminal;
the communication unit being further configured to transmit said operational
information to the controller entity via the communication network in accordance with the
notification profile and to receive a recommendation message from the controller entity, wherein the recommendation message includes a recommendation generated in accordance with the operational information and at least one item of network data.
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-11-01
Rejection reasons: inventive_step_epc_56
Prior art cited: ref_id: WO2014116286A2
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US9319534B1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: - EARDLEY A MORTON AT&T LABS M BAGNULO UC3M T BURBRIDGE P AITKEN BROCADE A AKHTER CONSULTANT P: "A Framework for Large-Scale Measurement of Broadband Performance (LMAP); rfc7594.txt", A FRAMEWORK FOR LARGE-SCALE MEASUREMENT OF BROADBAND PERFORMANCE (LMAP); RFC7594.TXT, INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE, IETF; STANDARD, INTERNET SOCIETY (ISOC) 4, RUE DES FALAISES CH- 1205 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 18 September 2015 (2015-09-18), pages 1 - 55, XP015107686
ref_type: npl
severity: background
ref_id: WO2014116286
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: US9319534
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: - EARDLEY A MORTON AT&T LABS M BAGNULO UC3M T BURBRIDGE P AITKEN BROCADE A AKHTER CONSULTANT P, "A Framework for Large-Scale Measurement of Broadband Performance (LMAP); rfc7594.txt", A FRAMEWORK FOR LARGE-SCALE MEASUREMENT OF BROADBAND PERFORMANCE (LMAP); RFC7594.TXT, INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE, IETF; STANDARD, INTERNET SOCIETY (ISOC) 4, RUE DES FALAISES CH- 1205 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, (20150918), pages 1 - 55, XP015107686 [Y] 1-15 * page  3, line  33  - page  20, line  9 * * page  24, line  18  - page  36, line  4 *
ref_type: npl
severity: obviousness
Final disposition: pending (2017-11-01)