US 12,309,624 B2
Responding to device-reported events in a network using modified identifiers systems and methods
Reman Pezhumkad Balakrishna, Nutley, NJ (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,826.
Prior Publication US 2024/0073717 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/08 (2013.01) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile device, comprising:
at least one transceiver;
at least one hardware processor; and
at least one non-transitory memory carrying instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the mobile device to perform operations to identify and report an event or a scenario to a network provided by a telecommunications service provider, the operations comprising:
storing, in a memory of a mobile device, an international mobile station equipment identity software version (IMEISV),
wherein at least two consecutive digits of the IMEISV comprise a software version number (SVN) indicating software version information for the mobile device;
identifying, by the mobile device, an occurrence of an event or a scenario,
wherein the event or the scenario comprises at least one of:
an occurrence of an error condition at the mobile device,
a presence of the mobile device in a predefined geographic location, or
an indication that security of the mobile device has been compromised;
correlating the event or the scenario to a set of digits indicating the occurrence of the event or the scenario;
modifying the IMEISV to replace the SVN with the set of digits indicating the occurrence of the event or the scenario; and
providing the modified IMEISV to a telecommunications network in a message associated with an Attach procedure or a Tracking Area Update procedure,
wherein the message informs the telecommunications network of the occurrence of the event or the scenario using the set of digits in the modified IMEISV.