United States Patent
`Reed et al .
`
`( 10 ) Patent No .: US 10,743,135 B2
`( 45 ) Date of Patent :
`* Aug . 11 , 2020
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`USO10743135B2
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`( 72 )
`
`( * ) Notice :
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`( 54 ) WIRELESS NETWORK AND METHOD FOR
`SUGGESTING CORRECTIVE ACTION IN
`RESPONSE TO DETECTING
`COMMUNICATIONS ERRORS
`( 71 ) Applicant : Traxcell Technologies , LLC , Plano , TX
`( US )
`Inventors : Mark Jefferson Reed , Tucson , AZ
`( US ) ; Stephen Michael Palik , Redondo
`Beach , CA ( US )
`( 73 ) Assignee : TRAXCELL TECHNOLOGIES ,
`LLC , Plano , TX ( US )
`Subject to any disclaimer , the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154 ( b ) by 0 days .
`This patent is subject to a terminal dis
`claimer .
`( 21 ) Appl . No .: 16 / 557,277
`Aug. 30 , 2019
`( 22 )
`Filed :
`( 65 )
`Prior Publication Data
`US 2020/0015039 A1 Jan. 9 , 2020
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`Aug. 29 , 2018 , now Pat . No. 10,448,209 , which is a
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`H04W 4/029
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`( 2018.01 )
`( 2018.01 )
`( Continued )
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`( 52 ) U.S. Cl .
`H04W 47023 ( 2013.01 ) ; GOIS 5/0252
`CPC
`( 2013.01 ) ; H04B 17/318 ( 2015.01 ) ; H04W
`4/02 ( 2013.01 ) ;
`( Continued )
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`( 58 )
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`Field of Classification Search
`None
`See application file for complete search history .
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`( 56 )
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`Primary Examiner Ajit Patel
`( 74 ) Attorney , Agent , or Firm
`- Mitch Harris , Atty at
`Law , LLC ; Andrew M. Harris
`
`( 57 )
`ABSTRACT
`A mobile wireless network and a method of operation
`provide analysis of mobile wireless device communications
`and suggested corrective initiated upon detecting commu
`nications performance issues . In some embodiments , the
`operations include blocking access to location information
`pertaining to a mobile wireless device based on the state of
`access flag that is maintained in the network for the mobile
`wireless device .
`
`30 Claims , 90 Drawing Sheets
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`100
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`TYPICAL SECOND GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORK
`ARCHITECTURE WITH EMBODIEMENTS
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`filed on Sep. 24 , 2002 , now abandoned .
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