Paul M Day

Title: Paul M. Day and His Telecommunications Patent.

Introduction

Paul M. Day is an inventor associated with Oak Grove, Missouri, and Sprint Communications Company L.P. His listed patent concerns analyzing network events related to mobile application downloads while protecting subscriber identities.

Latest Patents

Day is credited with 1 patent: “Attribution of Network Events Pursuant to Configuring Mobile Communication Devices.” The invention describes a telecommunications service provider gateway computer with a processor, memory, and probe application. The probe monitors packets received from a radio access network and identifies packets addressed to a mobile application downloading site. Using subscriber identity information associated with those packets, it collects information about subscribers downloading applications, creates a report that anonymizes their identities, and sends the report to the site operator. The gateway also forwards the packets to their intended destination hosts.

Career Highlights

The patent reflects work at the intersection of telecommunications network operations, mobile application distribution, and privacy-conscious reporting. It describes how network data can help attribute download activity without disclosing subscribers’ identities in reports.

Collaborations

Jonathan P. Auch and Jared K. Harpole are identified as Day’s coworkers. The available information does not specify their roles in the patent or whether they collaborated with him on this invention.

Conclusion

Paul M. Day’s listed patent presents a gateway-based approach to reporting mobile application download activity while anonymizing subscriber identities and forwarding network traffic to its destinations.