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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2007
Russell E. Huntsman, Overland Park, KS (US);
Eric Bloomcamp, Olathe, KS (US);
Jeffery O. Green, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Pierce Gorman, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Russell E. Huntsman, Overland Park, KS (US);
Eric Bloomcamp, Olathe, KS (US);
Jeffery O. Green, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Pierce Gorman, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and computer-readable media for achieving a higher call completion rate in a system experiencing a mass calling event. The present invention has several practical applications in the technical arts including optimizing use of network resources during a mass calling event. In various embodiments, a network's resources are efficiently utilized by way of sampling a network element's control processing unit utilization. Additionally, the various embodiments respond by selecting to negatively acknowledging callers in a mass calling event state in order to prevent system components from becoming overloaded. Overloaded network system components lead to such issues as dropped signaling packets, and higher percentages of call failures. Embodiments of the invention are directed to achieving optimal call completion in the case of a mass calling event.