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Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2008
Applicants:

Hui Zang, Burlingame, CA (US);

Jean C. Bolot, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hui Zang, Burlingame, CA (US);

Jean C. Bolot, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 68/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of operating a communication system, wherein the method comprises receiving entity historical performance information including a paging delay value and a paging cost value for each of a plurality of past call periods; receiving target performance information indicating a paging delay goal and a paging cost goal; processing the historical performance information and the target performance information to determine a past call period wherein the past call period comprises one of the plurality of past call periods having a paging delay value that is within a predetermined proximity of the paging delay goal and a paging cost value that is within a predetermined proximity of the paging cost goal; processing call history information associated with the entity to determine a plurality of locations where the entity was located during the past call period; receiving a call for the entity; and in response to the call, transferring a plurality of paging messages to page the entity at the plurality of locations.


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