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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventors:
Kosol Jintaseranee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Evans, San Mateo, CA (US);
Heesook Choi, Foster City, CA (US);
Emel Meteoglu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/823 (2013.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/323 (2013.01); H04L 47/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for avoiding unnecessary traffic in wireless communications networks. An Internet gateway maintains an unnecessary traffic avoidance table and to determine whether a mobile device is disconnected from the network. The Internet gateway discards requested data packets requested by the mobile devices if the mobile device is not currently connected to the network, thereby avoiding unnecessary traffic in the network.