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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Girish P. Chandranmenon, Edison, NJ (US);
Fang Hao, Morganville, NJ (US);
Scott C. Miller, Freehold, NJ (US);
Sarit Mukherjee, Morganville, NJ (US);
Tejas Naik, Edison, NJ (US);
Girish P. Chandranmenon, Edison, NJ (US);
Fang Hao, Morganville, NJ (US);
Scott C. Miller, Freehold, NJ (US);
Sarit Mukherjee, Morganville, NJ (US);
Tejas Naik, Edison, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A network comprises agents which act as proxies on behalf of devices, such as wireless game devices, phones and personal digital assistants. Each agent collects information concerning a 'presence status' of a device. An agent determines whether to forward messages on to a device depending on the collected presence status (e.g., active/inactive) of the device. For example, if the presence status indicates the device is active then messages will be forwarded. If, however, the status indicates the device is inactive the message will not be forwarded. Instead, the agent may act as a proxy for the device while it is inactive. By only forwarding messages when a device is active, valuable airlink time and/or bandwidth can be conserved.