Application Data Traffic Management via Threshold Disconnection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data traffic management methods in mobile terminals lack the ability to perform real-time management on individual applications, leading to excessive data usage and unnecessary economic losses, as they only manage total data traffic and not specific application traffic.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for real-time traffic management on a single application, allowing users to set and modify traffic control information, such as upper traffic thresholds, to manage data traffic precisely and control data connections based on specific application usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If total data traffic management is implemented for all applications, then data connection restriction can be performed when threshold is exceeded, but separate traffic management cannot be performed on individual applications leading to improper data traffic use
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data traffic management from a global level into application-specific levels. Each application can have its own data traffic threshold and control settings, allowing users to manage data usage for individual applications separately. This segmentation enables precise control over which applications consume data traffic and under what conditions, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and data traffic usage efficiency.
2Measurement precision
If real-time traffic management on individual applications is implemented, then users can precisely manage and control data traffic values, but system complexity increases for monitoring and controlling multiple applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the system automatically monitors data traffic for each application and enforces the configured thresholds without requiring continuous user intervention. The terminal device autonomously tracks data usage, compares it against application-specific thresholds, and performs connection restriction when limits are exceeded. This automation reduces the perceived complexity for users while maintaining high measurement precision for data traffic control.
3Reliability
If application-specific traffic thresholds are enforced, then excessive data usage by individual applications can be prevented, but data connection may be restricted even when total data traffic is within limits
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic control mechanisms where data connection restrictions are not absolute but can be adjusted based on user preferences and application priorities. Users can configure different threshold levels and restriction policies for different applications, allowing the system to adaptively manage data connections. This dynamic approach ensures reliable enforcement of data traffic limits while maintaining flexibility in how connections are managed across different applications.
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AI summary
This application discloses a data traffic management method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining traffic control information of a first application and a data traffic value used by the first application, where the traffic control information includes at least an upper traffic threshold; and disconnecting a data connection of the first application when the data traffic value used by the first application is greater than or equal to the upper traffic threshold included in the traffic control information of the first application. In the foregoing solution, real-time traffic management on a single application is implemented, so that a user instantly modifies traffic control information according to a requirement, to manage data traffic in real time.