Application Profiles for Wireless Data Session Conflict Resolution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless communication systems lack the ability for network operators and service providers to track and bill users based on application-specific usage, as they are limited to generic data sessions, which does not allow for differentiated billing or usage tracking.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of systems and methods that provision wireless devices with multiple application profiles, enabling application-specific network address identifiers for data sessions, allowing service providers to track and bill based on application usage, and incorporating priority categorization to manage data session conflicts and resource allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single generic data session is used for multiple applications, then device operation is simplified and convenient, but network operators cannot track application-specific usage for differentiated billing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the single generic data session into multiple application-specific data sessions, each associated with a unique application profile containing network address identifiers. This allows the system to maintain separate tracking information for each application while preserving the convenience of automated session management through profile-based configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different network address identifiers and profile characteristics to different applications. Each application profile contains specific configuration parameters (APN, authentication details, etc.) tailored to that application's requirements, enabling differentiated billing and tracking while maintaining overall system simplicity through centralized profile management.
2Loss of information
If multiple application profiles with separate data sessions are implemented, then application-specific usage tracking and differentiated billing are enabled, but device complexity and data session management overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal application profile structure that can serve multiple applications with similar requirements. The standardized profile format allows the same framework to handle diverse applications (messaging, browsing, email) by simply changing the profile parameters, reducing the need for application-specific customization logic and simplifying device provisioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring application profiles with all necessary provisioning information (network address identifiers, authentication credentials, APN settings) before the applications are executed. This advance configuration eliminates the need for complex runtime decision-making and reduces device complexity during actual operation, as the session management follows predetermined profile rules.
3Measurement precision
If multiple data sessions are established for different applications, then usage tracking precision is improved, but resource utilization efficiency decreases due to potential session conflicts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple application-specific data sessions when they share common profile characteristics and network address identifiers. Applications with identical or compatible profiles can share the same data session, reducing the total number of active sessions and improving resource utilization while maintaining precise tracking by associating usage records with individual applications through their profile identifiers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent dynamically adjusts session parameters based on application priority and current network conditions. When resource conflicts are detected, the system modifies session parameters (such as bandwidth allocation, session activation/deactivation) according to predefined priority levels in the application profiles, enabling efficient resource utilization while maintaining measurement precision through continuous parameter monitoring and adjustment.
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AI summary
Apparatus and methods of differentiated data session access on a wireless communication device and dynamic source determination of provisioning information on a wireless communication device are disclosed. User Identity Modules (UIMs) are provisioned such that network-service applications resident on the wireless device are associated with a corresponding application profile within the UIM. Each networkservice application has a corresponding network address identifier defined within the user profile. The network address associated with the identifier is used to establish a data session for the corresponding network service application. By providing for application-specific network addresses, service providers and/or network operators can differentiate between what services a user is accessing during a data session. In addition, the UIMs may be provisioned with priority category identifiers that allow the associated network-service application to be prioritized for data session establishment.