Client Device Call Credit Manager for Distributed Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Centralized real-time processing of usage tickets in telecommunications networks faces performance limitations and increasing costs due to exponential growth in high-content services, making it difficult to guarantee timely processing.
Innovation Solution
Distributing call credit management from centralized operators to client devices, where a call credit manager is pre-installed or downloadable, allowing for real-time updating of call credits locally within the terminal, reducing the need for continuous server interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If centralized real-time processing of usage tickets is implemented, then service management control is maintained, but processing time increases and system performance deteriorates due to exponential growth in ticket volume
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the centralized processing system into distributed client devices. Each client device independently manages its own call credits and processes usage tickets locally, segmenting the processing load across multiple devices rather than concentrating it in a single centralized system. This segmentation enables parallel processing and reduces the processing time burden on any single system component.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the call credit management function from the centralized operator system and implements it within client devices themselves. By taking out the processing capability and embedding it in client devices, the system eliminates the bottleneck of centralized processing while maintaining service management control through the extracted credit management mechanism.
2Reliability
If centralized real-time processing of usage tickets is implemented, then service authorization is controlled, but calculation and memory resource costs increase exponentially
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the resource-intensive processing tasks across multiple client devices rather than concentrating them in a single centralized system. Each client device handles its own credit management and usage ticket processing locally, distributing the calculation and memory requirements across many simpler devices rather than requiring one large powerful system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements self-service by enabling client devices to autonomously manage their own call credits and process usage tickets without requiring continuous centralized processing. Each device performs the necessary calculations and memory operations locally, eliminating the need for expensive centralized computing resources while maintaining authorization control.
3Reliability
If call credit management is centralized, then operator control is maintained, but system complexity and processing burden increase with service expansion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex call credit management system into simpler distributed components within client devices. Rather than maintaining one complex centralized system that grows more difficult to manage, the system is divided into multiple simple, identical credit management modules that operate independently in each client device, reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the call credit management functionality from the complex centralized operator system and implements it as a simplified self-contained mechanism within client devices. This extraction reduces the complexity burden on the operator's central system while maintaining control through the extracted credit management capability.
Data Source
AI summary
This client device (20) is able to use a service on a telecommunications network (1). It includes means (21) for storing a call credit (C_S1, C_S2) associated with that service and means (30) for updating that credit as a function of the use of that service by the client (20) on reception of a request from a service provider (FS1, FS2).