Mobile Hotspot Control via File Type Filtering and Traffic Limits
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network hotspot control methods lack effective traffic management, leading to inefficient use of data sharing, as they only allow for simple total traffic limits without considering file types or usage duration, resulting in wastage of data for users who need to access specific types of content.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a network hotspot control method that allows users to set control policies based on file types (text, image, audio, video) and usage duration or total traffic limits, enabling precise control over data sharing by filtering out non-target file types and limiting data access when limits are reached.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If simple total traffic limits are implemented, then device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but traffic waste increases and control precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments traffic control into multiple dimensions: total traffic limits, single-application traffic limits, and time-based limits. This segmentation allows granular control over different aspects of hotspot usage, enabling users to prevent traffic waste by specific applications or time periods while maintaining simple overall management through the settings interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces multiple controllable parameters including total traffic thresholds, per-application traffic thresholds, and time duration limits. By allowing users to adjust these parameters independently, the system achieves precise traffic control without requiring complex operational procedures, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and effectiveness.
2Productivity
If file type filtering is implemented, then traffic usage efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring allowed and disallowed file types in the control policy settings. The system proactively filters traffic based on these pre-defined rules before actual data transmission occurs, improving traffic usage efficiency without requiring complex real-time analysis during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a policy management module as an intermediary between the hotspot function and the network traffic. This module handles the complex file type filtering and control logic, keeping the core hotspot functionality simple while achieving efficient traffic management through the intermediary's rule-based filtering.
3Measurement precision
If multiple control policies are implemented, then control precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple control policies (total traffic limits, per-application limits, time limits, and file type filtering) into a unified settings interface. Users can configure all these precise control parameters in one location, maintaining ease of operation while achieving high control precision through the integrated policy management system.
Solution Approach 2:
The policy management module serves multiple functions: it enforces total traffic limits, monitors per-application usage, tracks time duration, and filters file types. This multi-functional design allows precise control across different dimensions without requiring separate interfaces or operations for each control mechanism.
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AI summary
An embodiment of the present invention discloses a network hotspot control method to diversify shared-hotspot control manners. The method in the embodiments of the present invention includes: receiving, by a first mobile terminal, a hotspot setting operation, and setting a control policy of a network hotspot, where the control policy includes at least a file type control policy; receiving, by the first mobile terminal, a network service request sent by a second mobile terminal that has established a connection to the first mobile terminal; and controlling, by the first mobile terminal, the network service request according to the control policy. An embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal. The embodiments of the present invention can diversify network hotspot control manners.