User-Identity Service Plans for Multi-Device Network Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing telecommunication systems require separate service plans for each device, leading to inefficient data exchanges and inflexibility in managing multiple devices associated with a user, especially when device-specific information is needed for billing.
Innovation Solution
A user-based service plan is established that associates user identity with multiple devices, allowing devices to connect to a network without requiring device-specific information at the time of billing, using biometric data or user credentials to authenticate and manage a threshold number of devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If separate service plans are created for each device, then device-specific billing accuracy is improved, but system complexity and data management overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple device service plans into a single unified service plan associated with a user account. The system maintains device-specific tracking and billing within the unified plan, allowing accurate charging for each device while managing all devices through a single service plan structure, thereby reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified service plan structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides overall user account management, tracks individual device usage, enables flexible device addition/removal, and maintains device-specific billing accuracy. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate service plans for each device.
2Measurement precision
If device-specific service plans are required, then billing precision for each device is improved, but flexibility in adding new devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The service plan structure is designed to be dynamic, allowing devices to be added or removed from the unified service plan without requiring plan restructuring. The system automatically updates device lists and billing calculations in real-time, enabling flexible device addition while maintaining precise billing tracking for each device.
3Reliability
If multiple data exchanges are performed for device connection, then network security is improved, but connection speed and efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication and service plan validation before device connection requests. By pre-verifying user credentials and device eligibility against the unified service plan, the system reduces the number of data exchanges required during actual connection attempts, thereby improving connection speed while maintaining security through advance verification.
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AI summary
Techniques for managing a service plan by a telecommunication network provider are described herein. The telecommunication network provider can implement a billing system to establish, update, or otherwise determine a service plan that is based on a user identity rather than a specific device identifier. The service plan can include a billing rate for multiple devices to connect to a telecommunications network without requiring that the service plan identify device information for each of the multiple devices. The billing system can receive user information from a device, authenticate a user identity, and analyze data in a service plan to determine whether to generate a connection credential for connecting the device to the telecommunications network.