Mobile AP Data Access Control via Registered Network Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of mobile devices with mobile AP functionality face additional wireless data fees when client devices access the internet through an external data network, as the billing target is typically the host device, leading to unnecessary charges unless an unlimited data plan is subscribed to.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for controlling external data network use by a client device via a mobile AP, allowing selective blocking or permitting of external data network access based on a data-less mode or data sharing application mode, ensuring the client device maintains connection to its registered wireless data network when not using the external network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the client device connects to the mobile AP and uses the external data network, then the client device can access the Internet via the mobile AP, but the host device user is charged additional wireless data fees
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing the client device's connection to its registered wireless data network before connecting to the mobile AP. This ensures that when the client device needs Internet access, it can use its pre-established connection rather than forcing the host device to provide data network access, thereby avoiding additional fees.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a control mechanism that acts as an intermediary between the client device's Internet access requests and the available network connections. This controller determines which network connection to use (client's own registered network or host's external data network) based on cost considerations, effectively mediating to avoid harmful fees.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the client device releases connection with its registered wireless data network to use the external data network via mobile AP, then the client device can access the external data network, but the client device loses its own network connection
Solution Approach 1:
The system maintains the client device's connection to its registered wireless data network as a preliminary and persistent state. This ensures that the client device always has a reliable network connection available, regardless of whether it is connected to the mobile AP or not, thereby maintaining connection stability while preserving network access flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the operational parameters of network connections by allowing the client device to maintain multiple simultaneous connections (to its registered network and to the mobile AP) with different functions. The registered network connection remains active for reliable Internet access, while the mobile AP connection provides additional data sharing capabilities without requiring the client to release its original network connection.
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AI summary
A method and a device for controlling external data network use via a mobile Access Point (AP) are provided. A host device set as the mobile AP determines whether a data-less mode is set, blocks a client device from using the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is set, and permits the client device to use the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is released. A client device connected to a mobile AP determines whether a data-less mode is set for a host device set as the mobile AP, if the client device is connected to the host device in a state of being connected to a wireless data network, maintains the connection to the wireless data network, if the data-less mode is set, and releases the connection to the wireless data network, if the data-less mode is released.