Mobile Data Rollover for Unused Bandwidth Recovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile communication service users often pay for unused services due to restrictive plans that do not allow data rollover, leading to inefficient resource allocation and network performance issues.
Innovation Solution
A system that enables users to share user-sponsored media content using unused data from their mobile communications service plans, allowing recipients to access this content through a shared URL, thereby optimizing network resources and improving service provider network performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If service providers require users to pay for a set quantity of mobile communications services during a set period, then service providers can ensure steady revenue and plan network capacity, but users may pay for unused services and resources are allocated inefficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to carry over unused data from one billing period to the next, effectively recovering and reusing data that would otherwise be discarded. This resolves the contradiction by allowing users to retain value from unused services while preventing network resources from being wasted, as the carried-over data can be utilized in subsequent periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic data allocation by allowing unused data to be rolled over between billing periods rather than being fixed and discarded. This dynamic approach enables flexible resource utilization where data allocation adapts to actual user consumption patterns, improving both user benefit and network efficiency.
2Reliability
If service providers reserve bandwidth for each user based on service plan allocations, then network performance can be maintained, but resources may be wasted when users do not consume their allocated services
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic bandwidth reservation where the amount of reserved bandwidth fluctuates based on actual user consumption patterns across billing periods. Users who consume less than their allocated bandwidth retain the unused portion for future periods, allowing network resources to be dynamically reallocated or carried forward rather than remaining statically reserved, thus improving overall network efficiency while maintaining performance reliability.
3Device complexity
If users cannot carry over unused data to future periods, then service providers can simplify billing and resource management, but users lose value from unused services and resources are not optimized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent recovers the value of unused data by implementing a data rollover mechanism where unused data is carried forward to subsequent billing periods. This resolves the contradiction by preserving user value from unused services while the system manages the complexity through automated tracking and allocation of carried-over data across periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-allocating data allowances in billing periods and automatically carrying over unused portions to future periods. This preliminary data allocation and automatic rollover mechanism simplifies user actions while optimizing resource utilization, as the system proactively manages data allocation across time periods.
Data Source
AI summary
A system may receive a request to access user sponsored media content (“media content”), the request including a digital token (“token”), the media content being associated with a user sponsored account (“account”), and the account being associated with unused data from a mobile communications service plan, where the account and the mobile communications service plan are associated with a user. The system may identify token information included in the token. The system may compare the token information with stored token information. The system may determine that the token is valid based on the token information matching the stored token information. The system may provide access to the media content based on the token being valid. The system may provide information to cause data charges, for traffic flow associated with access to the media content, to be charged against the unused data associated with the account.