Mobile Device Traffic Management via Proxy Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices often incur high roaming charges when used outside their home cellular network, particularly in foreign countries, due to unmanaged data usage.
Innovation Solution
A system that manages mobile device traffic by determining a traffic management policy based on roaming state information, using a device management server and proxy server to process data, configure communications components, and monitor usage to limit data transfer and apply policies such as compression or blocking to reduce costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If mobile devices are allowed to roam on cellular networks, then device mobility and connectivity are improved, but roaming charges and data usage costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a proxy server as an intermediary between the mobile device and the cellular network. This proxy server monitors data usage, applies compression to reduce data transfer, and manages traffic to minimize roaming charges while maintaining device mobility and connectivity.
2Loss of energy
If data usage is monitored and managed, then roaming charges are reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The proxy server acts as a centralized intermediary that handles data usage monitoring, compression, and traffic management. This approach reduces the complexity at the mobile device level while providing comprehensive control over data usage and roaming charges.
3Loss of substance
If data compression is applied to reduce data usage, then data transfer costs are reduced, but processing time and system resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The proxy server performs data compression as an intermediary step between the mobile device and the network. By compressing data before transmission, the system reduces data usage and associated costs while managing processing time through efficient compression algorithms.
Data Source
AI summary
Mobile device traffic management is disclosed. Information including a traffic management policy to be applied to data transferred between a mobile device and a node is received from a device management server. The device management server determines the traffic management policy based at least in part on roaming state information received from the mobile device. Data transferred between the mobile device and the node is processed based at least in part on the traffic management policy.