Mobile Station Connection Profile Auto-Disable Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile stations face challenges in managing a large number of enabled connection profiles, leading to inefficiencies when creating or enabling new wireless network connections, as the maximum number of enabled profiles limits automatic connection attempts and profile management.
Innovation Solution
The mobile station automatically selects and disables an existing enabled connection profile based on criteria such as user-created, provisioned, or third-party profiles, timing of use, and security type to create space for new connections, ensuring that enabled profiles are prioritized and managed effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the mobile station stores a large number of enabled connection profiles, then the variety of wireless networks that can be connected to is increased, but the system becomes unable to create new enabled profiles due to reaching the maximum limit
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically identifies and disables existing enabled connection profiles when the maximum limit is reached, making room for new profiles. This discarding mechanism allows continuous addition of new networks while maintaining the maximum number of active profiles, resolving the contradiction between variety and manageability.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile station performs automatic selection and disabling of connection profiles without requiring user intervention. The system self-manages the limited resources by autonomously determining which profiles to disable, reducing management complexity while maintaining adaptability.
2Productivity
If the mobile station automatically selects and disables existing enabled connection profiles, then space is created for new connections, but there is a risk of disabling profiles that users may need
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides user notification when automatically disabling a connection profile and offers the option to revert the decision. This feedback mechanism allows users to correct automatic decisions if they disable needed profiles, maintaining reliability while preserving fast automatic profile management.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection profile management system dynamically adjusts between automatic disabling for efficiency and user-controlled reversion for reliability. The system can adapt its behavior based on user preferences and actual connection needs, balancing productivity and reliability.
3Use of energy by moving object
If the mobile station limits the number of enabled connection profiles to a maximum number, then system resources are preserved, but automatic connection attempts are restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-enables connection profiles and maintains them in an ready state within the maximum limit. When new networks are detected, the system can quickly attempt connections using pre-configured profiles without requiring resource-intensive setup processes, preserving energy while maintaining connection versatility.
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AI summary
To reduce automatically a number of enabled connection profiles (238,300) in a mobile station (108,110,112,200), for example, while the number of enabled connection profiles is at its maximum, a mobile station automatically selects (402) one of the existing enabled connection profiles to disable and automatically disables (404) the auto-selected connection profile.