Network Traffic Usage Management System for Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for managing and auditing mobile device usage in organizations are costly and inefficient, particularly due to the need for software installation on each device and complex reconfiguration of routing protocols, which can increase latency and impact user experience.
Innovation Solution
A system that collects and manages network traffic usage directly within the cellular network, eliminating the need for software on individual devices and reconfiguration, and provides comprehensive, real-time reporting for data, voice, and SMS traffic without requiring modifications to each device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If activity monitoring software is installed on each mobile device, then usage monitoring capability is improved, but deployment cost and management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the monitoring function from the mobile devices and relocates it to the network side. Instead of installing monitoring software on each device, the system collects usage data at the network level through existing network elements, eliminating the need for device-side software deployment while maintaining monitoring capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a network-based intermediary system that acts as a mediator between mobile devices and the monitoring function. This intermediary collects usage data from network traffic and provides monitoring services without requiring direct software installation on devices, thereby reducing deployment complexity.
2Loss of information
If all device traffic is routed to a collection point for analysis, then comprehensive usage data collection is improved, but latency increases and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of routing all traffic to a collection point, the patent implements partial data collection at the network level for usage monitoring purposes. Only the necessary usage information is collected and analyzed at the network side, while the full traffic flow continues through the normal routing path, thereby avoiding unnecessary latency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the traffic handling process into two parts: usage data collection at the network level for analysis, and the actual data transmission through normal routing paths. This segmentation allows comprehensive usage monitoring without requiring all traffic to be routed through a single collection point, reducing latency impact.
3Adaptability or versatility
If device reconfiguration is performed to accommodate routing path, then traffic routing control is improved, but deployment cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the routing control function from individual devices and consolidates it at the network level. Network elements are configured to collect and analyze usage data without requiring changes to device routing configurations, thereby maintaining adaptability while reducing deployment complexity and cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal network-based solution that can monitor and manage traffic for multiple devices simultaneously. The network elements perform multiple functions including traffic collection, usage analysis, and routing control, eliminating the need for individual device reconfiguration and reducing overall deployment cost.
Data Source
AI summary
Network traffic usage information for a set of registered devices is monitored, analyzed, and reported within a cellular service provider portion of a communications network. The network traffic usage information can relate to data traffic, voice traffic, and/or short message service traffic. Reporting the network traffic usage information is customizable such that parameters associated with the network traffic usage can be changed, depending on the parameters that are of current interest to an organization affiliated with the set of registered devices.