Tethering Distribution Apparatus Data Limit Enforcement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile devices with tethering functions face difficulties in effectively controlling and managing data distribution when multiple electronic devices are connected, lacking efficient methods to set and enforce data limits.
Innovation Solution
A method and mobile terminal configuration that identifies connected devices, displays a setting screen to set a maximum data limit, provides data tethering, and automatically terminates the tethering when the limit is reached, allowing for controlled data distribution and usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If tethering function is provided to enable multiple electronic devices to connect, then network communication service availability is improved, but control difficulty and data management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device acts as an intermediary between the network and multiple electronic devices. It establishes a central control point that manages data distribution, monitors usage by each connected device, and enforces data limits, thereby simplifying control while maintaining versatile network access for all devices
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by monitoring data usage of each connected electronic device in real-time and providing information about current consumption versus allocated limits. This enables dynamic control and automatic termination when limits are reached, resolving the control difficulty while preserving service availability
2Ease of operation
If data tethering is provided without limits, then ease of operation is improved, but data consumption control and fairness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Data limits are set in advance before tethering operations begin. The system pre-configures maximum data allocation for each electronic device, ensuring that data consumption is controlled from the outset without complicating the actual tethering operation. Users simply connect devices, and the pre-set limits automatically enforce fair data distribution
Solution Approach 2:
The tethering system automatically monitors and enforces data limits without requiring continuous user intervention. Once limits are configured, the system self-manages data distribution, tracks consumption, and automatically terminates connections when limits are reached, maintaining ease of operation while ensuring strict data control
3Measurement precision
If automatic data limit enforcement is implemented, then data management precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces complex manual monitoring and control mechanisms with automated software-based solutions. Digital tracking and algorithmic enforcement of data limits provide precise measurement and control without requiring complex physical or manual intervention systems, achieving high enforcement accuracy while keeping the control mechanism relatively simple
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AI summary
Disclosed is a method for controlling an amount of data that is to be tethered during a tethering operation, including identifying electronic devices to which data is to be tethered, displaying a list of the identified electronic devices, displaying a setting screen for setting a maximum amount of data that is to be tethered during a tethering operation, in response to a user input through the setting screen, setting a maximum amount of data that may be tethered during the tethering operation, providing tethering usage of the data to the electronic devices, determining an amount of data tethered to the electronic devices, and automatically terminating the tethering operation with respect to the electronic devices in response to the amount of data tethered to the electronic devices corresponding to the set maximum amount of data to be tethered during the tethering operation.