Wireless Device Data Throttling via Metering Client
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless data management systems rely on network carriers to control data speed reductions, leading to high costs and limited control for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs, with users often facing unforeseen expenses due to extensive infrastructure requirements and complex tracking processes.
Innovation Solution
A system and process that enables wireless devices to throttle data speeds in real-time based on usage thresholds, using a transceiver, metering client, and processor to control data transfer between the device and network operator cloud, allowing MVNOs and MNOs to manage data speeds more effectively and reduce carrier infrastructure needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If network carriers control data speed reductions through their infrastructure, then data speed control is achieved, but infrastructure complexity and costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the data speed control function from the network carrier infrastructure and relocates it to the wireless device itself. The device now autonomously monitors its own data usage and controls its own data speed, eliminating the need for complex carrier infrastructure to enforce speed reductions.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless device performs self-monitoring of data usage and self-control of data speed through a metering application. The device serves itself by automatically tracking consumption against thresholds and adjusting its own transmission rates without requiring external carrier intervention.
2Adaptability or versatility
If MVNOs request carriers to control user data speeds, then data speed management is possible, but MVNO control authority is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having the wireless device pre-configured with metering applications and data usage thresholds before connecting to the network. The device proactively monitors and controls its own data speed in advance, eliminating the need for MVNOs to continuously request carrier intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of MVNOs requesting carriers to control user data speeds, the inversion places control authority directly in the user's device. The device autonomously enforces data speed limits based on pre-configured policies, reversing the traditional hierarchy where carriers held exclusive control.
3Measurement precision
If carriers track and control data usage extensively, then data usage monitoring is accurate, but system complexity and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless device performs self-monitoring of its own data usage through a metering application that tracks consumption in real-time. This self-service approach eliminates the need for extensive carrier tracking infrastructure, as each device independently monitors its own usage against pre-configured thresholds.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the data usage monitoring function from the carrier's back-end systems and relocates it to the wireless device itself. The device now autonomously tracks its own consumption, removing the burden of extensive tracking infrastructure from carriers while maintaining accurate monitoring.
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AI summary
The disclosure provides a system and method for controlling on a wireless device the amount and speed of data transferred between a wireless device and the Internet, and a wireless device with a metering client that can throttle data speeds and types based on how much data a user has used. Specifically, the wireless device includes a metering client to track one of data usage or an amount of prepaid data available. When the metering client determines that the amount of data available has exceeded a pre-determined threshold, the wireless device inhibits further data transmission amounts and speeds.