Wireless Device Group Account Management for Service Flexibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing demand for wireless network capacity and the proliferation of digital devices lead to challenges in managing network services efficiently, as existing systems struggle to provide flexible service plans and manage bandwidth effectively, impacting both service providers and users.
Innovation Solution
A wireless end-user device with a touch-screen interface and processors that enable users to manage device group accounts, add or remove devices, and configure service plans, along with a network system that provisions and de-provisions network elements to accommodate these changes, allowing for refined service management and billing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing network management systems are used, then network service provisioning is maintained, but flexibility in service plans and bandwidth management is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments network services into multiple device groups, where each group can be independently managed with its own service plans and bandwidth allocations. This allows the network system to handle different service requirements through modular group configurations rather than managing each device individually, thereby improving service plan flexibility while maintaining manageable complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically provisions and de-provisions network elements based on device group configurations. Service plans and bandwidth allocations can be adjusted in real-time as devices are added or removed from groups, enabling flexible service management without requiring complex manual reconfiguration of the entire network infrastructure.
2Productivity
If device group accounts are managed manually, then service configuration is simple, but network user capacity and management efficiency are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service automation where the network infrastructure automatically provisions and de-provisions network elements in response to device group account configurations. When a user adds or removes devices from a group, the system automatically updates service allocations and network resource assignments without requiring manual intervention from network operators, thereby improving management efficiency while increasing automation.
3Ease of operation
If network elements are not dynamically provisioned, then network stability is maintained, but service consumption management efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the network continuously monitors device group compositions and service consumption patterns. Based on this feedback, the system automatically adjusts network element provisioning to match current service requirements, enabling efficient service consumption management while maintaining network stability through controlled, monitored changes rather than arbitrary provisioning.
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AI summary
A wireless end-user device, comprising one or more modems enabling the wireless end-user device to communicate with a network system over a wireless access network, a touch-screen user interface, and one or more processors configured to execute one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to detect a user input through the touch-screen user interface, the user input comprising a request to remove the wireless end-user device from an existing device group account, the existing device group account being associated with one or more devices including the wireless end-user device, and send a message to the network system over the wireless access network, the message conveying the request to remove the wireless end-user device from the existing device group account.