Wireless communication cost prediction for mobile device
First Claim
1. A communications arrangement comprising:
- a mobile device comprising;
a communications subsystem capable of wireless communication using any of multiple different data-transfer services each with an associated cost; and
a service determination subsystem for holding one or more quality-of-experience profiles each specifying, in dependence on one or more parameters, what service is to be used by the communications subsystem, and for using the, or a user-selected one of the, profiles as a currently-active profile; and
a cost prediction subsystem for predicting, on the basis of past data transfers involving said device, communication costs for the device to the end of a current calendar usage period for at least one quality-of-experience profile used as the currently-active profile for future communications.
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Abstract
A mobile device is equipped with a communications subsystem capable of wireless communication with a communications infrastructure using any of multiple different data-transfer services each with an associated cost. A service determination subsystem of the device uses a currently-active quality-of-experience profile to determine what service or services are to be used by the communications subsystem. A cost prediction arrangement is provided for predicting, on the basis of past data transfers involving the device, communication costs for the device to the end of a current usage period for at least one quality-of-experience profile used as the currently-active profile for future communications in the usage period. The cost prediction arrangement can be part of the mobile device or hosted by a remote system.
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13 Claims
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1. A communications arrangement comprising:
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a mobile device comprising;
a communications subsystem capable of wireless communication using any of multiple different data-transfer services each with an associated cost; and
a service determination subsystem for holding one or more quality-of-experience profiles each specifying, in dependence on one or more parameters, what service is to be used by the communications subsystem, and for using the, or a user-selected one of the, profiles as a currently-active profile; and
a cost prediction subsystem for predicting, on the basis of past data transfers involving said device, communication costs for the device to the end of a current calendar usage period for at least one quality-of-experience profile used as the currently-active profile for future communications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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