SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE AMOUNT OF DATA BANDWIDTH PROVIDED TO A MOBILE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A system for adjusting an amount of data bandwidth provided to a mobile device comprising:
- a bandwidth adjustment facilitator arranged to receive a request from the mobile device for adjusting the amount of data bandwidth; and
a bandwidth throttler in communication with the bandwidth adjustment facilitator, the bandwidth throttler adapted to cap or allocate excess available data bandwidth to the mobile device;
wherein on receipt of the request, the bandwidth adjustment facilitator process the request and if the request is successfully processed, adjusts the data bandwidth provided to the mobile device via the bandwidth throttler.
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Abstract
The invention provides a system for adjusting the amount of data bandwidth provided to a mobile device comprising a bandwidth adjustment facilitator arranged to receive a request from the mobile device for adjusting the amount of data bandwidth; a bandwidth throttler in communication with the bandwidth adjustment facilitator; the bandwidth throttler adapted to cap or allocate excess available data bandwidth to the mobile device; wherein on receipt of the request, the bandwidth adjustment facilitator process the request and if the request is successfully processed, adjusts the data bandwidth provided to the mobile device via the bandwidth throttler. The system may further be adapted for billing/charging based on either pay-per-specified-time model or pay per action model.
The invention is conveniently suited for use in telecommunications system and does not require modifications to be made to existing telecommunications system.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for adjusting an amount of data bandwidth provided to a mobile device comprising:
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a bandwidth adjustment facilitator arranged to receive a request from the mobile device for adjusting the amount of data bandwidth; and a bandwidth throttler in communication with the bandwidth adjustment facilitator, the bandwidth throttler adapted to cap or allocate excess available data bandwidth to the mobile device; wherein on receipt of the request, the bandwidth adjustment facilitator process the request and if the request is successfully processed, adjusts the data bandwidth provided to the mobile device via the bandwidth throttler. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for adjusting an amount of data bandwidth provided to a mobile device comprising the following steps:
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a. receiving at a bandwidth adjustment facilitator from the mobile device a request to adjust bandwidth; b. processing the request to adjust bandwidth; and c. adjusting the data bandwidth to the mobile device via a bandwidth throttler upon successful processing of the request. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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