System and method for providing cost of quality of service levels in a wireless communication device
First Claim
1. A method of initiating a communication session comprising:
- interrogating a plurality of communication networks by a wireless communication device to determine available quality of service levels and cost of service information;
determining at the wireless communication device cost estimates of the communication session based on the available quality of service levels and a quantity of information to be communicated, the quality of service levels comprising data rate information, error rate information and packet priority information and is based on an information content class;
presenting the cost estimates and quality of service levels for the communication networks to a user; and
initiating the communication session by the wireless communication device with a selected one of the communication networks based on the associated cost estimate.
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Abstract
A method of initiating a wireless communication session with a communication network is provided. A cost estimate for the communication session is determined based on a quality of service level and a quantity of information to be communicated. The communication session is initiated when the cost estimate is accepted. In one embodiment, the user may select a second quality of service level for the communication session when the first cost estimate is not accepted and is provided a second cost estimate for the second quality of service level. In yet another embodiment, a communication session is initiated when there is sufficient balance available to the wireless communication device or a user'"'"'s smart card for a communication session at a quality of service level selected by the user. In one embodiment, the method may be performed in accordance with a packet radio service network providing packet data services.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of initiating a communication session comprising:
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interrogating a plurality of communication networks by a wireless communication device to determine available quality of service levels and cost of service information; determining at the wireless communication device cost estimates of the communication session based on the available quality of service levels and a quantity of information to be communicated, the quality of service levels comprising data rate information, error rate information and packet priority information and is based on an information content class; presenting the cost estimates and quality of service levels for the communication networks to a user; and initiating the communication session by the wireless communication device with a selected one of the communication networks based on the associated cost estimate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of providing cost of quality of service information to a user of a wireless communication device comprising:
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interrogating, by the wireless communication device, a plurality of communication networks to determine available quality of service levels and cost of service information; presenting cost estimates to the user for the available ciuality of service levels; and allowing user to select one of the quality of service levels at the wireless communication device for the communication session from the available determined quality of service levels, the quality of service levels comprising data rate information, error rate information and packet priority information and is based on an information content class. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method of communicating in a packet radio service network wherein a wireless communication device has a packet data protocol (PDP) address for establishing a plurality of communication sessions with the packet radio service network, wherein the packet radio network provides communications at a first quality of service level during a first of the communication sessions, and communications at a second quality of service level during a second of the communication sessions, the quality of service level comprising data rate information, error rate information and packet priority information and is based on an information content class, the method comprising:
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interrogating, by the wireless communication device, the packet radio service network to determine available quality of service levels and cost of service information; a presenting, by the wireless communication device, a cost estimate to a user of the wireless communication device for the communication session to communicate during the first of the communication sessions based on a quantity of information; and communicating during the first of the sessions at the first quality of service level when the cost estimate is accepted. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a processor to determine cost estimates of a communication session for various quality of service levels and based on a quantity of information to be communicated, the quality of service levels comprising data rate information, error rate information and packet priority information and based on an information content class; a transceiver to interrogate a plurality of communication networks to determine available quality of service levels and cost of service information, and to initiate the communication session with a selected one of the networks when the cost estimate is accepted; a display to present the cost estimates for the quality of service levels to the user for used by the user in selection of one of the networks; and
an input element to accept a selection of one of the networks from the user based on the presented cost estimates. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer readable medium having program instructions stored thereon for initiating a communication session with a communication network when executed within a wireless communication device, the instructions to cause the wireless communication device to:
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interrogate a plurality of communication networks to determine available quality of service levels and cost of service information; determine cost estimates of the communication session based on available quality of service levels and a quantity of information to be communicated, the quality of service levels comprising data rate information, error rate information and packet priority information and is based on an information content class; present the cost estimates and quality of service levels for the communication networks to a user; and initiate the communication session when the cost estimate is accepted. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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