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 processes the request and if the request is successfully processed, adjusts the data bandwidth provided to the mobile device via the bandwidth throttler, the data bandwidth is adjustable between two modes comprising a trickle mode where data bandwidth is 9.6 kbps and lower; and
a boost mode where data bandwidth is at least 2 Mbps.
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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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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 processes the request and if the request is successfully processed, adjusts the data bandwidth provided to the mobile device via the bandwidth throttler, the data bandwidth is adjustable between two modes comprising a trickle mode where data bandwidth is 9.6 kbps and lower; and
a boost mode where data bandwidth is at least 2 Mbps. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
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4. 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 processes the request and if the request is successfully processed, adjusts the data bandwidth provided to the mobile device via the bandwidth throttler, the data bandwidth is adjustable between two modes comprising a trickle mode where data bandwidth is 9.6 kbps and lower; and
a boost mode where data bandwidth is at least 2 Mbps, wherein a default mode of a pre-paid subscriber is the trickle mode.
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7. 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 processes the request and if the request is successfully processed, adjusts the data bandwidth provided to the mobile device via the bandwidth throttler;
the data bandwidth is adjustable between two modes comprising a trickle mode where data bandwidth is 9.6 kbps and lower; and
a boost mode where data bandwidth is at least 2 Mbps;
the bandwidth adjustment facilitator is further arranged to monitor a usage profile of the mobile device and sends a prompt to the mobile device to adjust the data bandwidth according to the usage profile, wherein a usage profile to adjust the data bandwidth to boost mode is based on one or more of the following;whether the mobile device consumed maximum data bandwidth of a trickle mode for a predetermined period of time;
detecting that an active connection is established with a URL/IP address that is known to deliver video, images, or large files for a predetermined period of time;detecting that a file of a certain type and size is being accessed or downloaded; and
detecting that the mobile device uses progressive http download.
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11. 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 processes the request and if the request is successfully processed, adjusts the data bandwidth provided to the mobile device via the bandwidth throttler;
the data bandwidth is adjustable between two modes comprising a trickle mode where data bandwidth is 9.6 kbps and lower; and
a boost mode where data bandwidth is at least 2 Mbps;
the bandwidth usage is further charged or billed based on either a pay-per-specific time model or pay per action model, wherein the pay-per-specific time model or pay per action model is activated by sending a request from the mobile device to the bandwidth adjustment facilitator, the bandwidth adjustment facilitator operable to, upon receiving the request, toggle between an existing billing infrastructure implementing the pay-per-specific time model and an independent billing module implementing the pay per action model, andwherein the toggling from the existing billing infrastructure to the independent billing module is achieved either by switching off the existing billing infrastructure;
or defining the data bandwidth connection as a zero tariff.
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12. 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; wherein the bandwidth is adjustable to between two modes comprising a trickle mode where data bandwidth is 9.6 kbps and lower; and
a boost mode where data bandwidth is at least 2 Mbps. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21)
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19. 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; wherein the bandwidth is adjustable to between two modes comprising a trickle mode where data bandwidth is 9.6 kbps and lower; and
a boost mode where data bandwidth is at least 2 Mbps; and
wherein a default mode of a pre-paid subscriber is the trickle mode.
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22. 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; wherein the bandwidth is adjustable to between two modes comprising a trickle mode where data bandwidth is 9.6 kbps and lower; and
a boost mode where data bandwidth is at least 2 Mbps;
the bandwidth adjustment facilitator is further arranged to monitor a usage profile of the mobile device and sends a prompt to the mobile device to adjust the data bandwidth according to the usage profile;
wherein the monitoring of the usage profile is based on one or more of the following;whether the mobile device consumed maximum data bandwidth of a trickle mode for a predetermined period of time; detecting that an active connection is established with a URL/IP address that is known to deliver video, images, or large files for a predetermined period of time; detecting that a file of a certain type and size is being accessed or downloaded; and detecting that the mobile device uses progressive http download.
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23. 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; c. adjusting the data bandwidth to the mobile device via a bandwidth throttler upon successful processing of the request;
wherein the bandwidth is adjustable to between two modes comprising a trickle mode where data bandwidth is 9.6 kbps and lower; and
a boost mode where data bandwidth is at least 2 Mbps; andd. billing for the bandwidth consumed based on either a pay-per-specific time model or pay per action model, wherein the pay-per-specific time model or pay per action model is activated by sending a request from the mobile device to the bandwidth adjustment facilitator, the bandwidth adjustment facilitator operable to, upon receiving the request, toggle between an existing billing infrastructure implementing the pay-per-specific time model and an independent billing module implementing the pay per action model;
the toggling from the existing billing infrastructure to the independent billing module is achieved either by switching off the existing billing infrastructure;
or defining the data bandwidth connection as a zero tariff.
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24. A mobile device containing software instructions, wherein upon execution of the software instructions performs a method of adjusting the 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; wherein the bandwidth is adjustable to between two modes comprising a trickle mode where data bandwidth is 9.6 kbps and lower; and
a boost mode where data bandwidth is at least 2 Mbps;wherein the software instructions includes monitoring a usage profile based on one or more of the following; whether the mobile device consumed maximum data bandwidth of a trickle mode for a predetermined period of time; detecting that an active connection is established with a URL/IP address that is known to deliver video, images, or large files for a predetermined period of time; detecting that a file of a certain type and size is being accessed or downloaded; and detecting that the mobile device uses progressive http download.
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25. A mobile device containing software instructions, wherein upon execution of the software instructions performs a method of adjusting the 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; wherein the bandwidth is adjustable to between two modes comprising a trickle mode where data bandwidth is 9.6 kbps and lower; and
a boost mode where data bandwidth is at least 2 Mbps;
wherein the method comprises an additional step of billing for the bandwidth consumed based on either a pay-per-specific time model or pay per action model, wherein the pay-per-specific time model or pay per action model is activated by sending a request from the mobile device to the bandwidth adjustment facilitator, the bandwidth adjustment facilitator operable to, upon receiving the request, toggle between an existing billing infrastructure implementing the pay-per-specific time model and an independent billing module implementing the pay per action model.
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