Wireless end-user device with differential traffic control policy list and applying foreground classification to wireless data service
DCFirst Claim
1. A wireless end-user device, comprising:
- a wireless wide area network (WWAN) modem to communicate data for Internet service activities between the device and at least one WWAN, when configured for and connected to the WWAN;
a wireless local area network (WLAN) modem to communicate data for Internet service activities between the device and at least one WLAN, when configured for and connected to the WLAN; and
one or more processors configured toclassify, as a first classification, whether data for Internet service activities is to be communicated through the WWAN modem or the WLAN modem, andclassify, as a second classification, whether a particular application associated with an Internet service access request, and capable of both interacting with a user in a user interface foreground of the device, andat least some Internet service activities when not interacting with a user in the device user interface foreground,is interacting with the user in the device user interface foreground, andapply a differential traffic control policy to the Internet service access request, based on(i) the first and second classifications performed by the one or more processors, and(ii) a differential traffic control policy list distinguishing between a first one or more applications resident on the device and a second one or more applications resident on the device,such that, when the particular application is one of the first one or more applications, the one or more processors are operable toblock the Internet service access request in a first state of the first and second classifications, wherein data for Internet service activities is classified as to be provided through the WWAN modem, and the particular application is not classified as interacting with a user in the device user interface foreground, andallow the Internet service access request under at least one different state of the first and second classifications.
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Abstract
A wireless end-user device has wireless wide-area network (WWAN) and wireless local-area network (WLAN) modems. One or more processors classify whether an application is interacting with a user in a user interface foreground of the device. At a time when Internet service activities are communicated through the WWAN modem, the processors use a differential traffic control policy list to determine whether or not to apply a differential traffic control policy to an application requesting Internet service access. When the policy is applicable, and the application is not classified as interacting with a user in the device user interface foreground, the Internet service access request is blocked.
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26 Claims
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1. A wireless end-user device, comprising:
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a wireless wide area network (WWAN) modem to communicate data for Internet service activities between the device and at least one WWAN, when configured for and connected to the WWAN; a wireless local area network (WLAN) modem to communicate data for Internet service activities between the device and at least one WLAN, when configured for and connected to the WLAN; and one or more processors configured to classify, as a first classification, whether data for Internet service activities is to be communicated through the WWAN modem or the WLAN modem, and classify, as a second classification, whether a particular application associated with an Internet service access request, and capable of both interacting with a user in a user interface foreground of the device, and at least some Internet service activities when not interacting with a user in the device user interface foreground, is interacting with the user in the device user interface foreground, and apply a differential traffic control policy to the Internet service access request, based on (i) the first and second classifications performed by the one or more processors, and (ii) a differential traffic control policy list distinguishing between a first one or more applications resident on the device and a second one or more applications resident on the device, such that, when the particular application is one of the first one or more applications, the one or more processors are operable to block the Internet service access request in a first state of the first and second classifications, wherein data for Internet service activities is classified as to be provided through the WWAN modem, and the particular application is not classified as interacting with a user in the device user interface foreground, and allow the Internet service access request under at least one different state of the first and second classifications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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