Device-assisted services for protecting network capacity
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1. A wireless end-user device, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless modems, each to perform data communication for Internet service activities over one or more wireless networks; and
one or more processors configured toclassify each of a plurality of wireless end-user device network service activities into one of a plurality of categories, the categories includingcontrolled network service activities,disallowed network service activities, the classification of an activity as a disallowed network service activity, for at least some activities, based at least in part on a user-configurable setting for each of a plurality of wireless end-user device applications, andnon-controlled network service activities, the classification of an activity as a non-controlled network service activity, for at least some activities, based at least in part on whether such activity is associated with an application that is interacting with a user of the wireless end-user device, andcontrol Internet data access currently available via the wireless end-user device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems todisallow Internet data access for disallowed network service activities,allow Internet data access for non-controlled network service activities, andregulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities, the intermittent Internet data access regulated by the one or more processors to coincide with temporally spaced times during which the one or more of the wireless modems are allowed by the wireless end-user device to connect to a wireless network,wherein classifying one or more of the wireless end-user device network service activities into at least one of a controlled network service activity category and a disallowed network service activity category is based at least in part on one or more of wireless end-user device inactivity, lack of user interaction with the wireless end-user device, or lack of user input, for a period of time.
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Abstract
Device Assisted Services (DAS) for protecting network capacity is provided. In some embodiments, DAS for protecting network capacity includes monitoring a network service usage activity of the communications device in network communication; classifying the network service usage activity for differential network access control for protecting network capacity; and associating the network service usage activity with a network service usage control policy based on a classification of the network service usage activity to facilitate differential network access control for protecting network capacity.
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1. A wireless end-user device, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless modems, each to perform data communication for Internet service activities over one or more wireless networks; and one or more processors configured to classify each of a plurality of wireless end-user device network service activities into one of a plurality of categories, the categories including controlled network service activities, disallowed network service activities, the classification of an activity as a disallowed network service activity, for at least some activities, based at least in part on a user-configurable setting for each of a plurality of wireless end-user device applications, and non-controlled network service activities, the classification of an activity as a non-controlled network service activity, for at least some activities, based at least in part on whether such activity is associated with an application that is interacting with a user of the wireless end-user device, and control Internet data access currently available via the wireless end-user device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to disallow Internet data access for disallowed network service activities, allow Internet data access for non-controlled network service activities, and regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities, the intermittent Internet data access regulated by the one or more processors to coincide with temporally spaced times during which the one or more of the wireless modems are allowed by the wireless end-user device to connect to a wireless network, wherein classifying one or more of the wireless end-user device network service activities into at least one of a controlled network service activity category and a disallowed network service activity category is based at least in part on one or more of wireless end-user device inactivity, lack of user interaction with the wireless end-user device, or lack of user input, for a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A wireless end-user device, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless modems, each to perform data communication for Internet service activities over one or more wireless networks; and one or more processors configured to classify each of a plurality of wireless end-user device network service activities into one of a plurality of categories, the categories including controlled network service activities, disallowed network service activities, the classification of an activity as a disallowed network service activity, for at least some activities, based at least in part on a user-configurable setting for each of a plurality of wireless end-user device applications, and non-controlled network service activities, the classification of an activity as a non-controlled network service activity, for at least some activities, based at least in part on whether such activity is associated with an application that is interacting with a user of the wireless end-user device, and control Internet data access currently available via the wireless end-user device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to disallow Internet data access for disallowed network service activities, allow Internet data access for non-controlled network service activities, and regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities, the intermittent Internet data access regulated by the one or more processors to coincide with temporally spaced times during which the one or more of the wireless modems are allowed by the wireless end-user device to connect to a wireless network, wherein classifying one or more of the wireless end-user device network service activities into at least one of a controlled network service activity category and a disallowed network service activity category is based at least in part on a power save state of the device. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A wireless end-user device, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless modems, each to perform data communication for Internet service activities over one or more wireless networks; and one or more processors configured to classify each of a plurality of wireless end-user device network service activities into one of a plurality of categories, the categories including controlled network service activities, disallowed network service activities, the classification of an activity as a disallowed network service activity, for at least some activities, based at least in part on a user-configurable setting for each of a plurality of wireless end-user device applications, and non-controlled network service activities, the classification of an activity as a non-controlled network service activity, for at least some activities, based at least in part on whether such activity is associated with an application that is interacting with a user of the wireless end-user device, and control Internet data access currently available via the wireless end-user device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to disallow Internet data access for disallowed network service activities, allow Internet data access for non-controlled network service activities, and regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities, the intermittent Internet data access regulated by the one or more processors to coincide with temporally spaced times during which the one or more of the wireless modems are allowed by the wireless end-user device to connect to a wireless network, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the wireless end-user device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities further comprises delaying one or more of the temporally spaced times until multiple ones of the controlled network service activities require Internet data access. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A wireless end-user device, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless modems, each to perform data communication for Internet service activities over one or more wireless networks; and one or more processors configured to classify each of a plurality of wireless end-user device network service activities into one of a plurality of categories, the categories including controlled network service activities, disallowed network service activities, the classification of an activity as a disallowed network service activity, for at least some activities, based at least in part on a user-configurable setting for each of a plurality of wireless end-user device applications, and non-controlled network service activities, the classification of an activity as a non-controlled network service activity, for at least some activities, based at least in part on whether such activity is associated with an application that is interacting with a user of the wireless end-user device, and control Internet data access currently available via the wireless end-user device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to disallow Internet data access for disallowed network service activities, allow Internet data access for non-controlled network service activities, and regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities, the intermittent Internet data access regulated by the one or more processors to coincide with temporally spaced times during which the one or more of the wireless modems are allowed by the wireless end-user device to connect to a wireless network, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the wireless end-user device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities further comprises adjusting an Internet data access policy for one or more of the controlled network service activities based on, for each such activity, monitoring power consumption behavior of the activity.
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