Device-Assisted Services for Protecting Network Capacity

• US 20180184324A1
• Filed: 08/21/2017
• Published: 06/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Headwater Research LLC (Greg Raleigh)
• Original Assignee: Headwater Research LLC (Greg Raleigh)
• Inventors: Raleigh, Gregory G., Lavine, James, Raissinia, Alireza
• Granted Patent: US 10,848,330 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
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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.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. 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 to

classify each of a plurality of 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 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 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 device to connect to a wireless network.

3. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities comprises selecting a data access time for one or more controlled network service activities based on a modem state.

4. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities further comprises receiving a time slot demand from one or more of the controlled network service activities.

5. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities further comprises informing one or more of the controlled network service activities when such controlled network service activities are allowed to access the network.

6. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities further comprises informing one or more of the controlled network service activities when the network is available.

7. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities further comprises instructing one or more of the controlled network service activities to transition to a different state.

8. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the 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, a service usage behavior analysis of the activity.

9. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the 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.

10. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the 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 user interaction with the activity.

11. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities further comprises, for one or more of the controlled network service activities, defining an allowable duration of network access.

12. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein classifying one or more of the device network service activities into a controlled network service activity category is based at least in part on a power save state of the device.

13. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein classifying one or more of the device network service activities into a controlled network service activity category is based at least in part on one or more of device inactivity, lack of user interaction with the device, or lack of user input, for a period of time.

14. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein classifying one or more of the device network service activities into a controlled network service activity category is based at least in part on a network congestion state.

15. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein classifying one or more of the device network service activities into a controlled network service activity category is based at least in part on a user-configurable setting for each of a plurality of device applications.

16. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein classifying one or more of the device network service activities into a disallowed network service activity category is further based on a power save state of the device.

17. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein classifying one or more of the device network service activities into a disallowed network service activity category is further based on one or more of device inactivity, lack of user interaction with the device, or lack of user input, for a period of time.

18. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, the one or more processors further configured to communicate with one or more of the device network service activities through an Application Programming Interface that informs each such activity of one or more policies applied to that activity based on the classified category of the network service usage activity.

19. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the device enabling access through one or more of the wireless modems to regulate intermittent Internet data access for controlled network service activities further comprises preventing the controlled network service activities from awakening one or more of the wireless modems, changing a power state of one or more of the wireless modems, or causing one or more of the wireless modems to connect to a wireless network, outside of the temporally spaced times.

20. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the 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.

21. The wireless end-user device of claim 2, wherein to control Internet data access currently available via the 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 at least until a first time delay has occurred since the previous temporally spaced time.