发明名称 Bandwidth monitoring for data plans
摘要 Users with limited data plans for a network connection can have usage of that network connection by various applications monitored such that the user can determine how much bandwidth each application uses based on activity of that user. Upon viewing application-specific usage information and/or determining how much each application can contribute to overage charges, the user can determine how to adjust behavior to meet personal usage targets. In at least some embodiments, a user can specify limits for specific applications, after which the traffic for that application can be blocked or at least require approval from the user. Such limits also can guarantee enough bandwidth for specific applications when the user otherwise would reach or exceed the maximum amount of bandwidth under the data plan.
申请公布号 US9544195(B1) 申请公布日期 2017.01.10
申请号 US201113308297 申请日期 2011.11.30
申请人 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 发明人 Garg Parag K.
分类号 H04L12/24;H04L12/863 主分类号 H04L12/24
代理机构 Polsinelli LLP 代理人 Polsinelli LLP
主权项 1. A computer-implemented method of managing data usage, comprising: under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, receiving, at a service provider from a first client device, a first user input associated with a first application executing on the first client device, the first user input specifying a first adjustment action for reducing a first amount of transmitted data;receiving, at the service provider from a second client device, a second user input associated with a second application executing on the second client device, the second user input specifying a second adjustment action for reducing a second amount of transmitted data;receiving, at the service provider from the first client device, a request associated with a first data transmission over a network connection, the network connection having a combined user data limit that applies to the first client device and the second client device, the first data transmission used by the first application;receiving, at the service provider from a source of the first data transmission, an estimated data transmission amount corresponding to the first data transmission;determining, at the service provider, a first application-specific data limit specified by a user for the first application;determining, at the service provider, the estimated data transmission amount exceeds at least one of the first application-specific data limit or the combined user data limit;identifying, at the service provider, the first adjustment action associated with the first application; andsending information from the service provider to the source of the first data transmission, the information causing a change in format of at least a portion of the first data transmission from a high-definition data format to a standard-definition data format to reduce the first amount of transmitted data below the first application-specific data limit and the combined user data limit.
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