Providing per-application resource usage information

摘要

An environment is described in which a processing system provides application-level usage information to users. In one scenario, for example, the processing system may provide personal usage information to a user who is operating a user device. The personal usage information itemizes the amount of data (and/or other resources) that has been consumed by each application run by the user device. In another scenario, the processing system may provide expected usage information associated with at least one candidate application provided by a marketplace system. The expected usage information describes an expected consumption of data (and/or other resources) by the candidate application upon running the candidate application by the user device. The processing system can tailor the expected usage information that it sends to a particular user based on user profile data. The user profile data describes a manner in which users operate applications.

主权项

1. A method, implemented by computing functionality, for providing usage information, comprising:
receiving actual usage data from user devices operated by respective users, the user devices including a particular user device operated by a particular user, the actual usage data describing actual consumption of data by a set of applications that are run by the user devices, an application consuming data when it causes the data to be communicated via wireless communication infrastructure; generating application-level usage information based on the actual usage data, said generating comprising at least:
generating personal usage information which describes actual consumption of data by a particular application run by the particular user device; andgenerating expected usage information associated with a candidate application provided by a marketplace system, the expected usage information describing an expected consumption of data by the candidate application upon running of the candidate application by the particular user device; receiving a triggering event from the particular user device operated by the particular user; and in response to the triggering event, providing either the personal usage information or the expected usage information to the particular user, depending on a type of the triggering event that has been received.