CN109246034B

CN109246034B - Method and equipment for allocating flow resources for mobile equipment

Info

Publication number: CN109246034B
Application number: CN201811210436.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 雷皓天; 刘如颖
Original assignee: Shanghai Shangxiang Network Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Shangxiang Network Technology Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2018-10-17
Filing date: 2018-10-17
Publication date: 2021-07-13
Anticipated expiration: 2038-10-17
Also published as: WO2020078406A1; CN109246034A

Abstract

The application aims to provide a method and equipment for allocating traffic resources for mobile equipment. The method comprises the following steps: detecting whether the mobile equipment has available free wireless access points or not through an application; and if the mobile equipment has no available toll-free wireless access point, sending a real-time traffic distribution request to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information according to the mobile communication number information used by the mobile equipment for logging in the application, wherein the real-time traffic distribution request comprises the mobile communication number information. According to the method, the traffic packet is actively issued to the mobile device corresponding to the user by judging the condition that the current network cannot provide free internet access, so that the user can be ensured to access the internet free of charge in time, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Description

Method and equipment for allocating flow resources for mobile equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a technique for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device.

Background

With the development of the times, the wireless network connection brings great convenience to the life of people, but if the current free sharing hotspot has network abnormality or no free sharing hotspot capable of being connected in a matching way exists near the current position, the user cannot enjoy free internet surfing service. Bringing great inconvenience to the life of people.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present application is to provide a method and device for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device.

According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided a method for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device, the method comprising:

detecting whether the mobile equipment has available free wireless access points or not through an application;

and if the mobile equipment has no available toll-free wireless access point, sending a real-time traffic distribution request to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information according to the mobile communication number information used by the mobile equipment for logging in the application, wherein the real-time traffic distribution request comprises the mobile communication number information.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided a method for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device, the method comprising:

if the mobile equipment has no available free wireless access point, distributing flow resource credit granting information for mobile communication number information used by the mobile equipment for logging in the application;

and providing the traffic resource credit information to the mobile equipment.

According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided an apparatus for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device, the apparatus comprising

A processor; and

a memory arranged to store computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform:

According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided an apparatus for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device, the apparatus comprising

A processor; and

and providing the traffic resource credit information to the mobile equipment.

According to yet another aspect of the application, there is provided a computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

and providing the traffic resource credit information to the mobile equipment.

Compared with the prior art, the method and the device have the advantages that the traffic packet is actively sent to the mobile device corresponding to the user by judging that the current network cannot provide free internet access, so that the user can be ensured to access the internet timely and free, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Drawings

Other features, objects and advantages of the present application will become more apparent upon reading of the following detailed description of non-limiting embodiments thereof, made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates one possible system topology provided by the present application;

FIG. 2 illustrates a flow diagram of a method for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart of a method for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 shows a sub-flowchart of step S11 in a method for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 illustrates a device diagram for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 illustrates a device diagram for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 shows an interaction flow diagram according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 illustrates an exemplary system that can be used to implement the various embodiments described in this application.

The same or similar reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements.

Detailed Description

The present application is described in further detail below with reference to the attached figures.

In a typical configuration of the present application, the terminal, the device serving the network, and the trusted party each include one or more processors (CPUs), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.

The memory may include forms of volatile memory in a computer readable medium, Random Access Memory (RAM) and/or non-volatile memory, such as Read Only Memory (ROM) or flash memory (flash RAM). Memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

Computer-readable media, including both non-transitory and non-transitory, removable and non-removable media, may implement information storage by any method or technology. The information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), other types of Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device.

The device referred to in this application includes, but is not limited to, a user device, a network device, or a device formed by integrating a user device and a network device through a network. The user equipment includes, but is not limited to, any mobile electronic product, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, etc., capable of performing human-computer interaction with a user (e.g., human-computer interaction through a touch panel), and the mobile electronic product may employ any operating system, such as an android operating system, an iOS operating system, etc. The network device includes an electronic device capable of automatically performing numerical calculation and information processing according to a preset or stored instruction, and hardware thereof includes, but is not limited to, a microprocessor, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an embedded device, and the like. The network device includes but is not limited to a computer, a network host, a single network server, a plurality of network server sets or a cloud of a plurality of servers; here, the Cloud is composed of a large number of computers or web servers based on Cloud Computing (Cloud Computing), which is a kind of distributed Computing, one virtual supercomputer consisting of a collection of loosely coupled computers. Including, but not limited to, the internet, a wide area network, a metropolitan area network, a local area network, a VPN network, a wireless Ad Hoc network (Ad Hoc network), etc. Preferably, the device may also be a program running on the user device, the network device, or a device formed by integrating the user device and the network device, the touch terminal, or the network device and the touch terminal through a network.

Of course, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing is by way of example only, and that other existing or future devices, which may be suitable for use in the present application, are also encompassed within the scope of the present application and are hereby incorporated by reference.

In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Fig. 1 shows a typical scenario of the present application, interaction between an operator server and a mobile device. The mobile device includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and the like. For example, the mobile device is installed with an APP for assisting the mobile device to connect to or manage a wireless access point, such as APP XXX, and the mobile device sends a wireless connection request to the network device through the APP, where the network device is a server corresponding to the APP, the network device returns one or more free wireless access points to be accessed through identification information of the mobile device, the mobile device selects one wireless access point to be accessed as a target wireless access point through the APP, if the connection is successful, it is determined that there is a currently available free wireless access point, if the connection is unsuccessful or a scanning result does not have a free wireless access point to be accessed, it is determined that the mobile device does not have an available free wireless access point at the current location, and further, a provider server corresponding to the mobile communication number information sends real-time allocation to the mobile communication number information according to mobile communication number information used by the mobile device to log in the application A traffic request, wherein the real-time allocation traffic request includes the mobile communication number information. For example, the mobile communication number information includes, but is not limited to, a cell phone number used when the mobile device logs in the application APP. For example, after it is determined that the mobile device does not have an accessible toll-free wireless access point at the current location, the mobile device sends a real-time traffic allocation request to an operator server corresponding to the mobile phone number according to mobile communication number information used when logging in the APP, for example, if the operator corresponding to the mobile phone number is a mobile company, the real-time traffic allocation request is sent to the operator server of the mobile company, and if the operator corresponding to the mobile phone number is a unicom company, the real-time traffic allocation request is sent to the operator of the unicom company.

FIG. 2 illustrates a method for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device according to one embodiment of an aspect of the subject application. Applicable to the system shown in fig. 1, wherein the method comprises: step S11, step S12, in step S11, the mobile device detects whether the mobile device has available free wireless access points through the application; in step S12, if the mobile device has no available toll-free wireless access point, sending a real-time traffic allocation request to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information according to mobile communication number information used by the mobile device to log in the application, where the real-time traffic allocation request includes the mobile communication number information. Wherein the application comprises an application APP (e.g., APP of XXX) installed on the mobile device for assisting the mobile device in connecting to or managing the wireless access point, through which the mobile device can send a wireless connection request to the network device, wherein, the network device is a server corresponding to the application, the wireless connection request includes the current location information of the mobile device and the identification information (for example, MAC address) of the mobile device, the network device determines the wireless access point at the current location according to the wireless connection request, and the scanning result is returned to the mobile equipment, the mobile equipment selects the free wireless access point to connect through the application APP, if the connection is successful, determining that there is available free wireless access point, the user can directly surf the internet, and if the connection is unsuccessful, determining that there is no available free wireless access point currently; further, the mobile device may send a real-time traffic allocation request to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information according to the mobile communication number information used when the mobile device logs in the APP, and the operator server receives the real-time traffic allocation request. The mobile communication number information includes a mobile phone number used by a mobile device for logging in the APP, and the operator server for subsequent interaction is determined through the mobile communication number information, for example, if the mobile phone number is of a mobile company, a real-time traffic distribution request is sent to the operator server of the mobile company, and if the mobile phone number is of a unicom company, a real-time traffic distribution request is sent to the operator server of the unicom company.

For example, a user a logs in an application, such as APP of XXX, installed on a mobile device through a mobile phone number used on the corresponding mobile device, and sends a wireless connection request to a network device through the APP, where the wireless connection request includes location information and identification information of the mobile device, the network device scans nearby wireless access points according to the wireless connection request and returns a scanning result to the mobile device of the user a, if the scanning result does not have an available wireless access point, it is determined that the mobile device does not have an available free wireless access point, if one or more free wireless access points are available in the scanning result, such as a free wireless access point 1, a free wireless access point 2, and a free wireless access point 3, and the user a selects the free wireless access point 1 to connect through the APP, if the connection is unsuccessful, it can still be determined that the mobile device has no available toll-free wireless access point, and further, the mobile device sends a real-time traffic distribution request to the operator server of the mobile company according to the mobile phone number (for example, 139 xxxxxx) used when the mobile device logs in the APP, and the operator server of the mobile company receives and processes the real-time traffic distribution request.

In some embodiments, the method further includes steps S13, S14, fig. 3 shows a flowchart of a method for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device according to another embodiment of an aspect of the present application, wherein the method includes steps S11, S12, S13, S14, and in step S13, traffic allocation response information returned by the operator server based on the real-time traffic allocation request is received; in step S14, the traffic allocation response information is provided to the mobile device. The descriptions of step S11 and step S12 are already described in detail in the corresponding embodiment of fig. 2, and are not repeated here. The traffic distribution response information includes a traffic packet that needs to be returned to the mobile device and is determined according to a real-time traffic distribution request sent by the mobile device, for example, the size of the traffic packet that is returned to the mobile device may be determined according to the number of times that the mobile device shares the wireless access point through the APP, and the traffic packet is provided to the mobile device.

For example, the user a logs in an application, such as APP of XXX, installed on the mobile device through a mobile phone number used on the corresponding mobile device, for helping the mobile device connect or manage the wireless access point, determines that no free wireless access point is currently available through the APP, and sends a real-time traffic distribution request to an operator server of the mobile company through the APP, the operator server of the mobile company receives the real-time traffic distribution request and determines the size of a traffic packet to be returned according to the real-time traffic distribution request, for example, the size of a traffic packet to be provided to the mobile device is determined according to the number of times the mobile device shares the wireless access point through the APP, for example, the user a installs the application, which helps the mobile device connect or manage the wireless access point, on the mobile device through the corresponding mobile device, for example, APP of XXX shares information of 10 times of wireless access points, an application installed in a mobile device and used for helping the mobile device connect or manage the wireless access points, for example, APP of XXX records the shared information, a real-time traffic allocation request sent by a user a through a corresponding mobile device includes the shared information, and a mobile operator determines a traffic packet that needs to be returned to the mobile device 500M according to the shared time information, where the settings of the shared time and the traffic packet size may be determined by negotiation between the operator and the application installed in the mobile device and used for helping the mobile device connect or manage the wireless access points, for example, a provider of XXX.

In some embodiments, the real-time allocation traffic request further includes information on the amount of free traffic resources requested to be allocated for the mobile device. For example, the free traffic resource amount information includes the size of traffic packets available to the mobile device, e.g., 100M, 500M, etc.

For example, the user a logs in an application installed on the mobile device, such as APP of XXX, for helping the mobile device to connect to or manage the wireless access point through a mobile phone number used on its corresponding mobile device, determines that no available free wireless access point is available through the APP, and sends a real-time traffic allocation request to the server of the mobile operator, where the request includes information of the number of free traffic resources, for example, a traffic packet of which the information is 500M. Thus, the mobile operator server can determine the size of the traffic packets that need to be provided to the mobile device based on the real-time traffic allocation request.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and determining the free traffic resource quantity information according to the user related information of the corresponding user of the mobile communication number information in the application. Wherein, the user-related information includes the information about the use of the APP by a certain mobile number, for example, the use information of the APP to the application, which is recorded by the APP and related to the user (determined by the mobile communication number information), for example, the number or times of wireless hotspots shared by the user through the APP, the use information about the APP fed back by the user, etc., the information about the quantity of free traffic resources is determined by the user-related information, for example, the user shares 10 times of wireless access points through the APP, when the mobile device corresponding to the mobile communication number sends a real-time traffic allocation request, the size of a traffic packet to be returned is 500M, wherein the corresponding relationship between the user-related information and the information about the quantity of free traffic resources can be determined by the operator and the provider of the APP, and presetting according to the negotiation result.

For example, a first user logs in an application, such as APP of XXX, installed on a mobile device and used for helping the mobile device to connect or manage a wireless access point through a mobile phone number used on the mobile device corresponding to the first user, determines that no available free wireless access point exists through the APP, and sends a real-time traffic distribution request to a server of a mobile operator, under an account registered by the mobile phone number, the first user shares wireless access point information for 10 times, the mobile device records the sharing condition information in user related information of the account, and determines free traffic resource quantity information according to the user related information, for example, 10 is shared, the free traffic resource quantity information is 500M, the free traffic resource quantity information included in the real-time traffic distribution request sent by the mobile device to the mobile operator server is 500M, and the mobile operator can provide traffic of 500M to the mobile device according to the free traffic resource quantity information And (5) packaging.

In some embodiments, the user-related information comprises at least any one of: the mobile communication number information corresponds to sharing record information of the user about the wireless access point in the application; and the mobile communication number information corresponds to the use feedback information of the user to the wireless access point in the application. The sharing record information comprises the sharing number or times of the corresponding user to the wireless access point; the usage feedback information comprises the amount or quality of usage feedback information made by the corresponding user to the application APP. And the mobile equipment records the user related information by applying the APP.

For example, according to the sharing record information, the more the number or times of the wireless access points shared by the corresponding user through the application APP is, the larger the available free traffic resource number information is, that is, the larger the available traffic packet is, or the more the usage feedback information made by the corresponding user on the application APP is, for example, the more the evaluation information of the application APP is, the more the evaluated content is, the larger the available free traffic resource number information is. The method comprises the steps that a user shares a wireless access point or performs feedback information operation on an application APP under the condition that the user logs in the application APP through a current account (mobile communication number information), mobile equipment records user related information through the application APP, and determines free flow resource quantity information according to the user related information, when the mobile equipment sends a real-time flow distribution request to an operator server, the real-time flow distribution request comprises the free flow resource quantity information, and the operator server determines flow distribution response information which needs to be provided to the mobile equipment according to the free flow resource quantity information.

In some embodiments, the real-time allocation traffic request further comprises at least any one of: application identification information of the application; provider identification information of a provider of the application; the application or the provider of the application authorizes the operator server to allocate token information of traffic resources. For example, the application identification information includes a version number, a name of the application; the provider identification information includes a name of the provider, an organization code. The token ring network of the server of the application or the application provider and the operator server can be formed through the token information, and the server corresponding to the application or the application provider on the token ring network can perform transmission communication with the operator server based on the token information.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, step S11 includes step S111 and step S112, where, in step S111, a wireless access point query request or a wireless access point connection request sent by an application in the mobile device is received; in step S112, matching the query in the wireless access point database according to the wireless access point query request or the wireless access point connection request to determine whether there is a free wireless access point available for the mobile device.

For example, the mobile device sends a wireless access point query request or a wireless access point connection request to a network device through an application, where the network device is a server corresponding to the application. The network device queries whether an available wireless access point exists in a wireless access point database based on the wireless access point query request or the wireless access point connection request, for example, the wireless access point query request or the wireless access point connection request includes the current location information of the mobile device and the identification information (for example, a MAC address) of the mobile device, the network device may match the available wireless access point in the wireless access point database according to the wireless access point query request or the wireless access point connection request, and return the available wireless access point information to the mobile device, further, it may be determined whether an available free wireless access point exists in the mobile device, and if an available free wireless access point does not exist, the mobile device may send a real-time traffic allocation request to an operator server.

In some embodiments, the step S11 includes: detecting whether the mobile equipment has available free wireless access points or not by connecting the free wireless access points provided by the application; or if the mobile device is connected with the free wireless access point provided by the application, detecting whether the mobile device has the available free wireless access point or not by testing the availability of the current wireless connection of the mobile device. For example, a "ping" command may be used to check whether the network of the currently connected free wireless access point is connected.

For example, the mobile device may detect whether the network status of the currently connected free wireless access point is normal by having successfully connected to the free wireless access point 1, then detect to the mobile device through ping (network diagnostic tool), attempt to connect to another free wireless access point if the network status of the currently connected free wireless access point is not normal, i.e., ping is not passed, determine that there is no available free wireless access point through application detection if there is no other available free wireless access point currently or attempt to connect to an available free wireless access point 2 but the network status of the free wireless access point 2 is still not normal, and further, the mobile device may transmit a real-time allocation traffic request to the operator server.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, step S11 further includes step S1111 and step S1112: and if the free wireless access point currently provided by the application is unavailable, detecting whether other available free wireless access points exist in the mobile equipment.

For example, the mobile device detects whether the network status of the currently connected free wireless access point is normal or not by applying the connected free wireless access point 1, and if the network status is not normal, that is, the currently connected free wireless access point is not available, the mobile device detects whether there are other available free wireless access points, for example, the mobile device sends a wireless access point query request or a wireless access point connection request to the network device through the application, wherein the network device is a server device corresponding to the application, the wireless access point query request or the wireless access point connection request includes the current location information of the mobile device and the identification information (for example, MAC address) of the mobile device, and the network device can match the available free wireless access point database with the available wireless access point according to the wireless access point query request or the wireless access point connection request And returning the matching result to the application, and if other available free wireless access points exist, the mobile device can be connected with the other available free wireless access points through the application.

In some embodiments, step S12 includes: if the mobile equipment does not have an available toll-free wireless access point and available flow corresponding to mobile communication number information used by the mobile equipment for logging in the application is lower than flow threshold information, sending a real-time flow distribution request to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information according to the mobile communication number information, wherein the real-time flow distribution request comprises the mobile communication number information.

For example, the mobile device detects that there is no currently available toll-free wireless access point through the application, and queries, through the interface of the operator server, that the available traffic corresponding to the mobile communication number information registered by the current user is lower than the traffic threshold information, for example, the traffic package of the corresponding operator subscribed by the mobile communication number information registered by the user is 400M, the remaining available traffic is 30M, the preset traffic threshold information is 50M, and then the mobile device can detect, through the application, that the available traffic (30M) corresponding to the mobile communication number information registered by the current user is lower than the traffic threshold information (50M), then sends a real-time allocation traffic request to the operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information according to the mobile communication number information, and the operator server can return traffic allocation response information according to the real-time allocation traffic request, wherein, the real-time flow distribution request comprises the mobile communication number information, flow package information corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication number information and the remaining available flow information are stored in a database of an operator server, the operator server can inquire and determine the remaining available flow of the mobile communication number information according to the mobile communication number information included in the real-time flow distribution request and provide the remaining available flow information for the application, and the application determines whether to send the real-time flow distribution request to the operator server by comparing the remaining available flow with the flow threshold information.

The method includes step S1 (not shown), step S2 (not shown), step S3 (not shown). In step S1, the mobile device detects whether there is a free wireless access point available to the mobile device through the application. In step S2, if the mobile device has no available toll-free wireless access point, traffic resource credit information is allocated to the mobile communication number information used by the mobile device to log in the application. In step S3, the traffic resource trust information is provided to the mobile device. Wherein the application comprises an application APP (e.g., APP of XXX) installed on the mobile device for assisting the mobile device in connecting to or managing the wireless access point, through which the mobile device can send a wireless connection request to the network device, wherein, the network device is a server corresponding to the application, the wireless connection request includes the current location information of the mobile device and the identification information (for example, or MAC address) of the mobile device, the network device determines the wireless access point at the current location according to the wireless connection request, and the scanning result is returned to the mobile equipment, the mobile equipment selects the free wireless access point to connect through the application APP, if the connection is successful, determining that there is available free wireless access point, the user can directly surf the internet, and if the connection is unsuccessful, determining that there is no available free wireless access point currently; further, the mobile communication number information used by the mobile device for logging in the application allocates the traffic resource credit information. The mobile communication number information includes a mobile phone number (for example, 139XXXXXXXX) used by the mobile device for logging in the application APP, a carrier server for subsequent interaction is determined through the mobile communication number information, the traffic resource credit information includes a size of a traffic packet that can be directly allocated from the carrier server by the mobile device through the application, for example, 500M, and the traffic resource credit information can be formulated through a preset scheme, for example, negotiation between the application provider and the carrier determines that when the mobile device determines that there is no available free wireless access point through the application, the carrier server provides the mobile device with the 500M traffic packet.

For example, a user a logs in an application, such as APP of XXX, installed on a mobile device through a mobile phone number used on the corresponding mobile device, and sends a wireless connection request to a network device through the APP, where the wireless connection request includes location information and identification information of the mobile device, the network device scans nearby wireless access points according to the wireless connection request and returns a scanning result to the mobile device of the user a, if the scanning result does not have an available wireless access point, it is determined that the mobile device does not have an available free wireless access point, if one or more free wireless access points are available in the scanning result, such as a free wireless access point 1, a free wireless access point 2, and a free wireless access point 3, and the user a selects the free wireless access point 1 to connect through the APP, if the connection is unsuccessful, it can still be determined that there is no free wireless access point available for the mobile device, and further, the operator server provides 500M traffic resource credit information to the mobile device.

In some embodiments, the method further includes step S4 (not shown), and in step S4, sending traffic signaling instruction information to a carrier server corresponding to the mobile communication number information, where the traffic signaling instruction information includes the mobile communication number information and the traffic resource signaling information. Wherein the mobile communication number information may include a mobile phone number (e.g., 139XXXXXXXX), the traffic resource credit information includes a size of a traffic packet that the mobile device can directly distribute from the carrier server through the application, and the traffic resource within the mobile credit limit may be freely provided to the user for use.

For example, when the mobile device does not have a free wireless access point currently available, the mobile device sends traffic credit granting instruction information to an operator server corresponding to mobile communication number information used when logging in the application APP through the application APP, and the operator server may determine to provide traffic resource credit granting information to the mobile device according to the traffic credit granting instruction information.

Fig. 7 shows an interaction flow diagram according to an embodiment of the present application, specifically describing an application scenario of the method of the present application.

FIG. 5 illustrates an apparatus for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device according to one embodiment of an aspect of the subject application. The apparatus comprises: the mobile device comprises a first device and a second device, wherein the first device is used for detecting whether the mobile device has available free wireless access points through an application; and the second device is used for sending a real-time traffic distribution request to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information according to the mobile communication number information used by the mobile equipment for logging in the application if the mobile equipment has no available toll-free wireless access point, wherein the real-time traffic distribution request comprises the mobile communication number information. Wherein the application comprises an application APP (e.g., APP of XXX) installed on the mobile device for assisting the mobile device in connecting to or managing the wireless access point, through which the mobile device can send a wireless connection request to the network device, wherein, the network device is a server corresponding to the application, the wireless connection request includes the current location information of the mobile device and the identification information (for example, or MAC address) of the mobile device, the network device determines the wireless access point at the current location according to the wireless connection request, and the scanning result is returned to the mobile equipment, the mobile equipment selects the free wireless access point to connect through the application APP, if the connection is successful, determining that there is available free wireless access point, the user can directly surf the internet, and if the connection is unsuccessful, determining that there is no available free wireless access point currently; further, the mobile device may send a real-time traffic allocation request to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information according to the mobile communication number information used when the mobile device logs in the APP, and the operator server receives the real-time traffic allocation request. The mobile communication number information includes a mobile phone number used by a mobile device for logging in the APP, and the operator server for subsequent interaction is determined through the mobile communication number information, for example, if the mobile phone number is of a mobile company, a real-time traffic distribution request is sent to the operator server of the mobile company, and if the mobile phone number is of a unicom company, a real-time traffic distribution request is sent to the operator server of the unicom company.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, the apparatus further includes a third device and a fourth device, where details about the description of the first device and the second device are already described in the embodiment corresponding to fig. 6, and are not repeated herein. The third device is used for receiving flow distribution response information returned by the operator server based on the real-time flow distribution request; fourth means for providing the traffic allocation response information to the mobile device. The traffic distribution response information includes a traffic packet that needs to be returned to the mobile device and is determined according to the real-time traffic distribution request sent by the mobile device, for example, the size of the traffic packet that is returned to the mobile device may be determined according to the number of times that the mobile device shares the wireless access point through the application APP, and the traffic packet is provided to the mobile device.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a fifth device, configured to determine the free traffic resource amount information according to user-related information of a user corresponding to the mobile communication number information in the application. Wherein, the user-related information includes the information about the use of the APP by a certain mobile number, for example, the use information of the APP to the application, which is recorded by the APP and related to the user (determined by the mobile communication number information), for example, the number or times of wireless hotspots shared by the user through the APP, the use information about the APP fed back by the user, etc., the information about the quantity of free traffic resources is determined by the user-related information, for example, the user shares 10 times of wireless access points through the APP, when the mobile device corresponding to the mobile communication number sends a real-time traffic allocation request, the size of a traffic packet to be returned is 500M, wherein the corresponding relationship between the user-related information and the information about the quantity of free traffic resources can be determined by the operator and the provider of the APP, and presetting according to the negotiation result.

In some embodiments, the first apparatus includes a first unit and a second unit, where the first unit is configured to receive a wireless access point query request or a wireless access point connection request sent by an application in a mobile device; and the second unit is used for matching and inquiring in a wireless access point database according to the wireless access point inquiry request or the wireless access point connection request so as to determine whether the mobile equipment has available free wireless access points.

In some embodiments, the first apparatus further includes a third unit, configured to detect whether there are other free wireless access points available to the mobile device if a free wireless access point currently provided by the application is not available.

For example, the mobile device detects whether the network status of the currently connected free wireless access point is normal or not by applying the connected free wireless access point 1, and if the network status is not normal, that is, the currently connected free wireless access point is not available, the mobile device detects whether there are other available free wireless access points, for example, the mobile device sends a wireless access point query request or a wireless access point connection request to the network device through the application, wherein the network device is a server device corresponding to the application, the wireless access point query request or the wireless access point connection request includes the current location information of the mobile device, the identification information (for example, or the MAC address) of the mobile device, and the network device can match the available free wireless access point database with the available free wireless access point according to the wireless access point query request or the wireless access point connection request And entering the point, and returning the matching result to the application, wherein if other available free wireless access points exist, the mobile device can be connected with the other available free wireless access points through the application.

In some embodiments, the second means is configured to, if the mobile device has no available toll-free wireless access point and an available traffic corresponding to mobile communication number information used by the mobile device to log in the application is lower than traffic threshold information, send a real-time traffic allocation request to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information according to the mobile communication number information, where the real-time traffic allocation request includes the mobile communication number information.

In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a first module, a second module, and a third module. The first module is used for detecting whether the mobile equipment has available free wireless access points or not through the application. And the second module is used for distributing flow resource credit granting information for mobile communication number information used by the mobile equipment for logging in the application if the mobile equipment has no available free wireless access point. The third module is configured to provide the traffic resource trust information to the mobile device. Wherein the application comprises an application APP (e.g., APP of XXX) installed on the mobile device for assisting the mobile device in connecting to or managing the wireless access point, through which the mobile device can send a wireless connection request to the network device, wherein, the network device is a server corresponding to the application, the wireless connection request includes the current location information of the mobile device and the identification information (for example, or MAC address) of the mobile device, the network device determines the wireless access point at the current location according to the wireless connection request, and the scanning result is returned to the mobile equipment, the mobile equipment selects the free wireless access point to connect through the application APP, if the connection is successful, determining that there is available free wireless access point, the user can directly surf the internet, and if the connection is unsuccessful, determining that there is no available free wireless access point currently; further, the mobile communication number information used by the mobile device for logging in the application allocates the traffic resource credit information. The mobile communication number information includes a mobile phone number (for example, 139XXXXXXXX) used by the mobile device for logging in the application APP, a carrier server for subsequent interaction is determined through the mobile communication number information, the traffic resource credit information includes a size of a traffic packet that can be directly allocated from the carrier server by the mobile device through the application, for example, 500M, and the traffic resource credit information can be formulated through a preset scheme, for example, negotiation between the application provider and the carrier determines that when the mobile device determines that there is no available free wireless access point through the application, the carrier server provides the mobile device with the 500M traffic packet.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a fourth module (not shown), configured to send traffic signaling instruction information to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information, where the traffic signaling instruction information includes the mobile communication number information and the traffic resource signaling information. Wherein the mobile communication number information may include a mobile phone number (e.g., 139XXXXXXXX), the traffic resource credit information includes a size of a traffic packet that the mobile device can directly distribute from the carrier server through the application, and the traffic resource within the mobile credit limit may be freely provided to the user for use.

The present application also provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer code which, when executed, performs a method as in any one of the preceding.

The present application also provides a computer program product, which when executed by a computer device, performs the method of any of the preceding claims.

The present application further provides a computer device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory for storing one or more computer programs;

the one or more computer programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method of any preceding claim.

Further, the embodiments of the present application also provide an exemplary system, and fig. 8 illustrates an exemplary system that may be used to implement the various embodiments described in the present application;

in some embodiments, as illustrated in fig. 8, the system 1100 can be a network device for managing and providing recruitment information in any of the described embodiments. In some embodiments, system 1100 can include one or more computer-readable media (e.g., system memory or NVM/storage 1120) having instructions and one or more processors (e.g., processor(s) 1105) coupled with the one or more computer-readable media and configured to execute the instructions to implement modules to perform actions described herein.

For one embodiment, the system control module 1110 may include any suitable interface controller to provide any suitable interface to at least one of the processor(s) 1105 and/or to any suitable device or component in communication with the system control module 1110.

The system control module 1110 may include a memory controller module 1130 to provide an interface to the system memory 1115. The memory controller module 1130 may be a hardware module, a software module, and/or a firmware module.

The system memory 1115 may be used, for example, to load and store data and/or instructions for the system 1100. For one embodiment, the system memory 1115 may comprise any suitable volatile memory, such as suitable DRAM. In some embodiments, the system memory 1115 may include a double data rate type four synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR4 SDRAM).

For one embodiment, system control module 1110 may include one or more input/output (I/O) controllers to provide an interface to NVM/storage 1120 and communication interface(s) 1125.

For example, NVM/storage 1120 may be used to store data and/or instructions. NVM/storage 1120 may include any suitable non-volatile memory (e.g., flash memory) and/or may include any suitable non-volatile storage device(s) (e.g., one or more hard disk drive(s) (HDD (s)), one or more Compact Disc (CD) drive(s), and/or one or more Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) drive (s)).

The NVM/storage 1120 may include storage resources that are physically part of the device on which the system 1100 is installed or may be accessed by the device and not necessarily part of the device. For example, NVM/storage 1120 may be accessible over a network via communication interface(s) 1125.

Communication interface(s) 1125 may provide an interface for system 1100 to communicate over one or more networks and/or with any other suitable devices. System 1100 can communicate wirelessly with one or more components of a wireless network in accordance with any of one or more wireless network standards and/or protocols.

For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 1105 may be packaged together with logic for one or more controller(s) (e.g., memory controller module 1130) of the system control module 1110. For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 1105 may be packaged together with logic for one or more controller(s) of the system control module 1110 to form a System In Package (SiP). For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 1105 may be integrated on the same die with logic for one or more controller(s) of the system control module 1110. For one embodiment, at least one of the processor(s) 1105 may be integrated on the same die with logic for one or more controller(s) of the system control module 1110 to form a system on a chip (SoC).

In various embodiments, system 1100 may be, but is not limited to being: a server, a workstation, a desktop computing device, or a mobile computing device (e.g., a laptop computing device, a handheld computing device, a tablet, a netbook, etc.). In various embodiments, system 1100 may have more or fewer components and/or different architectures. For example, in some embodiments, system 1100 includes one or more cameras, a keyboard, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen (including a touch screen display), a non-volatile memory port, multiple antennas, a graphics chip, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), and speakers.

It should be noted that the present application may be implemented in software and/or a combination of software and hardware, for example, implemented using Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), general purpose computers or any other similar hardware devices. In one embodiment, the software programs of the present application may be executed by a processor to implement the steps or functions described above. Likewise, the software programs (including associated data structures) of the present application may be stored in a computer readable recording medium, such as RAM memory, magnetic or optical drive or diskette and the like. Additionally, some of the steps or functions of the present application may be implemented in hardware, for example, as circuitry that cooperates with the processor to perform various steps or functions.

In addition, some of the present application may be implemented as a computer program product, such as computer program instructions, which when executed by a computer, may invoke or provide methods and/or techniques in accordance with the present application through the operation of the computer. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the form in which the computer program instructions reside on a computer-readable medium includes, but is not limited to, source files, executable files, installation package files, and the like, and that the manner in which the computer program instructions are executed by a computer includes, but is not limited to: the computer directly executes the instruction, or the computer compiles the instruction and then executes the corresponding compiled program, or the computer reads and executes the instruction, or the computer reads and installs the instruction and then executes the corresponding installed program. Computer-readable media herein can be any available computer-readable storage media or communication media that can be accessed by a computer.

Communication media includes media by which communication signals, including, for example, computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data, are transmitted from one system to another. Communication media may include conductive transmission media such as cables and wires (e.g., fiber optics, coaxial, etc.) and wireless (non-conductive transmission) media capable of propagating energy waves such as acoustic, electromagnetic, RF, microwave, and infrared. Computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data may be embodied in a modulated data signal, for example, in a wireless medium such as a carrier wave or similar mechanism such as is embodied as part of spread spectrum techniques. The term "modulated data signal" means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. The modulation may be analog, digital or hybrid modulation techniques.

By way of example, and not limitation, computer-readable storage media may include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. For example, computer-readable storage media include, but are not limited to, volatile memory such as random access memory (RAM, DRAM, SRAM); and non-volatile memory such as flash memory, various read-only memories (ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM), magnetic and ferromagnetic/ferroelectric memories (MRAM, FeRAM); and magnetic and optical storage devices (hard disk, tape, CD, DVD); or other now known media or later developed that can store computer-readable information/data for use by a computer system.

An embodiment according to the present application comprises an apparatus comprising a memory for storing computer program instructions and a processor for executing the program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, trigger the apparatus to perform a method and/or a solution according to the aforementioned embodiments of the present application.

It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present application may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the application being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned. Furthermore, it is obvious that the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the singular does not exclude the plural. A plurality of units or means recited in the apparatus claims may also be implemented by one unit or means in software or hardware. The terms first, second, etc. are used to denote names, but not any particular order.

Claims

1. A method for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device, wherein the method comprises:

sending a wireless connection request to corresponding network equipment through an application to request the network equipment to return one or more free wireless access points to be accessed, selecting a target wireless access point from the one or more wireless access points to be accessed through the application, and determining that no available free wireless access point exists in the mobile equipment if the target wireless access point is not successfully connected or the network equipment does not return the free wireless access point, wherein the application is used for helping the mobile equipment to connect or manage the wireless access points;

if the mobile device has no available free wireless access point, determining, by the application, free traffic resource quantity information requested to be allocated to the mobile device according to user-related information of a user corresponding to mobile communication number information used by the mobile device to log in the application, where a correspondence between the user-related information and the free traffic resource quantity information is preset based on a negotiation result of a provider and an operator of the application;

sending a real-time traffic distribution request to an operator server corresponding to mobile communication number information through the application according to the mobile communication number information used by the mobile device for logging in the application, wherein the real-time traffic distribution request comprises the mobile communication number information and the free traffic resource quantity information;

wherein the user-related information comprises at least any one of:

the mobile communication number information corresponds to sharing record information of the user about the wireless access point in the application, and the sharing record information comprises sharing number or sharing times of the corresponding user to the wireless access point;

the mobile communication number information corresponds to the use feedback information of the user to the wireless access point in the application, and the use feedback information comprises the quantity or quality of the use feedback information made by the corresponding user to the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving flow distribution response information returned by the operator server based on the real-time flow distribution request;

providing the traffic allocation response information to the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the real-time allocation traffic request further comprises at least any one of:

application identification information of the application;

provider identification information of a provider of the application;

the application or the provider of the application authorizes the operator server to allocate token information of traffic resources.

4. The method of any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the detecting by the application whether there is a free wireless access point available to the mobile device comprises:

receiving a wireless access point query request or a wireless access point connection request sent by an application in mobile equipment;

and matching and inquiring in a wireless access point database according to the wireless access point inquiry request or the wireless access point connection request so as to determine whether the mobile equipment has available free wireless access points.

5. The method of any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the detecting by the application whether there is a free wireless access point available to the mobile device comprises:

detecting whether the mobile equipment has available free wireless access points or not by connecting the free wireless access points provided by the application; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

if the mobile equipment is connected with the free wireless access point provided by the application, whether the available free wireless access point exists in the mobile equipment is detected by testing the availability of the current wireless connection of the mobile equipment.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the detecting, by the application, whether the mobile device has a free wireless access point available further comprises:

and if the free wireless access point currently provided by the application is unavailable, detecting whether other available free wireless access points exist in the mobile equipment.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein if the mobile device has no available toll-free wireless access point, sending a real-time traffic allocation request to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information according to mobile communication number information used by the mobile device to log in the application, wherein the real-time traffic allocation request includes the mobile communication number information, and includes:

if the mobile equipment does not have an available toll-free wireless access point and available flow corresponding to mobile communication number information used by the mobile equipment for logging in the application is lower than flow threshold information, sending a real-time flow distribution request to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information according to the mobile communication number information, wherein the real-time flow distribution request comprises the mobile communication number information.

8. A method for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device, wherein the method comprises:

if the mobile equipment has no available free wireless access point, distributing flow resource credit information for mobile communication number information used by the mobile equipment for logging in the application through the application;

providing the flow resource credit information to the mobile equipment, wherein the flow resource of the flow resource credit information in a credit line can be freely provided for a user to use, and the flow resource credit information is preset based on a negotiation result between a provider and an operator of the application;

and sending flow credit instruction information to an operator server corresponding to the mobile communication number information, wherein the flow credit instruction information comprises the mobile communication number information and the flow resource credit information.

9. An apparatus for allocating traffic resources for a mobile device, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a processor; and

a memory arranged to store computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform the operations of the method of any one of claims 1-8.

10. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to perform the operations of any of the methods of claims 1-8.