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Definitions

• the present application relates to the field of communication technologies, and more particularly, to apparatus and method for controlling wireless network access and wireless data traffic.
• an intelligent terminal device e.g. , smart phones, tablets, laptops, etc.
• Wi- Fi hotspot device There are generally two types of Wi-Fi hotspot devices: the first type includes wireless routing devices, for example, a wireless router used to convert a wired network into a wireless network; the second type includes intelligent terminal devices having a Wi-Fi hotspot function, which enables the intelligent terminal device to share a telecommunication network (e.g., 2G/3G/4G network) used by the intelligent terminal device with another intelligent terminal device, such as a smart phone, a notebook computer, etc.
• a telecommunication network e.g., 2G/3G/4G network
• Downloading a large amount of data using a wireless network shared by an intelligent terminal device may cause excessive cost associated with the data traffic. Therefore, it is desirable to provide a solution to automatically control the wireless data traffic to prevent excessive cost under similar situations.
• the present disclosure is directed to a method for controlling wireless data traffic of an information processing device.
• the method may include obtaining a recognition identifier of a Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• the method may also include determining a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device according to the recognition identifier.
• the method may further include controlling the wireless data traffic of the information processing device according to the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• the present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for controlling wireless data traffic.
• the apparatus may include a memory device and a processor device communicatively coupled to the memory device.
• the processor device may be configured to obtain a recognition identifier of a Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• the processor device may also be configured to determine a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device according to the recognition identifier.
• the processor device may further be configured to control the wireless data traffic of an information processing device according to the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• the present disclosure is directed to a method for controlling wireless network access.
• the method may include obtaining a
• the present disclosure is directed to a computer server for providing wireless traffic control service to a client application.
• the computer server may include a memory device and a processor device
• the processor device may be configured to obtain a recognition identifier of a Wi-Fi hotspot device through which the client application accesses a wireless network.
• the processor device may also be configured to determine a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device according to the recognition identifier.
• the processor device may further be configured to control information downloading of the client application according to the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• Fig. 1 is a flow chart of an exemplary method for controlling wireless data traffic, according to an embodiment of the present application.
• Fig. 2 is a flow chart of an exemplary method for controlling wireless network access, according to another embodiment of the present application.
• FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary intelligent terminal device, according to an embodiment of the present application.
• FIG. 4 is a functional diagram of an exemplary wireless data traffic control module, according to an embodiment of the present application.
• FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary computer server, according to another embodiment of the present application.
• Fig. 6 is a functional diagram of an exemplary wireless data traffic control module, according to another embodiment of the present application.
• Fig. 1 is a flow chart of an exemplary method 100 for controlling wireless data traffic, according to an embodiment of the present application.
• Method 100 may comprise the following steps:
• Step 101 An intelligent terminal device may obtain a recognition identifier of a Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• This embodiment can be applied to an intelligent terminal device, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, or other electronic devices equipped with a Wi- Fi connection function that enables the intelligent terminal device to access the network resources such as the Internet through a Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• an intelligent terminal device may also be referred to as an information processing device.
• An intelligent terminal device may obtain a recognition identifier of a Wi-Fi hotspot device using, for example, a certain Application (APP) installed on the intelligent terminal device.
• APP Application
• the recognition identifier may comprise a Media Access Control (MAC) address, a Service Set Identifier (SSID), and/or other identifiers capable of recognizing a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• MAC Media Access Control
• SSID Service Set Identifier
• Step 102 The intelligent terminal device may determine a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device according to the recognition identifier.
• a correspondence between the recognition identifier and a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device may be stored in advance.
• the types of the Wi-Fi hotspot device may comprise an intelligent terminal device, a wireless routing device, etc.
• An intelligent terminal device may function as a Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• an intelligent terminal device may share its
• a wireless routing device can convert a wired network into a wireless network, thereby functioning as a Wi-Fi hotspot for various devices to access network resources such as the Internet.
• Step 103 The intelligent terminal device may control its wireless data traffic according to the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• a correspondence between a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device and a wireless data traffic control strategy may be stored in advance.
• wireless data traffic of the intelligent terminal device may not be limited.
• wireless data traffic of the intelligent terminal device may be limited to prevent excessive data cost.
• the intelligent terminal device may be forbidden from downloading an excessively large file, so as to avoid causing excessive data traffic cost to the intelligent terminal device that functions as the Wi-Fi hotspot.
• a recognition identifier of a Wi-Fi hotspot device may be obtained, a type of the -Wi-Fi hotspot device may be determined, and different actions may be performed to control the wireless data traffic of an intelligent terminal device according to different types of the Wi-Fi hotspot devices.
• the wireless data traffics of one or more other devices using the Wi-Fi hotspot to connect to the Internet may be limited, for example, from downloading an excessively large file, so as to save the user data cost associated with the wireless data traffic.
• the smart phone may scan to obtain all available Wi-Fi hotspots whose signals covering the smart phone, and obtain information of each Wi-Fi hotspot, such as an SSID and/or a Basic Service Set Identification (BSSID).
• the SSID may be a user editable name of the corresponding Wi-Fi hotspot.
• the BSSID may be an actual MAC address of the corresponding Wi- Fi hotspot device, or may be a MAC address derived from the actual MAC address of the corresponding Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• the first three bytes of the MAC address are generally a device code distributed to the manufacturer of the Wi- Fi hotspot device (or the manufacturer of the Wi-Fi module integrated in the Wi-Fi hotspot device) by a Registration Authority (RA), after the device manufacturer registers to the RA of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
• RA Registration Authority
• IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• the device code of a particular manufacturer is different from device codes of other device manufacturers.
• the accuracy for determining the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device using the MAC address is relatively high.
• a MAC address of a Wi-Fi hotspot device is obtained, and the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device can be determined according to the MAC address.
• an Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) distribution library may be accessed through the network.
• the OUI distribution library may be looked up for information of a device
• the type of a Wi-Fi hotspot device corresponding to a device manufacturer TP-LINK may be a wireless routing device
• the type of a Wi-Fi hotspot device corresponding to a device manufacturer APPLE may be an intelligent terminal device.
• the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device may be determined according to relationships between MAC addresses provided by the device manufacturer and the multiple types of the Wi-Fi hotspot devices. For example, if a device manufacturer manufactures both intelligent terminal devices and wireless routing devices, the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device may be determined according to a correspondence between the MAC address provided by the device manufacturer and the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device may be determined according to an SSID of the Wi-Fi hotspot.
• an SSID of a Wi-Fi hotspot device may be modified by the user or may remain as a default value preset by the Wi-Fi hotspot device manufacturer or by the operating system of the device.
• the default SSID is generally a device name or a system name plus a string of characters. Therefore, the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device may be determined by determining whether a preset character string exists in the SSID.
• a device using an Android operating system is generally an intelligent terminal device, and the default SSID preset by the Android operating system generally comprises a character string Android. Therefore, a correspondence between the character string Android in the SSID and the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device (e.g., intelligent terminal device) may be preset.
• manufacturer TP-LINK generally makes wireless routing devices, and a default SSID thereof generally comprises a character string TP-LINK. Thus, a correspondence between the character string TP-LINK in the SSID and the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device (e.g., wireless routing device) may be preset.
• the wireless data traffic may be controlled according to the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device. For example, when the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device is an intelligent terminal device, downloading a file having a size exceeding a preset value may be forbidden.
• the preset value may be set by a developer or a user. For example, the preset value may be set as 10 M bytes. For instance, if a Wi-Fi hotspot device providing wireless network access to a smart phone is another intelligent terminal device, the smart phone may be forbidden from downloading a file exceeding 10 MB.
• Such file may be, for example, a certain APP or media file.
• Limiting the downloading file size may avoid causing excessive data traffic cost to the intelligent terminal device functioning as the Wi-Fi hotspot.
• a person skilled in the art may appreciate that other strategies of controlling the wireless data traffic are also possible, such as forbidding a device from downloading any file or other suitable methods.
• a recognition identifier of a Wi-Fi hotspot device is acquired, a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device can then be determined, and different actions can be performed to control wireless data traffic of an intelligent terminal device according to different types of Wi-Fi hotspot devices.
• a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device can then be determined, and different actions can be performed to control wireless data traffic of an intelligent terminal device according to different types of Wi-Fi hotspot devices.
• the wireless data traffics of one or more other devices using the Wi-Fi hotspot to connect to the Internet may be limited, for example, from downloading an excessively large file, so as to save the user data cost associated with the wireless data traffic.
• FIG. 2 is a flow chart of an exemplary method 200 for controlling wireless network access, according to another embodiment of the present application.
• Method 200 may comprise the following steps:
• Step 201 Obtain a recognition identifier of a Wi-Fi hotspot device through which a client application accesses to a wireless network.
• Step 202 Determine a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device according to the recognition identifier.
• Step 203 Control information downloading of the client application according to the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• Method 200 may be applied to a computer server.
• the client application accesses the computer server through a network
• the client application can download a file from the computer server.
• an intelligent terminal device having the client application loaded may access a wireless network through a Wi-Fi hotspot and obtain a recognition identifier of the Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• the manner of obtaining the recognition identifier of the Wi-Fi hotspot device may be similar to that of method 100.
• the client application when communicating with the computer server, may send to the server the recognition identifier of the Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• the client application may send the recognition identifier of the Wi-Fi hotspot device after connecting to the server, or may send the recognition identifier of the Wi-Fi hotspot device to the server after receiving a request from the server. Other timings and manners of sending the recognition identifier may also be used.
• the computer server may determine the type of the Wi- Fi hotspot device according to the recognition identifier, and then control information downloading of the client application according to the type. Determination of the type and control of the information downloading may be implemented similarly to those of method 100.
• a wireless data traffic control apparatus corresponding to method 100.
• the control functions may be implemented using software, and may be executed on an intelligent terminal device, which functions as a carrier of the wireless data traffic control apparatus.
• Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary intelligent terminal device 300 configured to control wireless data traffic.
• Intelligent terminal device 300 may include a processor device 310, a bus 320, a network interface 330, a memory device 340, and a non-volatile storage 350.
• a wireless data traffic control module 345 may be loaded in memory 340, which, when executed by processor 310, perform various control functions.
• Fig. 4 is a functional diagram of wireless data traffic control module 345. As shown in Fig. 4, wireless data traffic control module 345 may include an identifier acquisition unit 410, a wireless hotspot type
• Identifier acquisition unit 410 may be configured to obtain a recognition identifier of a Wi-Fi hotspot device, for example, through network interface 330.
• Wireless hotspot type determination unit 420 may be configured to determine a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device according to the recognition identifier.
• Wireless data traffic control unit 430 may be configured to control the wireless data traffic of intelligent terminal device 300 according to the type of the Wi- Fi hotspot device.
• the present disclosure further provides an embodiment of a computer server 500 for providing wireless traffic control service to a client application corresponding to method 200.
• the control functions may be implemented using software, and may be executed by computer server 500.
• Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary computer server 500 configured to provide wireless traffic control service.
• Server 500 may include a processor device 510, a bus 520, a network interface 530, a memory device 540, and a non-volatile storage 550.
• a wireless data traffic control module 545 may be loaded in memory 540, which, when executed by processor 510, perform various control functions.
• Fig. 6 is a functional diagram of wireless data traffic control module 545. As shown in Fig.
• wireless data traffic control module 545 may include an acquisition unit 610, a determination unit 620, and a control unit 630. [047] Acquisition unit 610 may be configured to obtain a recognition identifier of a Wi-Fi hotspot device through which a client application accesses a wireless network.
• Determination unit 620 may be configured to determine a type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device according to the recognition identifier.
• Control unit 630 may be configured to control information downloading of the client application according to the type of the Wi-Fi hotspot device.
• a computer-readable storage medium refers to any type of physical memory on which information or data readable by a processor may be stored.
• a computer- readable storage medium may store instructions for execution by one or more processors, including instructions for causing the processor(s) to perform steps or stages consistent with the embodiments described herein.
• the term "computer- readable medium" should be understood to include tangible items and exclude carrier waves and transient signals, i.e., be non-transitory. Examples include RAM, ROM, volatile memory, nonvolatile memory, hard drives, CD ROMs, DVDs, flash drives, disks, and any other known physical storage media.

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