WO2018145236A1

WO2018145236A1 - Flow control method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2018145236A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/073026
Authority: WO
Inventors: 廖建强
Original assignee: 廖建强
Priority date: 2017-02-07
Filing date: 2017-02-07
Publication date: 2018-08-16

Abstract

A flow control method: a terminal may automatically monitor a cellular data flow value of a locally installed directional application program within a preset time. When the cellular data flow value reaches a preset directional flow value, networking of the locally installed directional application program is prohibited, which prevents a user from exceeding a standard when the user uses a directional flow package.

Description

Flow control method and device

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of mobile internet, and in particular, to a flow control method and apparatus.

Background technique

With the development of mobile Internet, the demand for data traffic of mobile terminals (smartphones, tablets, smart wearable devices, etc.) is increasing. In order to facilitate the promotion of applications, the operators of the applications will jointly launch operators at their own expense. Directed traffic package, this targeted traffic package is targeted to specific applications, and then for the user, when the number of applications supported by the directed traffic package is too large, due to the type of the application that is not clear, it may be in use This will cause traffic to exceed the standard, so there is a need for a flow control method for directed traffic packets.

Summary of the invention

A technical problem to be solved by embodiments of the present invention is to provide a flow control method and apparatus. Prevents users from using directional traffic packets that exceed the standard.

In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a flow control method, including:

Obtain a list of targeted applications and directed traffic values from the carrier server;

Scan locally installed applications located in the list of targeted applications;

Counting the total cellular data network traffic value consumed by the scanned application during the preset time period;

If the total cellular data network traffic value is greater than the directed traffic value, the scanned application is prohibited from connecting to the cellular data network.

Correspondingly, the embodiment of the invention further provides a flow control device, comprising:

An acquisition module for obtaining a targeted application list and a directed traffic value from a carrier server;

a scanning module, configured to scan a locally installed application located in the targeted application list;

a statistics module, configured to count, in a preset time period, a total cellular data network traffic value consumed by the scanned application;

a control module, configured to prohibit, if the total cellular data network traffic value is greater than the directional traffic value The scanned application connects to a cellular data network.

Embodiments of the present invention have the following beneficial effects:

The terminal can automatically monitor the value of the cellular data traffic of the locally installed targeted application within a preset time. When the cellular data traffic value reaches the pre-customized directional traffic value, the locally installed targeted application is prohibited from networking, and the user is prevented from using the traffic exceeding the standard.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only It is a certain embodiment of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained from those skilled in the art without any creative work.

1 is a schematic flowchart of a flow control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a flow control device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is another schematic structural diagram of a flow control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a flow control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, the method includes:

S101. Obtain a targeted application list and a directed traffic value from an operator server.

Specifically, the terminal sends a service provisioning request for the directed traffic packet to the operator server, and when the operator server receives the service provisioning request, the terminal opens the directed traffic packet, and sends the opening confirmation response carrying the directed application list and the directed traffic value to the terminal. The targeted application list includes an application corresponding to the directed traffic package, the application can be used for the program identifier to represent, and the program identifier is used to uniquely represent the identity of the application, and can be represented by a number + character, and the directed traffic value is represented. The total traffic value that each application corresponding to the application list is allowed to consume. For example, the targeted application list includes app_ID: 1a2cd4, corresponding to application 1; app_ID: d3g2ge, corresponding application 2; app_ID: id34hw, corresponding to application 3, the directional traffic value is 1 Gbyte, indicating that the total traffic value allowed by Application 1, Application 2, and Application 3 is 1 Gbyte.

S102. Scan a locally installed application located in the targeted application list.

Specifically, the terminal sequentially scans all the locally installed applications, determines whether the scanned application is located in the targeted application list, and if so, marks the application, and performs the above steps cyclically until the terminal is installed. All apps.

Continuing from the above example, the targeted application list includes Application 1, Application 2, and Application 3. The applications installed locally by the terminal are: Application 1, Application 3, Application 4, Application 5, and Application 6. Then the terminal determines that the locally installed applications located in the directed program list are Application 1 and Application 3.

S103. Count the total cellular data network traffic value consumed by the scanned application within a preset time period.

Specifically, the terminal may obtain a deduction time period of the directional traffic packet from the operator server, and use the preset time period as a preset time period, and the operator's deduction time period is a one-month period, for example, the directional traffic packet is opened. The date is May 5th, the deduction time is short from May 5th to June 5th, June 5th to July 5th, with a month period and so on; the preset time period can be User preset. The terminal counts the total cellular data network traffic value consumed by the scanned application within a preset time period. The number of cellular networks represents the traffic consumed by the cellular data network, and the cellular data network may be: GPRS traffic, 3G traffic, or 4G traffic.

Continuing from the above example, the terminal separately counts the total cellular data traffic values of Application 1 and Application 3 during the current deduction period.

S104. If the total cellular data network traffic value is greater than the directional traffic value, prohibiting the scanned application from connecting to the cellular data network.

For example, the directional traffic value is 1 Gbyte, and the terminal counts that the sum of the cellular data network traffic values of the application 1 and the application 3 in the current deduction period is greater than 1 Gbyte, and the terminal prohibits the application 1 and the application. Program 3 connects to the cellular data network. Further, if the terminal does not open other traffic packets, the terminal can prohibit all applications from connecting to the cellular data network.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the present invention, after the total cellular network traffic value is greater than the directional traffic value, after the scanned application is prohibited from connecting to the cellular data network, the method further includes:

Receiving a networking request of an application of the scanned application;

Determine whether the current data network type is a cellular data network. If not, allow connection to the data network.

Specifically, in the case that the directional traffic value of the terminal is exhausted, the terminal receives the networking request of the application, and determines the current data network type. If it is a cellular data network, the network is prohibited, and if it is a non-cellular data network, such as a wireless local area network. The terminal allows the application to connect to the data network.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the present invention, the method further includes:

If the total cellular data network traffic value is greater than a preset traffic threshold, the alarm prompt information is displayed; wherein the traffic threshold is smaller than the directional traffic value.

Specifically, when the sum of the cellular network traffic values consumed by the terminal locally installed in the short-term charging time is greater than the traffic threshold, the preset traffic value is smaller than the directional traffic value, and the terminal displays the alarm information, and the alarm information prompts the user to the current The directional traffic value of the directional traffic packet is about to be used, and the terminal can apply for a new directional traffic packet.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the present invention, before the obtaining the targeted application list and the directed traffic value from the operator server, the method further includes:

Setting the flow threshold, and setting a start time and an end time of the preset time period.

Specifically, the traffic threshold is smaller than the directional traffic value. For example, the directional traffic value is 1 Gbyte, and the traffic threshold is 900 Mbytes. The preset time period indicates a deduction time period, and the deduction time is a short time span of 1 month. For example, the start time of the preset time period is from 0:00 on April 7 to 0:00 on May 7th.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the present invention, the scanning the locally installed application located in the directed application list includes:

Obtaining a program identification of each application located in the targeted application list, and scanning an application located in the targeted application list according to the program identification.

Specifically, the program identifier is used to uniquely represent the identity of the application, different applications or different versions of the application have different program identifiers, the terminal obtains the program identifier of each application in the directed program list, and scans the locally installed application. Whether the program identification exists in the list of targeting programs, thereby determining the locally installed targeted application.

As can be seen from the above embodiment, the terminal can automatically monitor the value of the cellular data flow of the locally installed directed application within a preset time, and prohibit the locally installed targeted application when the cellular data flow value reaches the pre-customized directional flow value. Networking to prevent users from using excessive traffic.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a flow control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal in the embodiment of the present invention is used to execute a flow control device in FIG. 1 , and the terms and processes involved may be implemented with reference to FIG. 1 . Description of the example. The flow control device 2 includes an acquisition module 201, a scanning module 202, a statistics module 203, and a control module 204.

The obtaining module 201 is configured to obtain a targeted application list and a directed traffic value from the operator server.

The scanning module 202 is configured to scan a locally installed application located in the targeted application list.

The statistics module 203 is configured to count the total cellular data network traffic value consumed by the scanned application within a preset time period.

The control module 204 is configured to prohibit the scanned application from connecting to the cellular data network if the total cellular data network traffic value is greater than the directional traffic value.

Optionally, the flow control device 2 further includes:

a networking module, configured to receive a networking request of an application of the scanned application;

Optionally, the flow control device 2 further includes:

The alarm module is configured to display alarm prompt information if the total cellular data network traffic value is greater than a preset traffic threshold, where the traffic threshold is less than the directional traffic value.

Optionally, the flow control device 2 further includes:

And a setting module, configured to set the flow threshold, and set a start time and an end time of the preset time to be short.

Optionally, the scanning module 201 is configured to:

The embodiment of the present invention and the method embodiment of FIG. 1 are based on the same concept, and the technical effects thereof are also the same. For the specific process, reference may be made to the description of the method embodiment 1, and details are not described herein again.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another structure of a flow control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, the flow control device 3 includes a processor 301, a memory 302, and a transceiver 303. The transceiver 303 is configured to transmit and receive data with and from an external device. The number of processors 301 in the flow control device 3 may be one or more. In some embodiments of the invention, the processor 301, the memory 302, and the transceiver The 303 can be connected by a bus system or other means. The flow control device 3 can be used to perform the method shown in FIG. For the meaning and examples of the terms involved in the embodiment, reference may be made to the corresponding embodiment of FIG. 1. I will not repeat them here.

The program code is stored in the memory 302. The processor 301 is configured to call program code stored in the memory 302 for performing the following operations:

Optionally, after the performing, by the processor 301, the total cellular network traffic value is greater than the directional traffic value, and the forbidden application is connected to the cellular data network, the method further includes:

Receiving a networking request of an application of the scanned application;

Optionally, the processor 301 is further configured to:

Optionally, before the processor 301 executes the obtained target application list and the directed traffic value from the operator server, the processor 301 is further configured to:

The flow threshold is set, and a start time and an end time of the preset time are set short.

Optionally, the executing, by the processor 301, the locally installed application in the targeted application list includes:

An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, where the terminal includes the foregoing flow control device, where the terminal includes but is not limited to

Or terminals of other operating systems, such as mobile phones. Other terminals may also be used, such as a laptop or tablet or desktop computer with a touch-sensitive surface (eg, a touch screen display and/or a touch pad).

In the discussion that follows, a terminal including a display and a touch-sensitive surface is described. However, it should be understood that the terminal may include one or more other physical user interface devices such as a physical keyboard, mouse, and/or Or the lever.

Terminals typically support a variety of applications, such as one or more of the following: a drawing application, a rendering application, a word processing application, a web page creation application, a disk editing application, a spreadsheet application, a gaming application, Telephony applications, video conferencing applications, email applications, instant messaging applications, workout support applications, photo management applications, digital camera applications, digital video camera applications, web browsing applications, digital music player applications Program, and/or digital video player application.

The various applications that can be executed on the terminal can use at least one shared physical user interface device, such as a touch-sensitive surface. One or more functions of the touch-sensitive surface and corresponding information displayed on the terminal may be adjusted and/or changed from one application to the next and/or adjusted and/or varied within the respective application. In this way, the shared physical architecture of the terminal, such as a touch-sensitive surface, can support a variety of applications with a user interface that is intuitive to the user.

One of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the process of implementing the foregoing embodiments can be completed by a computer program to instruct related hardware, and the program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. When executed, the flow of an embodiment of the methods as described above may be included. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (ROM), or a random access memory (RAM).

The above disclosure is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and of course, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art can understand all or part of the process of implementing the above embodiments, and according to the present invention. The equivalent changes required are still within the scope of the invention.

Claims

A flow control method, comprising:

Obtain a list of targeted applications and directed traffic values from the carrier server;

Scan locally installed applications located in the list of targeted applications;

Counting the total cellular data network traffic value consumed by the scanned application during the preset time period;

If the total cellular data network traffic value is greater than the directed traffic value, the scanned application is prohibited from connecting to the cellular data network.
The method of claim 1, wherein if the total cellular network traffic value is greater than the directional traffic value, after the scanned application is prohibited from connecting to the cellular data network, the method further includes:

Receiving a networking request of an application of the scanned application;

Determine whether the current data network type is a cellular data network. If not, allow connection to the data network.
The method of claim 1 further comprising:

If the total cellular data network traffic value is greater than a preset traffic threshold, the alarm prompt information is displayed; wherein the traffic threshold is smaller than the directional traffic value.
The method of claim 1, wherein before the obtaining the targeted application list and the directed traffic value from the operator server, the method further comprises:

The flow threshold is set, and a start time and an end time of the preset time are set short.
The method of claim 1 wherein said scanning the locally installed application located in said list of targeted applications comprises:

Obtaining a program identification of each application located in the targeted application list, and scanning an application located in the targeted application list according to the program identification.
A flow control device, comprising:

An acquisition module for obtaining a targeted application list and a directed traffic value from a carrier server;

a scanning module, configured to scan a locally installed application located in the targeted application list;

a statistics module, configured to count, in a preset time period, a total cellular data network traffic value consumed by the scanned application;

And a control module, configured to prohibit the scanned application from connecting to the cellular data network if the total cellular data network traffic value is greater than the directional traffic value.
The device of claim 6 further comprising:

a networking module, configured to receive a networking request of an application of the scanned application;

Determine whether the current data network type is a cellular data network. If not, allow connection to the data network.
The device of claim 6 further comprising:

The alarm module is configured to display alarm prompt information if the total cellular data network traffic value is greater than a preset traffic threshold, where the traffic threshold is less than the directional traffic value.
The device of claim 6 further comprising:

And a setting module, configured to set the flow threshold, and set a start time and an end time of the preset time to be short.
The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said scanning module is for:

Obtaining a program identification of each application located in the targeted application list, and scanning an application located in the targeted application list according to the program identification.