Device and method for disabling a WLAN hotspot based on data traffic value

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11799786-B2
Application number	US-202217826783-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2022
Priority date	Oct 31, 2014
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

This application discloses a data traffic management method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining traffic control information of a first application and a data traffic value used by the first application, where the traffic control information includes at least an upper traffic threshold; and disconnecting a data connection of the first application when the data traffic value used by the first application is greater than or equal to the upper traffic threshold included in the traffic control information of the first application. In the foregoing solution, real-time traffic management on a single application is implemented, so that a user instantly modifies traffic control information according to a requirement, to manage data traffic in real time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data traffic management method, comprising:
obtaining, by an electronic device, traffic control information of a wireless local area network (WLAN) hotspot of the electronic device, wherein the traffic control information comprises an upper traffic threshold;
enabling, by the electronic device, the WLAN hotspot for sharing data traffic of the electronic device with other electronic devices, wherein the data traffic is mobile network data traffic or wireless local area network data traffic;
obtaining, by the electronic device, a first data traffic value, wherein the first data traffic value corresponds to a total data traffic amount used by the other electronic devices that perform data connection by using the WLAN hotspot;
disabling, by the electronic device, the WLAN hotspot based on the data traffic value being greater than or equal to the upper traffic threshold;
displaying, by the electronic device, an indicator indicating that the WLAN hotspot has been disabled;
detecting, by the electronic device, an instruction for restarting the WLAN hotspot; and
calculating, by the electronic device, a second data traffic value after the WLAN hotspot has been restarted.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting user prompt information based on the first data traffic value being greater than or equal to the upper traffic threshold.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying the first data traffic value in real time.

4. The method according to according to claim 3 , wherein displaying the first data traffic value in real time comprises:
displaying the first data traffic value in real time on a traffic management user interface, wherein the traffic management user interface comprises the first data traffic value in real time, a WLAN hotspot switch option, a WLAN hotspot configuration option, and a single time traffic limitation option.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
resetting the first data traffic value after disabling the WLAN hotspot or after restarting the WLAN hotspot.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein another application other than the WLAN hotspot continues to communicate with the electronic device to obtain data traffic of the electronic device after disabling the WLAN hotspot.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the disabling the WLAN hotspot comprises:
disabling the WLAN hotspot for sharing data traffic of the electronic device with other electronic devices.

8. The method according to claim 1 , before the obtaining the traffic control information, further comprising:
obtaining a traffic control information modification instruction for modifying the upper traffic threshold to a modified upper traffic threshold.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the disabling the WLAN hotspot comprises:
disabling the WLAN hotspot based on the first data traffic value being greater than or equal to the modified upper traffic threshold.

10. The method according to according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a first traffic management user interface for setting the traffic control information, wherein the first traffic management user interface comprises a custom option and a 100M option.

11. An electronic device, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor and configured to store programming instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:
obtaining traffic control information of a wireless local area network (WLAN) hotspot of the electronic device, wherein the traffic control information comprises an upper traffic threshold;
enabling the WLAN hotspot for sharing data traffic of the electronic device with other electronic devices, wherein the data traffic is mobile network data traffic or wireless local area network data traffic;
obtaining a first data traffic value, wherein the first data traffic value corresponds to a total data traffic amount used by the other electronic devices that perform data connection by using the WLAN hotspot;
disabling the WLAN hotspot based on the data traffic value being greater than or equal to the upper traffic threshold;
displaying an indicator indicating that the WLAN hotspot has been disabled;
detecting an instruction for restarting the WLAN hotspot; and
calculating a second data traffic value after the WLAN hotspot has been restarted.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:
presenting user prompt information based on the first data traffic value being greater than or equal to the upper traffic threshold.

13. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:
displaying the first data traffic value in real time.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:
displaying the first data traffic value in real time on a traffic management user interface, wherein the traffic management user interface comprises the first data traffic value in real time, a WLAN hotspot switch option, a WLAN hotspot configuration option, and a single time traffic limitation option.

15. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:
resetting the first data traffic value after disabling the WLAN hotspot or after restarting the WLAN hotspot.

16. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein another application other than the WLAN hotspot continues to communicate with the electronic device to obtain data traffic of the electronic device after disabling the WLAN hotspot.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:
disabling the WLAN hotspot for sharing data traffic of the electronic device with other electronic devices.

18. The electronic device according to according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a traffic control information modification instruction for modifying the upper traffic threshold to a modified upper traffic threshold.

19. The electronic device according to according to claim 18 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:
disabling the WLAN hotspot based on the first data traffic value being greater than or equal to the modified upper traffic threshold.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon for data traffic management, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitate:
obtaining, by an electronic device, traffic control information of a wirel

Assignees

• Honor Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Xiaochen
• Peng Qingquan
• Xu Peili
• Guo Shuaisheng
• Jiang Chao

Classifications

• H04L47/2475 Primary

  for supporting traffic characterised by the type of applications · CPC title

• H04L43/0882

  Utilisation of link capacity · CPC title

• H04L67/75

  Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display · CPC title

• H04W28/0215

  based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices (services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51) · CPC title

• H04W28/10

  Flow control {between communication endpoints} · CPC title