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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
John Harlan Poplett, River Forest, IL (US);
Claudio Giovanni Taglienti, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Michael Irizarry, Algonquin, IL (US);
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
John Harlan Poplett, River Forest, IL (US);
Claudio Giovanni Taglienti, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Michael Irizarry, Algonquin, IL (US);
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
United States Cellular Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides the benefits of negotiated network resources to session-unaware applications. When a session-unaware application runs on a mobile device, the device, knowing that the application is session-unaware, negotiates appropriate network-policy parameters for the application. The application remains unaware, but it receives the benefits of the network-policy parameter negotiation. The network-policy parameter negotiation is carried on between the mobile device and a 'network policy mediator' in the network. Together, they reserve the appropriate network resources and secure the appropriate guarantees. In some embodiments, a software 'shim' runs in the network-protocol stack on the mobile device. By intercepting network-access attempts sent by the session-unaware application, the shim knows to begin the network-policy parameter negotiation. In some embodiments, the mobile device downloads information about session-unaware applications from the network. This information includes a list of which network-policy parameter guarantees would be most beneficial to each application.