US 12,245,113 B2
Mobile data quota managing system and method
Maurizio Fodrini, Turin (IT); and Damiano Rapone, Turin (IT)
Assigned to Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan (IT)
Appl. No. 17/788,161
Filed by Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan (IT)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/086328
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/130070, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000025240 (IT), filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011545 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/24 (2024.01); H04M 15/00 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 4/24 (2013.01) [H04M 15/7652 (2013.01); H04M 15/854 (2013.01); H04M 15/8214 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
at least one mobile communication network adapted to grant user equipment (UE) subscribed thereto, a corresponding data quota comprising a corresponding amount of mobile data the UE is allowed to exchange with the mobile communication network it is subscribed to;
a broker platform computing device configured to:
make available for at least one mobile communication network a corresponding set of further data quotas;
receive a data amount request of a corresponding additional data quota for a UE subscribed to a corresponding mobile communication network;
in response to the received data amount request, select a further data quota from the set of further data quotas corresponding to the mobile communication network the UE is subscribed to;
provide the additional data quota to the UE through the mobile communication network the UE is subscribed to by exploiting at least a part of the selected further additional data quota; and
in response to a received data amount request of an additional data quota for a UE subscribed to a corresponding mobile communication network, interact with a Session Management Function of the mobile communication network for opening a Packet Forwarding Control Protocol session toward a User Plane Function instance corresponding to the selected further data quota, and provide a corresponding data threshold for the additional data quota.