Patent ID: 9635486
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed on a mobile device, comprising: providing a user interface (UI), the UI being configured for setting application usage policies, the application usage policies determining which one of multiple mobile data connections to one or more mobile operator (MO) networks available to the mobile device is utilized for mobile data access by an application executing at least in part on the mobile device, wherein the application usage policies are applicable to categories of applications executing at least in part on the mobile device; storing the application usage policies with a user-configured setting; placing applications installed in the mobile device into the categories; selecting a mobile data connection from the multiple mobile data connections to one or more mobile operator (MO) networks available to the mobile device according to the stored application usage policy and mapping the selected mobile data connection to the application, the selected mobile data connection being utilized by the application for mobile data access; and configuring the UI to allow a user to override the selection of a mobile data connection, selected for an application according to the stored usage policy, the overriding being performed on a single instance of mobile data access by the application or the overriding being persisted to subsequent instances of mobile data access by the application.