Patent ID: 8948810
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a mobile device comprising a control module and at least a first physical network interface and a second physical network interface configured to send, receive, or send and receive data from one or more data sources, the method comprising: transferring data from the one or more data sources through the first physical network interface; receiving, by the control module and from a policy generating entity, a configuration update comprising a policy defined by the policy generating entity that indicates to the mobile device one or more data transfer adaptation rules including one or more data characteristics and one or more traffic-shaping measures to be applied to data having the one or more data characteristics; responsive to receipt of the policy, adapting the transfer of the data having the one or more data characteristics through the first physical network interface in accordance with the one or more traffic-shaping measures; initiating, in response to receiving the policy, a connection through the second physical network interface; and transferring the data having the one or more data characteristics defined in the policy through the second physical network interface, wherein the one or more data transfer adaptation rules in the policy are set so as to cause the mobile device to operate so as to support operational objectives of the policy generating entity.