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Meta patents method to filter data before sending based on service quality

Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a way for a wireless device to sort incoming data into groups based on how important or urgent that data is. The device then picks out specific pieces of information that meet certain criteria and sends them forward using the same priority level as the original group.

Why it mattersIt is a technical improvement to how networks handle traffic, potentially helping ensure important data gets through without clogging the system, though it is unlikely to be visible to everyday users.

In the filing’s own words

Aspects of this technical solution can include receiving, by a wireless communication device, one or more of a plurality of data units corresponding to a first set configured according to a heuristic indicating a quality-of-service (QoS) level corresponding to the first set, determining, by the wireless communication device, a first parameter from one or more of the received plurality of data units, determining, by the wireless communication device, a second parameter from one or more of the received plurality of data units, selecting, by the wireless communication device, a second set including at least a subset of the received plurality of data units satisfying the second parameter, and transmitting, by the wireless communication device and according to the QoS level corresponding to the first set, the second set according to the second parameter.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device, one or more of a plurality of data units corresponding to a first set configured according to a heuristic indicating a quality of service (QoS) level corresponding to the first set; determining, by the wireless communication device, a first parameter from one or more of the received plurality of data units; determining, by the wireless communication device, a second parameter from one or more of the received plurality of data units; selecting, by the wireless communication device, a second set including at least a subset of the received plurality of data units satisfying the second parameter; and transmitting, by the wireless communication device and according to the QoS level corresponding to the first set, the second set according to the second parameter.

Facts

Company: Meta (Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC)
Official title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF TRANSMISSION OF DATA UNIT SETS BY QUALITY-OF-SERVICE LEVEL
Publication number: US20260313445A1
Application number: 19708378
Filed: Jun 15, 2026
Published: Oct 8, 2026
Inventors: 4
Claims: 20

Classified under

H04W 28/0268 Electricity & electronics

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