Apple patents method for managing data priority rules on phones
Apple describes a way for phones to automatically create rules that prioritize certain types of data traffic. The system keeps a list of these rules and uses timers to decide when older rules should expire or be adjusted based on new data patterns.
In the filing’s own words
A user equipment (UE) configured to derive a first quality of service (QoS) rule for reflective QoS based on received downlink traffic, add the first QoS rule to a list of at least one QoS rules, wherein the list is associated with a timer and the timer is configured to indicate when a QoS rule timeout has occurred, derive a second QoS rule for reflective QoS based on the received downlink traffic and add the second QoS rule to the list, wherein the second QoS rule is associated with a timeout value that is defined relative to one or more QoS rules included in the list.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: derive a first quality of service (QoS) rule for reflective QoS based on received downlink traffic; add the first QoS rule to a list of at least one QoS rule, wherein the list is associated with a timer and the timer is configured to indicate when a QoS rule timeout has occurred; derive a second QoS rule for reflective QoS based on the received downlink traffic; and add the second QoS rule to the list, wherein the second QoS rule is associated with a timeout value that is defined relative to one or more QoS rules included in the list.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Reflective Quality of Service Rule Management
- Publication number
- US20260333115A1
- Application number
- 19113068
- Filed
- Sep 12, 2023
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 17
Classified under
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