US 9,813,927 B2 | ||
Mobile terminal flow identification method and apparatus | ||
Xiaoling Bei, Shenzhen (CN) | ||
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN) | ||
Filed by TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN) | ||
Filed on Nov. 29, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/363,735. | ||
Application 15/363,735 is a continuation of application No. 14/185,044, filed on Feb. 20, 2014, granted, now 9,544,203. | ||
Application 14/185,044 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2013/088327, filed on Dec. 2, 2013. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2013-1-0152899 (CN), filed on Apr. 27, 2013. | ||
Prior Publication US 2017/0094542 A1, Mar. 30, 2017 | ||
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
Int. Cl. H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01) |
CPC H04W 24/08 (2013.01) [H04L 47/2483 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method for flow identification of a mobile terminal, comprising:
obtaining flow data files of the mobile terminal at two or more points of time after the mobile terminal connects to a network
using a same first type of network access means, wherein: each flow data file contains data about multiple flow identifiers
and multiple flow volumes associated with the multiple flow identifiers, a flow identifier indicating a type of network access
means, a flow volume indicating data flow generated by the mobile terminal using the network access means indicated by the
associated flow identifier;
obtaining the first type of network access means used by the mobile terminal to connect to the network;
from the obtained flow data files, comparing flow volumes in the flow data files having a same flow identifier to determine
a flow identifier in the flow data file with changing flow volumes, including:
identifying a candidate flow identifier that exists in both a first flow data file and in a second flow data file;
comparing a first flow volume associated with the candidate flow identifier recorded in the first flow data file and a second
flow volume associated with the same candidate flow identifier recorded in the second flow data file; and
determining that the candidate flow identifier is the flow identifier with changing flow volumes if the first flow volume
is not equal to the second flow volume; and
identifying that the determined flow identifier in the flow data files with changing flow volumes, among the multiple flow
identifiers, has a one-to-one correspondence relationship with the first type of network access means used by the mobile terminal
to connect to the network,
wherein the method comprises:
uploading to a server, by the mobile terminal, the flow data files obtained at two or more points of time and the first type
of network access means, together with a terminal model information of the mobile terminal, wherein the server identifies
the one-to-one correspondence relationship according to the terminal model information.
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