Mobile data quota managing system and method

A method, comprising:

• having at least one mobile communication network grant user equipment (UE) subscribed thereto, a corresponding data quota comprising a corresponding amount of mobile data the UE is allowed to exchange with the mobile communication network it is subscribed to;
• and
• having a broker platform computing device execute the following operations:
• making available, for at least one mobile communication network, a corresponding set of further data quotas;
• receiving a data amount request of a corresponding additional data quota for a UE subscribed to a corresponding mobile communication network;
• in response to the received data amount request, selecting a further data quota from the set of further data quotas corresponding to the mobile communication network the UE is subscribed to;
• and
• providing the additional data quota to the UE through the mobile communication network the UE is subscribed to by exploiting at least a part of the selected further data quota;
• and
• in response to a received data amount request of an additional data quota for a UE subscribed to a corresponding mobile communication network, interact with a Session Management Function of the mobile communication network for opening a Packet Forwarding Control Protocol session toward a User Plane Function instance corresponding to the selected further data quota, and provide a corresponding data threshold for the additional data quota.

One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media storing an application that, when executed by one or a combination of processors, performs operations comprising:

• granting, by at least one mobile communication network, user equipment (UE) subscribed to the at least one mobile communication network, a corresponding data quota comprising a corresponding amount of mobile data the UE is allowed to exchange with the mobile communication network it is subscribed to;
• and
• causing a broker platform program to execute the following operations:
• making available, for at least one mobile communication network, a corresponding set of further data quotas;
• receiving a data amount request of a corresponding additional data quota for a UE subscribed to a corresponding mobile communication network;
• in response to the received data amount request, selecting a further data quota from the set of further data quotas corresponding to the mobile communication network the UE is subscribed to;
• providing the additional data quota to the UE through the mobile communication network the UE is subscribed to by exploiting at least a part of the selected further data quota;
• and
• in response to a received data amount request of an additional data quota for a UE subscribed to a corresponding mobile communication network, interact with a Session Management Function of the mobile communication network for opening a Packet Forwarding Control Protocol session toward a User Plane Function instance corresponding to the selected further data quota, and provide a corresponding data threshold for the additional data quota.