Gaia/System/ConsumptionControl

Ability for the user to monitor and configure their telephony and mobile data usage.

Status & Team

• See: B2G - Milestone 4 Planning

Design Specs

Interaction

• CreditModule.pdf
  • A quick take on this that still needs dev validation
  • Rafa, June 15 2012

Requirements

v1

Consumption controls

• TF req: User can quickly adjust connectivity settings to enable/disable mobile data usage.
  • Mobile data on/off

Consumption/Cost monitoring

• TF req: A additional component of the utility tray that enables the user to monitor pre-paid credit and usage.
  • User can monitor remaining credit
  • User can top up with a purchased code

v2

• User can set reset for consumption limits manually or on a scheduled basis
• Telephony & Messaging
  • User can track incoming and outgoing voice minutes
  • User can track incoming and outgoing sms and mms messages
• User can adjust warning thresholds for consumption limits
• User can track data consumption totals (eg: Android's Settings > Data Usage feature)
• User can track data consumption (both total, and per-app)
• User can limit data consumption (both total, and per app)
• User can be warned when close to the limits
• User can be given data consumption options (eg: purchase more minutes via link to carrier site, etc)

Credit control

• TF req: Ability for user to purchase additional credit in several ways
• TF req: Ability for user to gift credits to another account

In application controls

Service usage may be further adjusted by in-application settings.

• Wi-fi only toggles
  • restrict applications data usage to wifi only