1. A method implemented in a communication network, comprising:
receiving, via a mobile service provider of the communication network, communication traffic from a mobile device, wherein a first network address and a second network address are associated with the mobile device, wherein the communication traffic includes communication traffic of a first application associated with the first network address and a second application associated with the second network address;
determining, via the mobile service provider, that the second application tethers the mobile device and an additional mobile device such that Internet access is provided, via the mobile device, to the additional mobile device;
determining, via the mobile service provider, that the second application is not associated with a service subscription and the first application is associated with the service subscription; and
in response to the determining, adjusting, via the mobile service provider, an existing quality of service to the mobile device on an application-by-application basis, including assigning a first quality of service to the first application and assigning a second quality of service to the second application based at least in part on the first network address and the second network address.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the existing quality of service to the mobile device on an application-by-application basis is based at least in part on a ranking of the first and second network addresses as well as network conditions of the communication network.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the network conditions comprise one of traffic congestion and a given time period.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication traffic of the first and second applications is communicated via a single physical layer connection between the mobile device and the mobile service provider of the communication network.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the existing quality of service to the mobile device on an application-by-application basis comprises throttling the existing quality of service to the mobile device on an application-by-application basis.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the quality of service to the mobile device on an application-by-application basis comprises shutting down the quality of service to the mobile device on an application-by-application basis.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second network addresses comprise Host Identity Protocol-type identifiers.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second qualities of service are different from each other.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting, via the mobile service provider, a message to the mobile device based at least in part on the determination that the service subscription is not associated with the second application, wherein the message indicates that a quality of service assigned to the second application.
10. A mobile service apparatus, comprising:
a mobile service provider configured to facilitate communication in a communication network, the mobile service provider configured to:
receive communication traffic from a mobile device, wherein a first network address and a second network address are associated with the mobile device, wherein the communication traffic includes communication traffic of a first application associated with the first network address and a second application associated with the second network address;
determine, via the mobile service provider, that the second application tethers the mobile device and an additional mobile device such that Internet access is provided, via the mobile device, to the additional mobile device; and
in response to the determining, adjust an existing quality of service to the mobile device on an application-by-application basis, including assigning a first quality of service to the first application and assigning a second quality of service to the second application based at least in part on the network address of the one of the first and second applications,
wherein the second application is not associated with a service subscription, and the first application is associated with the service subscription.
11. The mobile service apparatus of claim 10, wherein to adjust the existing quality of service is based at least in part on a ranking of the first and second network addresses as well as network conditions of the communication network.
12. The mobile service apparatus of claim 10, wherein communication traffic of the first and second applications is communicated via a single physical layer connection between the mobile device and the mobile service provider.
13. The mobile service apparatus of claim 10,
wherein the first and second qualities of service are different from each other.
14. The mobile service apparatus of claim 10, wherein the mobile service provider is further configured to:
transmit a message to the mobile device based at least in part on a determination that the service subscription is not associated with the second application, wherein the message indicates that a quality of service assigned to the second application.
15. An article comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon, which, if executed by one or more processors, operatively enable a computing device to:
receive communication traffic from a mobile device, wherein a first network address and a second network address are associated with the mobile device, wherein the communication traffic includes communication traffic of a first application associated with the first network address and a second application associated with the second network address;
determine, via a mobile service provider of a communication network, that the second application tethers the mobile device and an additional mobile device such that Internet access is provided, via the mobile device, to the additional mobile device; and
in response to the determining, adjust an existing quality of service to the mobile device on an application-by-application basis, including assigning a first quality of service to the first application and assigning a second quality of service to the second application based at least in part on the network address of the one of the first and second applications,
wherein the second application is not associated with a service subscription, and the first application is associated with the service subscription.
16. The article of claim 15, wherein to adjust the existing quality of service is based at least in part on a ranking of the first and second network addresses as well as network conditions of the communication network.
17. A method implemented in a processing component of a communication network, comprising:
receiving, from a wireless device, wireless communication traffic from first and second network addresses that are both associated with the wireless device, wherein the wireless communication traffic includes wireless communication traffic of a first application associated with the first network address and a second application associated with the second network address;
processing to identify the first and second network addresses from headers in the wireless communication traffic;
processing to identify the second network address as being associated with a device that is tethered to the wireless device; and
using the identified first and second network addresses, processing to dynamically provide a first quality of service for the first application by its association with the first network address and a second quality of service for the second application by its association with the second network address, including adjusting at least the first quality of service responsive to the identifying of its network address,
wherein the second application is not associated with a service subscription, and the first application is associated with the service subscription.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
reducing the second quality of service, including throttling or shutting down service provided for the second application.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for improving the color index of an organopolysiloxanes functionalized with a benzalmalonate said method comprising the step of contacting said organopolysiloxanes functionalized with a benzalmalonate with a hydroxy carboxylic acid or a cyclic ester thereof in an organic solvent.
2. The method according to claim 1; wherein the organopolysiloxanes functionalized with a benzalmalonate exhibits a Gardner value of less than 2.9, in particular of less than 2.5, such as in the range of 0.01 to 2 after having been contacted with the hydroxy carboxylic acid or a cyclic ester thereof.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent is selected from a C1-8 alkylalcohol, an acetale or an aromatic hydrocarbon or mixtures thereof.
4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the organic solvent is isopropanol.
5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising washing with a mixture of methanolwater.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the organopolysiloxane functionalized with a benzalmalonate comprises at least one unit selected from the formula (Ia), (Ib), (Ic) andor (Id)
and, optionally, one or several units of formula (II)
wherein
a is 0, 1 or 2,
b is 0, 1, 2, 3;
R1 is a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group or a trimethylsilyloxy group and
R2 is hydrogen, a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group or a trimethylsilyloxy group,
R3 is C1-8-alkyl, preferably C1-4-alkyl, most preferably ethyl and
Y is a divalent C1-C10 alkylene or C2-C10 alkenylene chain, preferably a C1-C4 alkylene chain, most preferably a methylene group.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the organopolysiloxanes functionalized with a benzalmalonate is a linear organopolysiloxanes comprising
one end blocking unit of formula (IIIa) and one end blocking unit of formula (IIIb)
s units selected from the group of (Ia), (Ib), (Ic) andor (Id) as depicted in claim 6
wherein a=1,
and,
r units of formula (IV)
wherein
s is an integer from 0 to 50,
r is an integer from 0 to 200; and
R1, R4, R5, R6, R7 independently are as defined above for R1;
R8 and R9 independently are as defined above for R2
B and B\u2032 independently are a group R1 or a benzalmalonate residue selected from
with the proviso that when s is 0 at least B or B\u2032 is a benzalmalonate residue.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the linear organopolysiloxanes functionalized with a benzalmalonate consists of one unit of formula (IIIa) and one unit of formula (IIIb), 4 to 10, preferably 4 to 7 units of formula (Ia) andor (Ib) and 40 to 90, preferably 60 to 80 units of formula (IV), wherein R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, B and B\u2032 are methyl, Y is methylene and R3 is ethyl, further characterized in that the units of formula (Ia) andor (Ib) are randomly distributed in the organopolysiloxanes chain.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the linear organopolysiloxanes functionalized with a benzalmalonate is polysilicone-15.
10. An organopolysiloxanes functionalized with a benzalmalonate having a Gardner value of less than 2.5 obtainable by a method according to claim 1.
11. An organopolysiloxane according to claim 10 having a Gardner value in the range of 0.01 to 2.