Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tracking data usage in wireless networks
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Application No.: US15246055Application Date: 2016-08-24
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Publication No.: US09674374B1Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Jeremy P. Bolton , Luke D. VonFeldt , Christopher M. Perry , Mamadou Mamoune Niang , Barry F. Hoffner , Mark Andrews , Scott A. Townley , Lixia Yan , Marc Chiaverini , Javier A. Ferro , Hiywote Demisse , Ratul K. Guha , Jolly Lal , Romeo R. Tan , Uma Venkata Raman , Bhaskar Srinivasiah , Jonathan B. Ofri , Alexis Polanco, Jr. , Mark Gilbert
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: H04M11/00
- IPC: H04M11/00 ; H04M15/00

Abstract:
A method may include determining a number of user devices that can access data services in a wireless network and storing information identifying the determined number of user devices for each of a number of sectors for each of a number of periods of time. The method may also include receiving a request from a first user device associated with a first user for access to data services during a first period of time, accessing the stored information to determine whether to grant the request and providing access to data services via the wireless network to the first user device. The method may further include excluding data usage by the first user device during the first period of time from being applied against a data limit associated with the user's data plan.
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