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US 10,356,251 B2Granted
System, smart device and method for apportioning smart device operations and costs
AssigneeMobility View Inc.
InventorThom Damstra
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Abstract
A system, smart device and method for apportioning costs of smart device operations between purposes. Operation information concerning operations performed by the smart device is recorded. The operations are apportioned between purposes based on categorization information and the operation information. The cost of the apportioned operations performed by the device is determined for the purposes based on the operation information and tariff information.
Claims21
A system, comprising:
- a computer processing unit (CPU);
- a database accessible by the CPU, the database storing activity information for each of a plurality of activities performed by a plurality of applications having a plurality of purposes, the plurality of applications residing together on a smart device, the plurality of applications causing the smart device to, for each of the plurality of activities, use a network of an operator;
- the database further storing tariffs of the operator for use of the network by the smart device;
- a metering and tariffing application provisioned with a plurality of rules;
- the metering and tariffing application for execution on the CPU to automatically apportion the activity information between a plurality of purposes in accordance with the rules;
- and
- the metering and tariffing application to determine a cost for the use of the network by the plurality of applications for each of the plurality of purposes based on the tariffs and the apportioned activity information.
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A system for allocating usage of a network by a smart device, the system comprising:
- a computer processing unit (CPU);
- a storage accessible by the CPU, the storage containing a first activity information comprising a value indicative of usage of a network of an operator by an application on the smart device, an access point name, and an address associated with the usage, the usage all occurring through the same access point name;
- a rule further contained in the storage, the rule indicative of network usage for allocation to a selected purpose of a plurality of purposes in response to the network usage being associated with a selected address;
- software executable on the CPU for comparing the rule to the first activity information to determine if the address corresponds to the selected address;
- and
- software executable on the CPU for, in response to determining that the address of the first activity information corresponds to the selected address, generating a report allocating at least a portion of the value of the usage by the application on the smart device to the selected purpose.
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A CPU implemented method, comprising:
- monitoring network data traffic occurring on a smart device via an access point name;
- capturing information from the network data traffic;
- determining addresses of the network data traffic from the information;
- determining amounts of the network data traffic from the information;
- obtaining tariffs of the network operator for the smart device;
- determining costs of the network data traffic based on the amounts and the tariffs;
- and
- generating a report apportioning the costs of the network data traffic among a plurality of purposes based on the addresses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.