Application network usage management

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of computer instructions for a management component included in a client application before compilation as a software development kit (SDK) executable by a computing device, the plurality of computer instructions being configured to cause the computing device to at least:

• identify a network call to an operating system of the computing device prior to the network call being invoked by the client application, wherein the network call is a method call in source code of the client application configured to:
• establish a communication channel with a content provider over a carrier network;
• cause the content provider to transmit content to the operating system over a carrier network;
• and
• cause the operating system to transmit the content to the client application;
• modify the network call to cause the management component of the computing device to receive the content instead of the client application, wherein the management component is configured to:
• receive the content from the operating system as at least one data packet;
• determine that the content is one of personal network usage or enterprise network usage based at least in part on an application identifier of the client application;
• analyze a header of the at least one data packet to determine an amount of network usage;
• update a network usage analysis maintained for the client application and a plurality of other client applications using the amount of network usage, wherein the network usage analysis comprises the personal network usage and the enterprise network usage;
• and
• execute the network call to provide the content to the client application.

A method, comprising:

• including a management component in a client application before compilation as a software development kit (SDK) comprising executable instructions for execution of the client application on a client device;
• identifying, by the management component, a network call to an operating system of the client device prior to the network call being invoked by the client application, the network call being invoked as a method in source code of the client application to the operating system of the client device, wherein the network call is configured to:
• establish a communication channel with a content provider over a carrier network;
• cause a content provider to transmit content to the operating system over a carrier network;
• and
• cause the operating system to transmit the content to the client application;
• modifying the network call to cause the management component to receive the content instead of the client application, wherein the management component is configured to:
• receive the content from a network interface as at least one data packet;
• determine that the content is one of personal network usage or enterprise network usage based at least in part on an application identifier of the client application;
• analyze a header of the at least one data packet to determine an amount of network usage;
• generate a network usage analysis for the client application and a plurality of other client applications using the amount of network usage, wherein the network usage analysis comprises the personal network usage and the enterprise network usage;
• and
• execute the network call to provide the content to the client application.