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US 10,440,190 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.
Claims23
A system comprising:
- a processing unit;
- a memory storing operation information concerning a plurality of operations that had been performed on a smart device, the plurality of operations corresponding to a plurality of purposes, each of the plurality of operations the result of prior use of the same network connection of a network of an operator by the smart device;
- the memory storing a metering and tariffing application having been provisioned with a plurality of general rules prior to the plurality of operations occurring, the metering and tariffing application configured for execution on the processing unit to automatically apportion the operation information for the plurality of operations between the plurality of purposes based on the operation information in accordance with the plurality of general rules;
- and
- the memory storing tariffs of the operator for use of the network by the smart device,
- the metering and tariffing application configured to determine the cost for the use of the network by the smart device for at least one of the plurality of purposes based on the tariffs.
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A system, comprising
- a processing unit;
- a memory accessible by the processing unit, the memory storing operation information for a plurality of operations that had been performed on a smart device, the plurality of operations corresponding to a plurality of purposes, each of the plurality of operations the result of prior use of the same network connection of a network of an operator;
- a metering and tariffing application provisioned with a plurality of general rules and configured to obtain categorization Information from one or more of an enterprise information technology environment and a cloud server;
- and
- the metering and tariffing application for execution on the processing unit to automatically apportion the operation information for the plurality of operations between a plurality of purposes in accordance with the rules and based on the categorization information.
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A processor implemented method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of general rules;
- receiving tariffs of the operator;
- receiving operation information about a plurality of operations on a smart device which occurred after receiving the plurality of general rules, the plurality of operations corresponding to a plurality of purposes, each of the plurality of operations the result of prior use of the same network connection of a network of an operator;
- automatically apportioning the operation information for the plurality of operations of the smart device to the plurality of purposes based on the operation information according to the plurality of general rules;
- and
- determining the cost of use of the network for one of the plurality of purposes based on the tariffs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.