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US 10,958,795 B2Granted
Systems and methods for monitoring data and bandwidth usage
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorAnthony M. Fadell
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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorAnthony M. Fadell
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Access to a communications network may be provided via a data provider that may charge for access. In some cases, the access fee may be related to the amount of network resources consumed (e.g., amount of data downloaded or bandwidth used). In some cases, a user may have access to a particular amount of data provider resources and be required to pay an additional fee for using resources in excess of the particular amount. To assist the user in managing his data resource consumption, a resource utilization component may provide different alerts and notices informing the user of current consumption, expected future consumption, and recommendations for reducing data provider resources consumed (e.g., stopping particular processes or data provider requests, such as downloading media). If several electronic devices in a network are connected to the same data provider resources, a network component may manage the data provider resource use among the several electronic devices (e.g., allow only particular users or devices access).
A method, comprising:
A wireless communication device, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable memory media in a wireless communication device comprising program instructions for selecting a network for performing communications, wherein the program instructions are executable to:
A wireless communication device, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.