Management of group mobile device network traffic usage
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsCynthia Cama, Jeffrey Erman, Wen-Ling Hsu, Yu Jin, Ann E. Skudlark, Lien K. Tran
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Abstract
Network traffic usage information for a set of registered devices is monitored, analyzed, and reported within a cellular service provider portion of a communications network. The network traffic usage information can relate to data traffic, voice traffic, and/or short message service traffic. Reporting the network traffic usage information is customizable such that parameters associated with the network traffic usage can be changed, depending on the parameters that are of current interest to an organization affiliated with the set of registered devices.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a memory to store instructions;
- and
- a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the instructions to perform operations, comprising:
- storing network traffic usage information associated with a plurality of registered mobile devices;
- receiving a request for the network traffic usage information, wherein the request is received from an administrator device associated with the plurality of registered mobile devices;
- and
- sending a report to the administrator device, wherein the report comprises at least a subset of the network traffic usage information, and wherein the storing, the receiving, and the sending are performed by network devices of a communications network, wherein the network devices are associated with a cellular service provider identity.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a system comprising a processor, an identifier of a device affiliated with a subscribing organization identity;
- monitoring, by the system, network traffic usage of the device comprising monitoring voice traffic, data traffic, and short message service traffic;
- creating, by the system, a customizable report that comprises the network traffic usage of the device;
- and
- sending, by the system, the customizable report to a device associated with the subscribing organization identity, wherein the system is included in network devices of a communications network that are associated with a cellular service provider identity.
A computer-readable storage device storing computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
- obtaining network traffic usage information associated with a plurality of registered mobile devices;
- receiving a request for a report of the network traffic usage information, wherein the request is received from an administrator device associated with the plurality of registered mobile devices;
- and
- sending a customizable report to the administrator device, wherein the customizable report comprises at least a subset of the network traffic usage information, and wherein the obtaining, the receiving, and the sending is performed by network devices within a communications network that are associated with a mobile service provider identity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.