Device Assisted CDR Creation, Aggregation, Mediation and Billing

A cellular phone comprising:

• a wireless wide area network (WWAN) modem;
• a Bluetooth modem;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing a computer code, which when executed by the one or more processors performs:
• establishing, using the WWAN modem, a cellular connection with a WWAN;
• establishing, using the Bluetooth modem, a Bluetooth connection with an end point device;
• obtaining, via the Bluetooth connection, one or more end point device credentials from the end point device, the one or more end point device credentials uniquely identifying the end point device;
• after obtaining the one or more end point device credentials from the end point device, allowing the end point device to communicate data over the WWAN through the cellular phone via the Bluetooth connection, according to an access network forwarding policy applicable to the end point device and residing in the cellular phone, wherein communicating the data over the WWAN through the cellular phone includes (i) receiving first data from the end point device by a forwarding layer of the cellular phone, wherein the forwarding layer forwards the first data over the WWAN, according to the access network forwarding policy, and (ii) receiving second data from the WWAN by the forwarding layer of the cellular phone, wherein the forwarding layer forwards the second data to the end point device, according to the access network forwarding policy;
• and
• tracking, using signals received from the end point device via the Bluetooth connection, a current location of the end point device.

A cellular phone comprising:

• a cellular modem;
• a Bluetooth modem;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing a computer code, which when executed by the one or more processors performs:
• establishing, using the cellular modem, a cellular connection with a wireless wide area network (WWAN);
• establishing, using the Bluetooth modem, a Bluetooth connection with an end point device;
• obtaining, via the Bluetooth connection, one or more end point device credentials from the end point device, the one or more end point device credentials uniquely identifying the end point device;
• after obtaining the one or more end point device credentials from the end point device, allowing the end point device to receive network data from the WWAN through the cellular connection, according to an access network forwarding policy applicable to the end point device and residing in the cellular phone, wherein the cellular phone is configured to forward the network data from the WWAN to the end point device via the Bluetooth connection, according to the access network forwarding policy;
• and
• tracking, using signals received from the end point device via the Bluetooth connection, a current location of the end point device.

A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a computer code, which when executed by one or more processors, performs a method comprising:

• establishing, using a cellular modem of a cellular phone, a cellular connection with a wireless wide area network (WWAN);
• establishing, using a Bluetooth modem of the cellular phone, a Bluetooth connection with an end point device;
• obtaining, via the Bluetooth connection, one or more end point device credentials from the end point device, the one or more end point device credentials uniquely identifying the end point device;
• after obtaining the one or more end point device credentials from the end point device, allowing the end point device to receive network data from the WWAN through the cellular connection, according to an access network forwarding policy applicable to the end point device and residing in the cellular phone, wherein the cellular phone is configured to forward the network data from the WWAN to the end point device via the Bluetooth connection, according to the access network forwarding policy;
• and
• tracking, using signals received from the end point device via the Bluetooth connection, a current location of the end point device.