Techniques for monitoring mobile telecommunications for shared accounts
AssigneeAgere Systems Inc.
InventorsRoger A. Fratti, Deborah A. Hampton
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Abstract
The present invention provides techniques for monitoring mobile communications. In one aspect, a method of monitoring mobile telephone usage is provided. The method comprises the step of relaying usage information pertaining to one or more mobile telephones to one or more other mobile telephones.
Claims20
A method of monitoring mobile telephone usage of an account comprising at least one primary account and at least one sub-account, the method comprising the steps of:
- relaying usage information pertaining to one or more mobile telephones comprising at least one of at least one primary account and at least one sub-account to one or more other mobile telephones comprising said at least one primary account;
- and
- facilitating said at least one primary account to monitor mobile telephone usage of said one or more mobile telephones comprising at least one of at least one primary account and at least one sub-account, wherein said at least one sub-account is associated with a telephone that is different than a telephone that is primarily associated with said at least one primary account.
An apparatus for monitoring mobile telephone usage, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor, coupled to the memory, operative to:
- relay usage information pertaining to one or more mobile telephones comprising at least one of at least one primary account and at least one sub-account to one or more other mobile telephones comprising said at least one primary account;
- and
- facilitate said at least one primary account to monitor mobile telephone usage of said one or more mobile telephones comprising at least one of at least one primary account and at least one sub-account, wherein said at least one sub-account is associated with a telephone that is different than a telephone that is primarily associated with said at least one primary account.
An article of manufacture for monitoring mobile telephone usage, comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
- relaying usage information pertaining to one or more mobile telephones comprising at least one of at least one primary account and at least one sub-account to one or more other mobile telephones comprising said at least one primary account;
- and
- facilitating said at least one primary account to monitor mobile telephone usage of said one or more mobile telephones comprising at least one of at least one primary account and at least one sub-account, wherein said at least one sub-account is associated with a telephone that is different than a telephone that is primarily associated with said at least one primary account.
A method of monitoring mobile telephone usage, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining usage information pertaining to one or more mobile telephones comprising at least one of at least one primary account and at least one sub-account;
- presenting the usage information to at least one user comprising said at least one primary account;
- and
- facilitating said at least one user to monitor mobile telephone usage of said one or more mobile telephones comprising at least one of at least one primary account and at least one sub-account, wherein said at least one sub-account is associated with a telephone that is different than a telephone that is primarily associated with said at least one primary account.
A mobile telephone, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor, coupled to the memory, operative to:
- obtain usage information pertaining to one or more mobile telephones comprising at least one of at least one primary account and at least one sub-account;
- present the usage information to at least one user comprising said at least one primary account;
- and
- facilitate said at least one user to monitor mobile telephone usage of said one or more mobile telephones comprising at least one of at least one primary account and at least one sub-account, wherein said at least one sub-account is associated with a telephone that is different than a telephone that is primarily associated with said at least one primary account.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.