Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating resource utilization alerts through communication terminals
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJames Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., Quenton Lanier Gilbert
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Abstract
The cumulative utilization of communication system resources by a communication terminal is determined. An alert is generated through the communication terminal in response to the cumulative utilization exceeding a threshold amount. The cumulative utilization of resources may be determine by a core network of the communication system and/or by the communication terminal. The core network may transmit an alert message to the communication terminal to trigger an alert therefrom in response to the cumulative utilization of resources exceeding a threshold value.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- establishing a shared plan in which multiple communications terminals share a maximum allotment of resources of a communications system;
- establishing individual threshold amounts of the maximum allotment of the resources for each communications terminal of the multiple communications terminals;
- determining an individual usage of the resources by a communication terminal of the multiple communications terminals;
- dynamically regulating the individual threshold amounts to allocate the individual usage of the resources;
- comparing the individual usage of the resources to an individual threshold amount of the maximum allotment for the communications terminal;
- and
- generating an alert when the individual usage of the resources exceeds the individual threshold amount for the communications terminal.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- memory;
- and
- code stored in the memory that causes the processor at least to:
- establish a shared plan in which multiple communications terminals share a maximum allotment of resources of a communications system;
- establish individual threshold amounts of the maximum allotment of the resources for each communications terminal of the multiple communications terminals;
- determine an individual usage of the resources by a communication terminal of the multiple communications terminals;
- dynamically regulate the individual threshold amounts to allocate the individual usage of the resources;
- compare the individual usage of the resources to an individual threshold amount of the maximum allotment for the communications terminal;
- and
- generate an alert when the individual usage of the resources exceeds the individual threshold amount for the communications terminal.
A computer readable non-transitory medium storing processor executable code for performing a method, the method comprising:
- establishing a shared plan in which multiple communications terminals share a maximum allotment of resources of a communications system;
- establishing individual threshold amounts of the maximum allotment of the resources for each communications terminal of the multiple communications terminals;
- determining an individual usage of the resources by a communication terminal of the multiple communications terminals;
- dynamically regulating the individual threshold amounts to allocate the individual usage of the resources;
- comparing the individual usage of the resources to an individual threshold amount of the maximum allotment for the communications terminal;
- and
- generating an alert when the individual usage of the resources exceeds the individual threshold amount for the communications terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.