Controlling activity levels and reducing infrastructure data transmission costs for wireless mobile devices

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code that when loaded into computer memory and executed by a processor performs the following steps for optimizing communication activity on a mobile communication device in compliance with a service plan:

• retrieving, by a mobile communication device, a current copy of a service plan in use on the mobile communication device from a remote, centrally located storage component, said remote, centrally located storage component maintaining current copies of a plurality of service plans available in a geographical area;
• maintaining, by the mobile communication device, the current copy of the service plan in use on the mobile communication device, wherein said maintaining further comprises periodically retrieving the current copy of the service plan in use on the mobile communication device from the remote, centrally located storage component;
• associating actions to take with communication activity use reaching at least one usage threshold within a plan period;
• tracking communication use on the mobile communication device;
• comparing tracked communication use with the at least one usage threshold associated with at least one action;
• and
• responsive to tracked communication use reaching a usage threshold within a plan period, performing, by the mobile communication device, at least one action associated with the tracked communication use reaching the usage threshold.

A mobile communication device configured to optimize communication in compliance with a service plan, the mobile communication device comprising:

• a processor;
• system memory;
• a plan retrieving component configured for retrieving a current copy of a service plan in use on the mobile communication device from a remote, centrally located storage component, said remote, centrally located storage component maintaining current copies of a plurality of service plans available in a geographical area;
• wherein said plan retrieving component is further configured for maintaining the current copy of the service plan in use on the mobile communication device, wherein said maintaining further comprises periodically retrieving the current copy of the service plan in use on the mobile communication device from the remote, centrally located storage component;
• a usage tracking component configured for tracking communication use on the mobile communication device;
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• a plan enforcement component, configured for 1) associating actions to take with communication activity use reaching at least one usage threshold within a plan period, configured for 2) comparing tracked communication use with the at least one usage threshold associated with at least one action and configured for 3) responsive to tracked communication use reaching a usage threshold within a plan period, performing at least one action associated with the tracked communication use reaching the usage threshold.