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US 9,432,521 B1Granted
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining excessive use of a cellular network
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLakshya Bhagat, Gregory James Scott, Paul Bohme
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for analysis of call detail records to determine unauthorized use of a cellular network are provided. The transferred data amounts from call detail records may be compared to categorized data usage associated with a portable user device to determine uncategorized data usage by the portable user device. The uncategorized data usage and the categorized data usage may be analyzed to determine unauthorized use of the cellular network.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of call detail records from a provider of wireless data service, including receiving a first call detail record comprising a radio identifier associated with a mobile device that received data using a wireless data service, a transferred data amount representing a number of bytes of the data the mobile device received using the wireless data service, and a time indicator identifying a time period during which the number of bytes was sent using the wireless data service;
- receiving merchant interaction data representing when mobile devices accessed an online store using the wireless data service, including receiving first merchant interaction data representing when a device associated with an account identifier accessed the online store;
- determining the radio identifier is associated with the account identifier;
- subtracting an amount of the merchant interaction data from the transferred data amount to determine uncategorized data usage;
- and
- determining excessive use of a network by the mobile device, wherein the determining excessive use of the network by the mobile device comprises:
- analyzing a data amount, a purchase history for the account identifier, and the amount of the merchant interaction data.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a data amount value indicating an amount of data transferred over a network, the data amount value associated with a radio identifier in one or more call detail records;
- receiving a categorized data usage value associated with a portable user device;
- determining the radio identifier is associated with an account identifier;
- associating the data amount value with the categorized data usage value based at least in part on the account identifier being associated with the portable user device;
- determining an uncategorized data usage value based at least in part on the categorized data usage value and the data amount value;
- and
- determining excessive use of the network.
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A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a non-transitory tangible computer-readable memory accessible by the at least one processor and storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configure the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a data amount value indicating an amount of data transferred over a network, the data amount value associated with a radio identifier in one or more call detail records;
- receiving a categorized data usage value associated with a portable user device;
- determining the radio identifier is associated with an account identifier;
- associating the data amount value with the categorized data usage value based at least in part on the account identifier being associated with the portable user device;
- determining an uncategorized data usage value based at least in part on the categorized data usage value and the data amount value;
- and
- determining excessive use of the network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.