Method, system, and computer program product for tracking and accounting for roaming of mobile devices

US9124724B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• David Braunecker · Sandy Springs, US
• Noel Vincent Avera · Cartersville, US
• Ruth K. Burrell · Alpharetta, US
• Andrew Brock · Austin, US
• David Cornett · Edgewood, US
• Deborah Ann Hampton · Suwanee, US
• Susan Jungbauer · Cumming, US
• Joni R. Lavalette · McKinney, US
• Padma Rallapalli · Duluth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 1, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/185
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Roaming of mobile devices is tracked and accounted for automatically and accurately. Revenue records are received for at least one service provider due to roaming of mobile devices within a geographical area served by the at least one service provider for mobile devices that do not have a subscription for service with the service provider for the geographic area. Expense records are received for the service provider due to roaming of mobile devices within other geographical areas served by at least one other service provider and not served by the at least one service provider. Each of the revenue and expense records is associated with a mobile device and includes a code identifying a service and a geographical area. If the codes are valid, the revenue records and expense records received over a period of time are compiled and summarized.