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Real-time notification of toll-free data service usage

US9924339B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

Fnu Bongu Huma Shankar Rao · Waltham, US
Jian Huang · Sudbury, US
Susan Kelly · Maynard, US
Gong Zhang · Nanhu, CN
Sayan Dey · Framingham, US
Mohammad Zohaib Akmal · Framingham, US
Guanrao Chen · Sudbury, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 1, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M15/8355
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device may receive first information. The first information may be based on traffic associated with usage of a toll-free data service. The device may receive an identifier for a user device. The user device may be using the toll-free data service. The device may generate second information. The second information may correspond to usage, by the user device, of the toll-free data service. The second information may be generated based on the first information and the identifier. The device may send the second information to another device to support providing a notification of toll-free data service usage. The notification of toll-free data service usage may be based on the second information.

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