Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Alexis Polanco, Jr

Ratul Kumar Guha

Lixia Yan

Barry F Hoffner

Marc Chiaverini

Scott Anthony Townley

Javier Alejandro Ferro

Bhaskar Srinivasiah

Mamadou Mamoune Niang

Uma Venkata Raman

Jolly Lal

Christopher M Perry

Mark Andrews

Jeremy P Bolton

Hiywote Demisse

Romeo R Tan

Luke D VonFeldt

Jonathan B Ofri

Mark Gilbert

A method may include determining a number of user devices that can access data services in a wireless network and storing information identifying the determined number of user devices for each of a number of sectors for each of a number of periods of time. The method may also include receiving a request from a first user device associated with a first user for access to data services during a first period of time, accessing the stored information to determine whether to grant the request and providing access to data services via the wireless network to the first user device. The method may further include excluding data usage by the first user device during the first period of time from being applied against a data limit associated with the user's data plan.

Tracking data usage in wireless networks

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Woodbridge, NJ, United States of America

Alexis Polanco, Jr