Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Christopher M Perry

Ratul Kumar Guha

Lixia Yan

Barry F Hoffner

Marc Chiaverini

Scott Anthony Townley

Javier Alejandro Ferro

Bhaskar Srinivasiah

Jolly Lal

Mamadou Mamoune Niang

Uma Venkata Raman

Hiywote Demisse

Romeo R Tan

Jonathan B Ofri

Alexis Polanco, Jr

Mark Gilbert

Jeremy P Bolton

Luke D VonFeldt

Mark Andrews

Mohammad Raheel Khalid

Zhengfang Chen

Samir S Vaidya

Ji Hoon Kim

Sm Masudur Rahman

David B Murray

Cory Michael Bruno

Jeffrey Dietel

Shiva Narayanabhatla

Rosemary McNally

Erica Ann Martinez

Marlene Kay Tan Enright

Stephen R Szabo

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

An application installed on a mobile device currently activated for service with a mobile wireless communication network captures information uniquely identifying a currently unsubscribed mobile device. The unique information may be captured from the currently unsubscribed mobile device via any of several short range transfer mechanisms. The application transfers the captured information and other information used to activate the currently unsubscribed mobile device to an activation service of the mobile wireless communication network, and the service activates the currently unsubscribed mobile device. In another example, a self-activation portal system determines an identifier of an owner of an account associated with an identifier provided by a user of a mobile device to be activated for use with a mobile wireless service. The system sends a message to the account owner offering options to accept or decline the activation request.

Remote device activation

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Christopher M Perry