Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Cellco Partnership

Uma Venkata Raman

Ratul Kumar Guha

Lixia Yan

Barry F Hoffner

Marc Chiaverini

Scott Anthony Townley

Javier Alejandro Ferro

Bhaskar Srinivasiah

Jolly Lal

Christopher M Perry

Mamadou Mamoune Niang

Hiywote Demisse

Romeo R Tan

Jonathan B Ofri

Alexis Polanco, Jr

Mark Gilbert

Jeremy P Bolton

Luke D VonFeldt

Mark Andrews

Steven Mancuso

Shashi Neelakantan

Bilal Wahid

Satish Kumar Hosanagara

William D Versen

Eric R Koob

Paul M Decker

A mobile device receives from a first client application a request to exchange first data over a mobile communication network. The mobile device determines whether the first client application is associated with a first persona or a second persona of a user. Upon determining the first client application is associated with the first persona, the mobile device establishes a first data connection based on a first Access Point Name (APN) network identifier with the mobile communication network and routes the first data over the first data connection. The mobile device also receives from a second client device a request to exchange second data over the mobile communication network. Upon determining the second client application is associated with the second persona, the mobile device establishes a second data connection based on a second APN network identifier with the mobile communication network and routes the second data over the second data connection.

Persona based billing

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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Uma Venkata Raman