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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 15, 2017
The Toronto-dominion Bank, Toronto, CA;
Rajeev Kumar Gandhi, Toronto, CA;
Julie Anne Cassidy, Toronto, CA;
Ann Cynthia Eapen, Toronto, CA;
John Jong-Suk Lee, Toronto, CA;
Rakesh Thomas Jethwa, Toronto, CA;
The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto, CA;
Abstract
The present application provides monitoring and managing usage of one or more network-connected devices over a network. The network-connected devices may include devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT). Some aspects provide systems, methods and computing devices for: receiving usage and rate data associated with network-connected device(s); determining device expenditure data based on the usage and rate data; obtaining allocation information pertaining to a time period; updating information associated with one or more data files with the device expenditure data; comparing the updated information to the allocation information; and determining whether an allocation indicated by the allocation information for the time period is feasible.