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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2018
Tracfone Wireless, Inc., Miami, FL (US);
Satish Ramprasad, Miami, FL (US);
Sergio Rivera, Miami, FL (US);
TracFone Wireless, Inc., Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
A process of tracking usage of a wireless device in a third party wireless network with a metering system includes implementing the metering system in a network separate from the third party wireless network and activating the wireless device in response to identification of the wireless device and confirmation of use of a tracking system to the metering system. The process further includes obtaining, by the metering system, an amount of wireless services used by the wireless device. The obtaining includes at least one of obtaining an amount of wireless services used from the third party wireless network and obtaining an amount of wireless services used from the tracking system.