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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Tracfone Wireless, Inc., Miami, FL (US);
Inventor:
Satish Ramprasad, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
TracFone Wireless, Inc., Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01); H04M 15/28 (2006.01); H04M 15/02 (2006.01); H04M 17/02 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/61 (2013.01); H04L 12/1417 (2013.01); H04L 12/1435 (2013.01); H04L 12/1467 (2013.01); H04M 15/28 (2013.01); H04M 15/41 (2013.01); H04M 15/8214 (2013.01); H04M 15/83 (2013.01); H04M 15/85 (2013.01); H04M 15/853 (2013.01); H04M 15/857 (2013.01); H04M 15/88 (2013.01); H04M 15/888 (2013.01); H04M 17/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a system and method for metering on a prepaid wireless access point the amount of data transferred between a wireless device and the Internet and inhibiting further data transmission when the amount of prepaid data available reaches or drops below a pre-determined threshold. Specifically, the wireless access point includes a metering client to track one of data usage or an amount of prepaid data available. When the metering client indicates that the amount of data available has dropped below a pre-determined threshold, the wireless access point inhibits further data transmission.