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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Maryann Haslestad, Somerset, NJ (US);
George Alto, Oakhurst, NJ (US);
Kiran Banoor, N. Brunswick, NJ (US);
Gus Bourg, Renton, WA (US);
Diane Didio, Toms River, NJ (US);
Jonathan Genz, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Gregory Herrera, Sea Girt, NJ (US);
Brian Keller, Milton, GA (US);
Daniel P. Malee, Wheaton, IL (US);
Richard J. Mnich, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Marcel Theodore Rivard, Woodinville, WA (US);
Mildred Roman, Somerset, NJ (US);
Shilpa Subramaniam, Sammamish, WA (US);
Laury Ann Wills, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Scott Young, Pleasanton, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving input during execution of a first application at an electronic device. The input indicates that data usage of the electronic device is to be billed to a first data usage account of a plurality of data usage accounts associated with the electronic device. The method further includes generating a request during execution of a second application at the electronic device. The method also includes, based on the input, encapsulating, by the electronic device, the request to generate an encapsulated request that identifies a destination endpoint provisioned for the first data usage account. The method further includes transmitting the encapsulated request from the electronic device to a network element.