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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2007
Lynn Y. Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xiaomei Guan, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael E. Hayden, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Ling, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lynn Y. Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xiaomei Guan, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael E. Hayden, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Ling, San Francisco, CA (US);
iPass Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for collecting information about an event in which a user accesses the Internet through the system of a first Internet Service Provider with whom the user does not have an account. The apparatus includes a first server that creates a record of the user's Internet usage and sends the record to a second server. The second server collects records from a plurality of Internet Service Providers and forwards the records to a third server on a regular basis. The third server processes the data in the plurality of records and generates a report showing how much money the first Internet Service Provider is owed for allowing the user to access the Internet through the system of the first Internet Service Provider.