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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2008
Applicants:
D. Mark Jones, Ottawa, CA;
Martin Labelle, Ottawa, CA;
Edwin Gans, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bridgewater Systems Corp., Ottawa, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a network subscriber system, a method of determining how to monitor whether a subscriber's network usage exceeds a quota for the current billing period. The frequency at which the subscriber's usage data is collected and analyzed during the billing period is based upon the probability the subscriber's network usage exceeds the quota at a given point in time during the billing cycle. Usage data is collected more frequently as the probability increases. Usage analysis is performed if the probability exceeds a threshold.