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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., Lilburn, GA (US);
Quenton Lanier Gilbert, Sandy Springs, GA (US);
James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., Lilburn, GA (US);
Quenton Lanier Gilbert, Sandy Springs, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The cumulative utilization of communication system resources by a communication terminal is determined. An alert is generated through the communication terminal in response to the cumulative utilization exceeding a threshold amount. The cumulative utilization of resources may be determine by a core network of the communication system and/or by the communication terminal. The core network may transmit an alert message to the communication terminal to trigger an alert therefrom in response to the cumulative utilization of resources exceeding a threshold value.