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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Gil Zalmanovitch, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory James Scott, Seattle, WA (US);
Shai Guday, Redmond, WA (US);
Alec Garvin Kwok, Redmond, WA (US);
Yue Jiang, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Vincent Ma, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments automatically adjust one or more terms of a data usage plan of a user to reduce network transfer costs for the user. Data usage statistics representing network data consumption by at least one computing device of the user are received or collected. The data usage plan is compared with the data usage statistics (e.g., to estimate any excess network transfer costs), and the data usage plan is adjusted accordingly and based on other data usage plans or adjustments that are available.