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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2014
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

David Braunecker, Sandy Springs, GA (US);

Noel Vincent Avera, Cartersville, GA (US);

Ruth K. Burrell, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Andrew R. Brock, Alpharetta, GA (US);

David Cornett, Edgewood, KY (US);

Deborah Ann Hampton, Suwanee, GA (US);

Susan Jungbauer, Cumming, GA (US);

Joni R. Lavalette, McKinney, TX (US);

Padma Rallapalli, Duluth, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04M 11/04 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/24 (2009.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/8038 (2013.01); H04M 3/42 (2013.01); H04M 15/00 (2013.01); H04M 15/41 (2013.01); H04M 15/49 (2013.01); H04M 15/50 (2013.01); H04M 15/51 (2013.01); H04M 15/70 (2013.01); H04M 15/8033 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/028 (2013.01); H04W 4/185 (2013.01);
Abstract

Roaming of mobile devices is tracked and accounted for automatically and accurately. Revenue records are received for at least one service provider due to roaming of mobile devices within a geographical area served by the at least one service provider for mobile devices that do not have a subscription for service with the service provider for the geographic area. Expense records are received for the service provider due to roaming of mobile devices within other geographical areas served by at least one other service provider and not served by the at least one service provider. Each of the revenue and expense records is associated with a mobile device and includes a code identifying a service and a geographical area. If the codes are valid, the revenue records and expense records received over a period of time are compiled and summarized.


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