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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2013
Applicant:

Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Kumar Sanjeev, San Ramon, CA (US);

Zhijian Lin, Dublin, CA (US);

Wei Guang Tan, San Jose, CA (US);

Seng Kin Liew, Johns Creek, GA (US);

Assignee:

Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/24 (2009.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device receives a message from a fixed user device associated with a first user. The first user is associated with a first mobile user device, and the message is destined for a second mobile user device associated with a second user. The device generates a first charge record for the first user based on the message and on a telephone number associated with the first mobile user device, and provides the first charge record to a billing system. The device generates a copy of the message, provides the copy of the message to the first mobile user device, and forwards the message toward the second mobile user device.


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