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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2014
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., Lilburn, GA (US);
Quenton Lanier Gilbert, Sandy Springs, GA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04W 4/26 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/58 (2013.01); H04L 12/1417 (2013.01); H04M 15/8066 (2013.01); H04M 15/852 (2013.01); H04W 4/26 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 72/0493 (2013.01);
Abstract
Shared usage plans are popular with families, friends, and small businesses. These shared usage plans share some cumulative utilization of resources, such as communications services. Even though multiple devices may share a monthly allotment of resources, an individual threshold is established for each device. The multiple individual thresholds may then be dynamically regulated to maintain the monthly allotment of resources.