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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Brandon C. Annan, Westwood Hills, KS (US);
John E. Belser, Olathe, KS (US);
Tammy M. Otten, Bonner Springs, KS (US);
Ryan P. Sullivan, Overland Park, KS (US);
Brandon C. Annan, Westwood Hills, KS (US);
John E. Belser, Olathe, KS (US);
Tammy M. Otten, Bonner Springs, KS (US);
Ryan P. Sullivan, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A proxy server for routing traffic between a mobile device and a network, comprising at least one processor, a memory, and a traffic monitoring application stored in the memory that, when executed by the at least one processor, monitors a plurality of mobile device installed applications that run on the mobile device and the mobile device installed applications' traffic, analyzes traffic usage for the mobile device installed applications, identifies the mobile device installed applications responsible for traffic that is excessive or unnecessary as determined by the mobile device's service provider, and blocks, delays, or reports the excessive and unnecessary traffic without interrupting the mobile device's communications.