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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Neil Thomas Razzano, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Henry H. Li, Madison, NJ (US);
Meera Deshpande Kumarjiguda, Edison, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method including obtaining, via a first push notification received by a mobile station, a first usage amount of a mobile communication network resource allocation associated with the mobile station; storing, in the mobile station, the first usage amount; determining that the stored first usage amount is out of date; in response to the determination that the stored first usage amount is out of date, transmitting a request for a usage amount of the mobile communication network resource allocation; receiving a response to the request, the response indicating a second usage amount of the mobile communication network resource allocation; and displaying, on a display unit included in the mobile station, a graphical indication of an amount of the mobile communication network resource allocation that has been used or remains to be used, based on the second usage amount.