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US6564047:
Advanced air time management
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Steele, Scott Alan; Lindenhurst, IL
Jacobson, Jeremy; Crystal Lake, IL
Murdock, Brett; Austin, TX
Alberth, Jr., William P.; Crystal Lake, IL
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| Assignee: |
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL
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| Published / Filed: |
2003-05-13
/ 2000-08-28
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| Application Number: |
US2000000648776
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
H04M 17/00;
IPC-7:
H04M 11/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
H04M15/79; H04M15/80; H04M17/00; H04M17/20C; H04W4/24; T04M17/00; T04M17/24; T04M215/01G; T04M215/20D; T04M215/32;
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| U.S. Class: |
455/405;
455/406;
455/418;
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| Field of Search: |
455/405,406,435,418,410,407,414,411,461,430,403,428
379/058,93.03,283,361
340/825.44
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| Priority Number: |
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US2000000648776 |
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| Abstract: |
A system and method of communications usage management for multiple networked devices such as cellular telephones in a telecommunications network. A management database is provided for storing communications attributes for at least one networked device. The stored communications usage attributes serve as criteria for regulating access of the networked devices to the system. The users of the devices may purchase a quantity of transferable units, such as usage minutes over the system network, with the units being redeemable for goods and/or services on the system, thus facilitating transfer of units between users. A user interface is provided as a system management device for accessing the management database to configure the communications usage attributes for defining the transfer and usage criteria. Communications usage software operable with the network devices computes usage times to provide an accounting of usage and regulation in accordance with the management database. In the described embodiment, short message service (SMS) traffic is used for messages between networked devices used by several users to purchase quantities of redeemable units for exchange, commercial activities, or recreation which may be facilitated through the system operator.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Pace, Lalita P. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Hunter, Daniel; Chow, C.
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A system for communications usage management of multiple networked devices in a telecommunications network, comprising:
- a management database for storing communications usage attributes for at least one networked device, the stored communications usage attributes defining a plurality of criteria regulating access of the at least one networked device to the telecommunications network, wherein said management database provides a data structure for organizing the plurality of criteria into a plurality of bins of air time associated with each networked device, and wherein a limited access associated with at least one bin of said plurality of bins of air time is time based for regulating communications during a predefined period of time,
- wherein at least one person is authorized to change entries in the management database;
- a user interface operable as a system management device for accessing the management database to configure the communications usage attributes for defining the plurality of criteria of the at least one networked device; and
- communications usage software operable with the at least one networked device for computing the communications usage time for each networked device on the telecommunications network, said communications usage software providing an accounting of usage and regulating the usage in accordance to the management database, wherein when the at least one networked device attempts communications not allowed by the communications usage software, the at least one networked device facilitates sending a message to at least the at least one person authorized to change entries in the management database.
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