Verifiable device assisted service usage billing with integrated accounting, mediation accounting, and multi-account

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8321526
APP PUB NO 20100191576A1
SERIAL NO

12380778

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Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for enabling a first end-user communications device to use a plurality of applications to access a plurality of data services via a plurality of data access networks; storing a first service policy for assisting with separately accounting for a use of a first data service of the plurality of data services by the first end-user communications device via a first particular combination of one of the plurality of applications and one of the plurality of data access networks; using the first service policy to monitor the use of the first data service by the first end-user communications device via the first particular combination to separately account for the use of the first data service via the first particular combination; and displaying by the first end-user communications device first service usage information based on the separate accounting.

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  • HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

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Raleigh, Gregory G Woodside, US 336 21715

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