Patent ID: 11916760
Assignee: TANGOE, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A system for controlling access to data usage by a device accessing data via a network connection, the system comprising:
a computer coupled to the network;
a storage accessible by said computer, said storage having cost data indicative of a cost associated with accessing data, and account data indicative of a total amount of cost that can be charged to an account for accessing data;
software executing on said computer receiving a data request indicative of the device requesting access to data via the network, the data request associated with at least one data transaction and further associated with the account, the request including at least one value from which a cost associated with the data request can be determined wherein the at least one data transaction is further associated with known data related to a pattern of data usage correlated with an active application running on the device wherein the pattern of data usage is indicative of an activity-based category of usage within the active application and the application is associated with the first address and the data transaction associates data usage with the activity-based category of usage within the active application;
software executing on said computer determining a cost associated with the data request;
software executing on said computer comparing the cost associated with the data request with account data associated with the account to determine if the cost associated with the data request can be allocated to the account;
software executing on said computer allowing the device to receive the data associated with the data request when the cost associated with the data request is allocated to the account.