Patent ID: 9232012
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of segregated data usage accounting on a computing device, comprising: launching a secure application that is installed on the device; through the secure application, generating a content request for content from a content provider; directing the content request from the secure application to a system application to enable functions of the system application to be invoked in fulfillment of the request, wherein the system application is an unsecure application that provides a service to the secure application; redirecting the content request from the system application to the secure application to enable data usage accounting of the content returned by the content provider responsive to the content request; establishing a connection between the content provider and the secure application for delivery of the content; and as part of establishing the connection between the content provider and the secure application for delivery of the content, directing the connection to a remote location to enable an amount of data that is delivered to the secure application to be remotely calculated in response to the content request such that data usage of the computing device originating from the secure application is calculated separately from data usage not originating from the secure application.