Patent ID: 9693214
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A system comprising: circuitry configured for obtaining an indication of an account associated with a first mobile device; circuitry configured for receiving an indication whether a second mobile device is within a wireless local area network (WLAN) service space; circuitry configured for receiving an indication whether the first mobile device is within the WLAN service space; circuitry configured for establishing a communication service between the first mobile device and the second mobile device that is initiated by the first mobile device responsive the indication whether the first mobile device is within the WLAN service space; circuitry configured for allocating a first communication service cost component to the account associated with the first mobile device when the second mobile device is within the WLAN service space; circuitry configured for allocating a second communication service cost component different from the first communication service cost component to the account associated with the first mobile device when the second mobile device is not within the WLAN service space; and circuitry configured for allocating a third communication service cost component different from the first communication service cost component and the second communication service cost component to the account associated with the first mobile device when the first mobile device and the second mobile device are not within the WLAN service space.