Patent ID: 9706382
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A communication management system comprising: one or more electronic devices including at least: circuitry configured for detecting a communication service via at least the first mobile device and a second mobile device having been in progress when the second mobile device crossed a wireless local area network (WLAN) service space boundary; circuitry configured for signaling an indication of the communication service via at least the first mobile device and the second mobile device having been in progress when the second mobile device crossed the WLAN service space boundary by allocating a communication service cost component that depends upon when the second mobile device crossed the WLAN service space boundary to the account associated with the first mobile device; and circuitry configured for authorizing the communication service cost component to be posted to the account associated with the first mobile device conditionally, responsive to the second mobile device losing access to WLAN service during the communication service via at least the first mobile device and the second mobile device.