Patent ID: 9723154
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A system, comprising: a computer processing unit (CPU); a database accessible by the CPU, the database storing activity information for each of a plurality of activities performed by a selected source on a smart device, each of the plurality of activities using a network of an operator; the database further storing categorization information, and tariffs of the operator for use of the network by the smart device; a metering and tariffing application provisioned with a plurality of rules and configured to obtain the categorization information from one or more of an enterprise information technology environment and a cloud server; the metering and tariffing application for execution on the CPU to automatically apportion the activity information between a plurality of purposes in accordance with the rules and based on comparing the activity information to the categorization information; the metering and tariffing application to determine a cost for the use of the network by the selected source for each of the plurality of purposes based on the tariffs and the apportioned activity information.