Patent ID: 9648173
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising steps of: tracking, on at least one server, a data usage of a mobile device through a wireless packet data communication network; determining, from an account for the mobile device stored on the at least one server, a data usage criterion; comparing, on the at least one server, the data usage to the data usage criterion; and upon determining, based on the comparing, that the data usage has met the data usage criterion, sending a notification message of the data usage having met the data usage criterion from the at least one server to the mobile device in real time through a protocol configuration option (PCO) information element field within an existing message in a bearer channel of the wireless packet data communication network, the notification message comprising instructions to provide a plurality of options on a user interface of the mobile device by which to update the account, the plurality of options including at least two of