Patent ID: 8537800
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a network server for a network comprising a plurality of wireless mobile routers, each of said mobile routers comprising a wide area network wireless interface to access a cellular network provided by a predetermined cellular carrier, each of said mobile routers comprising a wireless local area network, each said mobile router operable to upload data and to download data via said cellular network, each said wireless mobile router is operable to monitor said uploaded data and said downloaded data and to generate statistical data in quantifiable units of a type that the corresponding cellular carrier utilizes to bill said carrier's user for usage of said carrier's cellular network, said method comprising: selectively coupling said server to said plurality of mobile routers via said cellular network; operating said server to access billing data from said predetermined carrier for each of said mobile routers; receiving from each of said mobile routers corresponding said statistical data; comparing said statistical data for each said mobile router to corresponding billing data for each said mobile router to determine if there is a billing discrepancy.