Patent ID: 9094310
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, at a network tracking system, a first upload usage value and a first download usage value for a user account for a time interval by applying an upload correction factor to a first uploaded bytes value determined from a first uploaded cell count of cell counter data retrieved from a network device of a network or by applying a download correction factor to a first downloaded bytes value determined from a first downloaded cell count of the cell counter data; determining, at the network tracking system, a second upload usage value and a second download usage value for the user account for the time interval based on session information from a plurality of network devices of the network; adding an upload usage value based on the first upload usage value and the second upload usage value to a cumulative upload usage value for the user account; adding a download usage value based on the first download usage value and the second download usage value to a cumulative download usage value for the user account; and sending the cumulative upload usage value for the user account and the cumulative download usage value for the user account to a billing system.