Patent ID: 9083622
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing resource consumption in a wireless computer network providing wireless communication with plural wirelessly networked mobile devices, the network comprising plural points of attachment and providing resources to the plural mobile devices, the method comprising: permitting the networked mobile devices to roam between the plural network points of attachment; enforcing, by at least a server, policy management for managing consumption of the resources by the mobile devices; managing from at least the server, which is configured to communicate with the mobile devices, the consumption of the resources between the mobile devices according to the policy management; and receiving in at least the server network activity intercepted in the mobile device to keep connection state information in the server synchronized, wherein the policy management remains in effect for a mobile device even when the mobile device becomes temporarily disconnected from the network while roaming.