Patent ID: 8745220
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a first end-user device over a first wireless network, the method comprising: obtaining a first credential associated with the first end-user device, the first end-user device being included in a device group comprising at least the first end-user device and a second end-user device, the second end-user device capable of communicating over the first wireless network and capable of communicating over a second wireless network, the device group associated with a shared data allocation that is available to the device group, the shared data allocation establishing an amount of communication over the first wireless network associated with the device group; determining, based on at least the first credential, that the first end-user device is authorized to set or change at least an aspect of a data usage policy for the second end-user device, the data usage policy for the second end-user device applicable when the second end-user device is connected to the first wireless network; obtaining, from the first end-user device over the first wireless network, one or more indications of one or more user preferences, the one or more user preferences at least for setting or changing the at least an aspect of the data usage policy for the second end-user device; and provisioning, based on the determination that the first end-user device is authorized to set or change the at least an aspect of the data usage policy for the second end-user device and based on the one or more indications of the one or more user preferences, one or more network elements of the network system to at least assist in enforcing or applying the data usage policy for the second end-user device when the second end-user device is connected to the first wireless network.