Patent ID: 9137739
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a mobile end user device, the method comprising: during a time period when the mobile end user device communicates some Internet data via a cellular network modem and some Internet data via a wireless local area network modem, obtaining one or more usage value updates for Internet data usage classified as occurring via the cellular network modem, each usage value update reflecting a used amount of Internet data associated specifically with a first application of a plurality of applications on the mobile end user device and capable of communicating Internet data via the cellular network modem and the wireless local area network modem; establishing that a usage-notification condition associated with the first application and not associated with a second application of the plurality of applications has been met, or that a user has requested a notification of Internet data usage by the first application; and in response to the establishing, presenting, through a user interface of the mobile end user device, a notification message comprising an estimate of an amount of Internet data usage, via the cellular network modem and not the wireless local area network modem, the estimate indicating usage associated specifically with the first application or still available to the first application relative to a usage limit for the first application, the estimate being based on at least one of the one or more usage value updates.