Patent ID: 8837446

Claim:
A method of operating a mobile router network, comprising: providing a plurality of wireless mobile routers, each of said mobile routers comprising a wireless wide area network interface to access a cellular network, each said mobile routers operable to upload data and to download data via said cellular network; providing at least one server coupleable to said plurality of wireless mobile routers via said cellular network; operating said at least one server to download a corresponding first data rate limiting rule to each said mobile router each said first data rate limiting rule comprising an accumulated data quantity limit and a corresponding second data rate; storing in each said mobile router said corresponding first data rate limiting rule; utilizing in each said mobile router said corresponding first data rate limiting rule to determine said mobile router download data rate; operating each said mobile router to determine, on an ongoing basis during a predetermined period, its corresponding accumulated quantity of downloaded data; operating each said mobile router to control its download data rate based on its corresponding said accumulated quantity of downloaded data; operating each said mobile router to download data at a first data rate until said accumulated data quantity downloaded to said mobile router reaches said accumulated data quantity limit during a predetermined period; and operating each said mobile router to download data at its corresponding second data rate after said accumulated data quantity downloaded to said mobile router reaches said accumulated data quantity limit during said predetermined period.