Patent ID: 8804517

Claim:
A method, comprising: a first user device accessing in a first region, over a wireless network, a data service for use by the first user device; the first user device providing access to the data service, over the wireless network to at least one other user device connected to the first device, for use by the at least one other user device in the first region; while the first user device is in the first region, the first user device monitoring a quantity of data transferred between the first user device and the wireless network resulting from the first user device using the data service and a quantity of data transferred between the first user device and the wireless network resulting from the at least one other user device using the data service; and when an aggregate of the monitored quantities of data transferred reaches a first usage cap, the first user device implementing a management protocol to manage connectivity of the at least one other user device, the first usage cap being defined for data transferred between the first user device and the wireless network in the first region, and a further usage cap being defined for data transferred between the first user device and a further wireless network in a further region, the first user device being configured to monitor a further quantity of data transferred between the first user device and the further wireless network resulting from the first user device using the data service and a further quantity of data transferred between the first user device and the further wireless network resulting from the at least one other user device using the data service, while the first user device is located in the further region.