Patent ID: 8055237

Claim:
A method for policing a usage total of a subscriber at a server to determine a level of processing for subscriber usage updates during a usage session, comprising: determining a usage breach probability at the server, wherein the usage breach probability represents a probability that the subscriber will breach a usage quota during the usage session; determining at the server an interim interval at which subscriber usage updates are collected based at least in part on the usage breach probability; collecting by the server a subscriber usage update; and determining by the server a type of processing for the subscriber usage update based upon an analysis of the usage breach probability, wherein when the usage breach probability exceeds a first threshold, updating the subscriber usage total, when the usage breach probability exceeds a second threshold evaluating the subscriber usage total against a usage quota, or when the usage breach probability exceeds one or more other thresholds, determining the type of processing for the subscriber usage update based on one or more other thresholds that have been exceeded by the usage breach probability.