Patent ID: 8064929

Claim:
A method of pacing network traffic associated with the activation of a mobile data device of a plurality of mobile data devices, the plurality of mobile data devices communicating over a wireless communications network with a data server, each mobile data device having a transceiver configured to be activated before or after activating the mobile data device, the method comprising: determining an auto-on time when at least a portion of the mobile data device is to be activated, the auto-on time being specified via an auto-on time value; reducing the probability of synchronization with the transceivers on other devices in the same network by selecting a transceiver-on time value from random time values about the auto-on time value; activating the transceiver of the mobile data device at a transceiver-on time corresponding to the selected transceiver-on time value; and registering the mobile data device with the data server subsequent to activating the transceiver.