Patent ID: 8516552

Claim:
A first wireless end-user communication device, comprising: a user interface; at least one processor configured to: use a forwarding agent on the first wireless end-user communication device to forward first traffic between a first wireless access network and one or more other wireless end-user communication devices according to a forwarding policy to implement a forwarding service, the forwarding policy associated with one or more policy settings, the one or more other wireless end-user communication devices communicatively coupled to the first wireless end-user communication device over a wireless local area network or a wireless personal area network, use the forwarding agent on the first wireless end-user communication device to forward second traffic between a second wireless access network and the one or more other wireless end-user communication devices, obtain, through the user interface, a modification request to modify an aspect of the forwarding service, modify at least one of the one or more policy settings based at least in part on the modification request, and provide an accounting of a usage associated with the forwarding service, wherein the accounting of the usage associated with the forwarding service comprises a measure of usage of the forwarding service over the first wireless access network or over the second wireless access network; and memory coupled to the at least one processor and configured to provide the at least one processor with instructions.