Patent ID: 8542661

Claim:
A method of operating a network server, for a network comprising a plurality of wireless mobile routers, each of said mobile routers comprising a wide area network wireless interface to access a cellular network provided by a predetermined cellular carrier provider, each of said mobile routers comprising a wireless local area network, each said mobile router operable to upload data and to download data via said cellular network, each said mobile router is operable to monitor said uploaded data and said downloaded data and to generate usage data in quantifiable units of a type that the service provider utilizes to bill for usage of said cellular network, said method comprising: selectively coupling said server to said plurality of mobile routers via said cellular network; operating said server to access billing data from said predetermined service provider for each of said mobile routers; receiving from each of said mobile routers corresponding said usage data; comparing said usage data for each said mobile router to corresponding billing data to determine if there is a billing discrepancy for each said mobile router.