Patent ID: 8429280

Claim:
A method for maintaining a measure of a session time of a networked device comprising: monitoring by a processor of the networked device a session between the networked device and its connection to a first network to determine a first session time, wherein the first session time is indicative of a first time increment the networked device is continuously connected to the first network; monitoring by the networked device processor a next session between the networked device and its connection to a second network to determine a second session time, wherein the second session time is indicative of a second time increment the networked device is continuously connected to the second network; determining by the networked device processor a time interval between termination of the session and commencement of the next session; applying by the networked device processor a rule to determine whether the time interval is less than or equal to a pre-determined value, wherein the pre-determined value is within a range of ten seconds to three minutes; and displaying on the networked device a session time equal to the sum of the first session time and the second session time when the time interval is less than or equal to the pre-determined value.