Patent ID: 7224974

Claim:
A method that provides packet data throughput information on a per user basis for at least one mobile terminal of a plurality of mobile terminals operatively connected to a communication network, the method comprising the steps of: defining, by a respective mobile terminal of a plurality of mobile terminals, a send parameter for sending of data throughput information from a communication network; communicating the send parameter from the respective mobile terminal to the communication network; collecting in response to a received send parameter, by the telecommunication network, usage data associated with packet data calls for the respective mobile terminal and forming data throughput information from the usage data, the telecommunication network separating data activity among different users; storing, by the telecommunication network, the data throughput information in a subscriber database; and sending, from the communication network to the mobile terminal, the data throughput information as a function of the send parameter, the data throughput information being sent from the communication network to the mobile terminal upon request by the mobile terminal.