Patent ID: 8706863

Claim:
A method for managing data provider resource consumption, comprising: monitoring, using a device consuming data provider resources, data provider resource consumption by the device over a first communications network; determining, using the device, that the data provider resource consumption is within a predetermined range of a data provider resource limit; automatically providing a notice related to the consumed data provider resources using the device in response to determining that the data provider resource consumption is within the predetermined range of the data provider resource limit; limiting access to data provider resources, by the device, in response to the device determining that the data provider resource consumption is within the predetermined range of the data provider resource limit; identifying a restricted set of data provider resource usages, wherein the identified set comprises at least one of: data provider resource usage by a particular electronic device; data provider resource usage by a particular process; data provider resource usage using a particular communications protocol; data provider resource usage for a particular type of data transfer; or data provider resource usage for a particular type of data; detecting that a requested use is within the identified set; and preventing access to the data provider resources for the requested use in response to the detecting.