Inventors:
Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang - San Ramon CA, US
Louis A. Chan-Lizardo - San Ramon CA, US
Barry F. Hoffner - Bridgewater NJ, US
Scott Alan Tiziani - Green Bay WI, US
Javier Alejandro Ferro - Somerset NJ, US
Phillip Andrew Ritter - Danville CA, US
Assignee:
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. - Basking Ridge NJ
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP - Basking Ridge NJ
International Classification:
H04M 11/00
Abstract:
A subscriber device receives a message from a network device external to the subscriber device, where the network device implements a first metering engine that meters usage of a network service by a subscriber using the subscriber device and where the message includes the subscriber's usage data. The subscriber device includes a second usage metering engine that receives the subscriber's usage data from the usage synchronization unit, and performs real-time metering of the subscriber's usage of the network service, based on the subscriber's usage data received from the network device and independently of the first metering engine of the network device, to generate real-time usage metering data. The second usage metering engine further outputs the real-time usage metering data to a display at the subscriber device.