Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for family plan sharing of wireless services
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Application No.: US15702995Application Date: 2017-09-13
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Publication No.: US10021546B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: John Collier
- Applicant: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Miami
- Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
- Current Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Miami
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Main IPC: H04M11/00
- IPC: H04M11/00 ; H04W4/24 ; H04M15/00

Abstract:
A system and process of sharing a wireless surface allotment in a third party wireless network includes implementing a metering system to meter wireless service usage by users of the third party wireless network and tracking wireless usage by a plurality of wireless devices associated with the metering system. The system and process further includes receiving a share request to reallocate the respective wireless service allotment for at least two of the plurality of wireless devices, forwarding modification instructions to the metering system, requesting confirmation from the metering system that the modification instructions have been received, and modifying the respective wireless service allotments for the at least two wireless devices in response to receiving confirmation from the metering system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180007526A1 Method and System for Family Plan Sharing of Wireless Services Public/Granted day:2018-01-04
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