Mobile router network operations center with billing reconciliation
First Claim
1. A network server operable with a plurality of wireless mobile routers, each of said mobile routers comprising a wide area network wireless interface to access a cellular network provided by a predetermined cellular carrier, each said mobile router operable to upload data and to download data via said cellular network, each said mobile router is operable to monitor said uploaded data and said downloaded data and to generate statistical data in quantifiable units of a type that the corresponding cellular carrier utilizes to bill said carrier'"'"'s user for usage of said carrier'"'"'s cellular network, said server comprising:
- a communications manager operable to manage communications with said plurality of mobile routers, operable to receive said statistical data, and operable to access billing data from said predetermined carrier for each of said mobile routers; and
a processor operable to compare said statistical data for each said mobile router to corresponding billing data to determine if there is a billing discrepancy.
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Abstract
A network operations center is operable with a plurality of wireless mobile routers, each comprising a wide area network wireless interface to access a cellular network provided by a predetermined cellular service provider. Each mobile router is operable to upload and download data via the cellular network, each mobile router is operable to monitor the uploaded and downloaded data to generate usage data. The network operations center comprises: first apparatus operable to manage communications with the plurality of mobile routers, operable to receive the usage data, and operable to access billing data from the predetermined cellular service provider for each of the mobile routers; and second apparatus operable to compare the usage data for each mobile router to corresponding billing data to determine if there is a billing discrepancy.
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28 Claims
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1. A network server operable with a plurality of wireless mobile routers, each of said mobile routers comprising a wide area network wireless interface to access a cellular network provided by a predetermined cellular carrier, each said mobile router operable to upload data and to download data via said cellular network, each said mobile router is operable to monitor said uploaded data and said downloaded data and to generate statistical data in quantifiable units of a type that the corresponding cellular carrier utilizes to bill said carrier'"'"'s user for usage of said carrier'"'"'s cellular network, said server comprising:
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a communications manager operable to manage communications with said plurality of mobile routers, operable to receive said statistical data, and operable to access billing data from said predetermined carrier for each of said mobile routers; and a processor operable to compare said statistical data for each said mobile router to corresponding billing data to determine if there is a billing discrepancy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A network operations center operable with a plurality of wireless mobile routers, each of said mobile routers comprising a wide area network wireless interface to access a cellular network provided by a predetermined cellular service provider, each said mobile router operable to upload data and to download data via said cellular network, each said mobile router is operable to monitor said uploaded data and said downloaded data and to generate usage data of a type that the corresponding cellular carrier utilizes to bill said service provider'"'"'s user for usage of said cellular network, said network operations center comprising:
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first apparatus operable to manage communications with said plurality of mobile routers, operable to receive said usage data, and operable to access billing data from said predetermined cellular service provider for each of said mobile routers; and second apparatus processor operable to compare said usage data for each said mobile router to corresponding billing data to determine if there is a billing discrepancy. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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