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Network communication and cost awareness

  • US 9,680,724 B2
  • Filed: 05/09/2016
  • Issued: 06/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of offloading network communications, the method comprising:

  • sending, by an application executing on a computing device, a request to offload network communications from the application;

    receiving, by the application, cost information associated with use of a network for performing the network communications; and

    suspending the application for at least a portion of a time period during which the network communications are being performed on behalf of the application.

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