Ngochan T NguyenTacoma, WA

8310943, Nov 13, 2012

Apr 19, 2007

11/737191

Smair Narendra Mehta - Renton WA, US
Mazin Ramadan - Seattle WA, US
Ngochan Nguyen - Seattle WA, US
Markus L. Jansen - Renton WA, US

Motorola Mobility LLC - Libertyville IL

H04J 1/16
H04J 3/14
H04L 1/00
H04L 12/26
H04L 12/28
H04L 12/16

370252, 370253, 455522

Computer- and network-based methods and systems for transmission-based billing are provided. Example embodiments provide a Packet-Based Billing System (“PBBS”), which enables application providers, such as carriers and content providers, to bill subscribers for the use of content on mobile subscriber devices, such as wireless devices, on a per-application, per-user basis based upon the extent of the usage. Embodiments of the present invention can also be used to bill subscribers for the use of content on a per-application, per-user basis for wired subscriber devices as well, using the same techniques. In operation, the PBBS provides modified content by inserting billing and tracking code into content returned to a requesting device. The modified content, when executed, tracks the amount of data sent and received between the content and a network and posts the accumulated data to a proxy/billing server according to business rules for an interval/frequency to post such data. The proxy/billing server stores the raw billing data and an accounting program retrieves the billing data to generate customer (call) data records.

2002012, Sep 12, 2002

Feb 26, 2002

10/085981

Samir Mehta - Renton WA, US
Mazin Ramadan - Seattle WA, US
Ngochan Nguyen - Seattle WA, US
Markus Jansen - Renton WA, US

4thpass Inc. - Seattle WA

G06F017/60

705/071000

Computer-and network-based methods and systems for transmission-based billing are provided. Example embodiments provide a Packet-Based Billing System (“PBBS”), which enables application providers, such as carriers and content providers, to bill subscribers for the use of content on mobile subscriber devices, such as wireless devices, on a per-application, per-user basis based upon the extent of the usage. Embodiments of the present invention can also be used to bill subscribers for the use of content on a per-application, per-user basis for wired subscriber devices as well, using the same techniques. In operation, the PBBS provides modified content by inserting billing and tracking code into content returned to a requesting device. The modified content, when executed, tracks the amount of data sent and received between the content and a network and posts the accumulated data to a proxy/billing server according to business rules for an interval/frequency to post such data. The proxy/billing server stores the raw billing data and an accounting program retrieves the billing data to generate customer (call) data records. Business rules that specific different charges for different content or users can be incorporated into the system.

2003002, Feb 6, 2003

Jun 10, 2002

10/167240

Samir Mehta - Renton WA, US
Mazin Ramadan - Seattle WA, US
Geoffrey Heller - Seattle WA, US
Vineet Sharma - Renton WA, US
Markus Jansen - Renton WA, US
Edward Gow - Seattle WA, US
Ngochan Nguyen - Seattle WA, US

4th pass Inc. - Seattle WA

G06F015/16

709/245000, 709/230000

Methods and systems for providing two-way initiated, bi-directional communication with wireless devices using connection-based or connection-less protocols, such as, for example, TCP/IP and UDP/IP, are provided. Example embodiments provide an Address Management Proxy System (“AMPS”), which enables devices and systems connected to a public internet, such as the Internet, to initiate communication with and to send data to wireless devices connected to a private wireless network, without exposing the non-routable private addresses of these wireless devices. The AMPS allocates a public (routable) network address for temporarily use by a requesting device on a public network to communicate with a wireless device on a wireless network. In one embodiment, a pool of public addresses, for example, public IP addresses, is maintained by the AMPS and allocated dynamically to wireless network devices as required. In one embodiment, the AMPS comprises one or more modified DNS/API servers, one or more Address Proxy/Routers, an Address Management Data Server, one or more data repositories, and optionally a load balancer. The AMPS DNS'/API server receives a request from a device on a public network for a particular wireless device, and returns an appropriate temporary public address, which is internally mapped to the private address of the wireless device. The public address is then usable by the device on the public network to send data to the wireless device.