Upon receiving a request for a virtual network and before admitting the requested virtual network, a virtual service provider controller may assess the ability of the virtual service provider network to meet conditions specified in the request. In particular, the virtual service provider controller may consider details of the traffic expected in the requested virtual network in the context of existing traffic on the virtual service provider network. Consideration may be given to geographic distribution of traffic, type of traffic, and key performance indices. Indeed, traffic of different types may be homogenized through the use of weighting factors to simplify the assessment. Upon determining that the virtual service provider network may not be able to meet the conditions, the virtual service provider controller may attempt to obtain additional resources from an infra-structure provider network or may attempt to adjust resources allocated to already admitted virtual networks.

The present invention relates to a server, a method and a system for allowing a user terminal to receive and use a data capacity shared by a donor terminal, and provide a reward that is as much as the data capacity shared by the donor terminal and provide, to the user terminal, charging information corresponding to the use of data, thereby enabling a fair and meaningful compensation system.

A communication method for at least one mobile terminal of a user, suitable for setting up data connections or call connections via at least one mobile communication network to a data terminal or to a voice terminal and suitable for the wireless communication with a host server. Thereby a) a wireless communication link is established between the host server and the mobile terminal; b) a voucher is created by the host server; c) the voucher is transmitted to the operator of the mobile communication network or to a service provider; and d) the operator of the mobile communication network or the service provider, on the basis of the voucher, debits communication costs for data connections or call connections of the mobile terminal that were registered during the time period indicated in the voucher, at least in part to an account assigned to the identifier of the host server.

A computer implemented method for decreasing latency in a billing cycle, the method comprising receiving a first charging data report (CDR) including a sent data volume from a vendor and comparing the first CDR to an operator received data volume and when the first CDR does not match the operator received data volume, rejecting the first charging report. The method further comprising providing a second CDR having the operator received data volume to the vendor, receiving a charging data acceptance including a negotiated data volume from the vendor, constructing a publicly verifiable proof of charging based on the charging data acceptance, and sending the publicly verifiable proof of charging to the vendor.

A system and computer implemented method which determines usage and available rate plans, at least some of which are pool eligible. Based on expected usage for a billing cycle, the system and method modifies rate plans for one or more devices to migrate devices in and out of the pool(s) and/or modify plans and data available to the pool in order to reduce cost of telecommunications services for the devices.

Usage rates for user equipments (UEs) in a peer to peer wireless network are disclosed. For instance, a network device communicates via a first wireless connection with the network device, wherein the first wireless connection employs a first frequency band, and wherein the first frequency band corresponds to a first rate model. Then, a request is received to change the first frequency band to a second frequency band. A second wireless connection is established with the network device, wherein the second wireless connection employs the second frequency band, and wherein the second frequency band corresponds to a second rate model different than the first rate model.

Some embodiments provide a method for a network controller that manages a logical network spanning multiple physical locations. For each physical location hosting data compute nodes (DCNs) belonging to the logical network, the method defines a centralized routing component for processing data messages between the DCNs hosted at the physical location and networks external to the logical network, assigns an active instance of the centralized routing component to operate at the physical location, and assigns a standby instance of the centralized routing component to operate at one of the other physical locations.

The present application provides monitoring and managing usage of one or more network-connected devices over a network. The network-connected devices may include devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT). Some aspects provide systems, methods and computing devices for: receiving usage and rate data associated with network-connected device(s); determining device expenditure data based on the usage and rate data; obtaining allocation information pertaining to a time period; updating information associated with one or more data files with the device expenditure data; comparing the updated information to the allocation information; and determining whether an allocation indicated by the allocation information for the time period is feasible.

Disclosed are a method and system for distribution of targeted advertising between mobile communication devices. An endorsement program is set up based on a profile of an advertiser having at least one advertising media. A qualified subscriber is identified for the advertiser based on a profile of a subscriber. One or more advertisers and endorsement programs for the qualified subscriber are selected. In addition, when a communication transmission is received from a source communication device, at least one advertising media is associated with the communication transmission and the communication transmission is transmitted from a source communication device to a destination communication device.

A system for marking and transferring data of interest includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an indication to mark data of interest. The processor is configured to: determine whether to generate a transfer request for the data of interest based at least in part on a viewing likelihood estimate, and in response to a determination to generate the transfer request for the data of interest, generate the transfer request for the data of interest.