Device, system, and process for wireless service optimization based on analyzed wireless device usage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11128758-B2
Application number	US-201715813759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 15, 2017
Priority date	Nov 15, 2016
Publication date	Sep 21, 2021
Grant date	Sep 21, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for determining a most cost effective wireless service for a wireless device implemented at least in part in the wireless device. The method includes obtaining with a wireless device processor wireless service usage information for the wireless device. The method further includes determining with a processor a cost of various wireless service plans based on the wireless service usage information, determining with the processor the most cost effective wireless service in response to the determining with the processor the cost of various wireless service plans, and displaying a most cost effective wireless service information in a graphical user interface on a display of the wireless device. A device for implementing the method is disclosed as well.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for determining a most cost effective wireless service plan for a wireless device implemented at least in part in the wireless device comprising:
receiving a set period of time with a wireless device processor that comprises a length of time of wireless service analysis;
tracking over the set period of time with a wireless device processor wireless service usage information that relates to wireless usage by a wireless device transceiver, the wireless service usage information for the wireless device comprising at least one of the following: monthly data usage on cellular, monthly data usage on Wi-Fi, monthly inbound cellular minutes, monthly outbound cellular minutes, monthly text messages sent, and monthly text messages received;
storing the wireless service usage information that relates to the wireless usage by the wireless device transceiver in a wireless device memory;
transmitting the wireless service usage information that relates to the wireless usage by the wireless device transceiver stored in the wireless device memory from the wireless device to a server after the set period of time;
determining with a processor a cost of various wireless service plans based on the wireless service usage information that relates to the wireless usage by the wireless device transceiver that was received from the wireless device;
determining with the processor the most cost effective wireless service plan in response to the determining with the processor the cost of various wireless service plans; and
displaying a most cost effective wireless service plan information in a graphical user interface on a display of the wireless device,
wherein the processor comprises a server and the method further comprises:
transmitting the wireless service usage information that relates to the wireless usage by the wireless device transceiver from the wireless device to the server in response to execution of a wireless service optimization application; and
receiving in the wireless device the most cost effective wireless service plan information from the server,
wherein the tracking with the wireless device processor the wireless service usage information that relates to the wireless usage by the wireless device transceiver further comprises obtaining with the wireless device processor the wireless service usage in an ongoing manner as used by the wireless device for the set period of time; and
wherein the tracking with the wireless device processor the wireless service usage information that relates to the wireless usage by the wireless device transceiver further comprises retrieving with the wireless device processor the wireless service usage stored in the wireless device memory for the set period of time.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an acceptance of the most cost effective wireless service plan with the wireless device processor; and
implementing the most cost effective wireless service plan,
wherein the set period of time is received by the wireless device processor by input from a user in a graphical user interface of the wireless device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: executing a wireless service optimization application in the wireless device processor,
wherein the most cost effective wireless service plan information displayed in the graphical user interface on the display of the wireless device is generated by the wireless service optimization application and further comprises displaying on the display of the wireless device generated by the wireless service optimization application at least one of the following: a most cost effective wireless service plan, a link to a webpage to obtain the most cost effective wireless service plan, associated costs of the most cost effective wireless service plan, and anticipated cost savings.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
storing in a non-transitory memory of the server a wireless service optimization application,
wherein the wireless service optimization application is implemented at least in part in the server; and
wherein the most cost effective wireless service plan information displayed in the graphical user interface on the display of the wireless device is generated by the wireless service optimization application and further comprises displaying on the display of the wireless device generated by the wireless service optimization application at least a most cost effective wireless service plan, a link to a webpage to obtain the most cost effective wireless service plan, associated costs of the most cost effective wireless service plan, and anticipated cost savings.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
simulating wireless service with the server based on the wireless service usage information;
determining the cost of various wireless service plans with the server in response to the simulation based on the wireless service usage information; and
determining the most cost effective wireless service plan with the server in response to the simulation based on the wireless service usage information,
wherein the most cost effective wireless service plan information displayed in the graphical user interface on the display of the wireless device is generated by a wireless service optimization application and further comprises displaying on the display of the wireless device generated by the wireless service optimization application at least a most cost effective wireless service plan, a link to a webpage to obtain the most cost effective wireless service plan, associated costs of the most cost effective wireless service plan, and anticipated cost savings.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
storing in a non-transitory memory of the wireless device a wireless service optimization application; and
capturing with the wireless service optimization application wireless service usage information that relates to the wireless usage by the wireless device transceiver for the wireless device that includes the monthly data usage on cellular, the monthly data usage on Wi-Fi, the monthly inbound cellular minutes, the monthly outbound cellular minutes, the monthly text messages sent, and the monthly text messages received,
wherein the wireless service optimization application is implemented at least in part in the wireless device.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises the wireless device processor, the method further comprising:
simulating wireless service with the wireless device processor based on the wireless service usage information;
determining the cost of various wireless service plans with the wireless device processor in response to the simulation based on the wireless service usage information; and
determining the most cost effective wireless service plan with the wireless device processor in response to the simulation based on the wireless service usage information,
wherein the tracking with the wireless device processor the wireless service usage information that relates to the wireless usage by the wireless device transceiver comprises tracking over a set period of time with the wireless device processor the wireless service usage by a wireless device transceiver and storing the wireless service usage information in the wireless device memory.

8. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the tracking with the processor the wireless service usage information that relates to the wireless usage by the wireless device transceiver further comprises retrieving with the processor the wireless service usage stored in the wireless device memory for the set period of time;
wherein the most cost effective wireless service

Assignees

• Tracfone Wireless Inc

Inventors

• Vagelos Ted

Classifications

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04W4/14

  Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] · CPC title

• H04M15/58

  based on statistics of usage or network monitoring · CPC title

• H04W4/24

  Accounting or billing · CPC title

• H04M15/8083

  involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions or volume discounts · CPC title