Patents by Inventor Dan Hogberg

Dan Hogberg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and systems to provide adaptable billing for devices within a geographic zone
    Patent number: 12574464
    Abstract: A method comprises obtaining a location of the device registered with a carrier network in association with a subscription account, wherein the subscription account comprises a home network subscription plan associated with a home network device registered with the carrier network, wherein the device is registered with the carrier network under a data plan separate from the home network subscription plan, determining a location of the home network device and a geographic zone around the home network device based on the device, and transmitting an instruction to a billing system in the carrier network to adapt the data plan associated with the device to a reduced billing rate when the location of the device is within the geographic zone around the home network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Inventors: Robert Gary, Dan Hogberg, Nicholas LaVassar, Christopher Painter
  • Methods and Systems to Provide Adaptable Billing for Devices within a Geographic Zone
    Publication number: 20240283871
    Abstract: A method comprises obtaining a location of the device registered with a carrier network in association with a subscription account, wherein the subscription account comprises a home network subscription plan associated with a home network device registered with the carrier network, wherein the device is registered with the carrier network under a data plan separate from the home network subscription plan, determining a location of the home network device and a geographic zone around the home network device based on the device, and transmitting an instruction to a billing system in the carrier network to adapt the data plan associated with the device to a reduced billing rate when the location of the device is within the geographic zone around the home network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Gary, Dan Hogberg, Nicholas LaVassar, Christopher Painter