Patents by Inventor Douglas J. Reeder

Douglas J. Reeder 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).

  • Content-based billing service for wireless prepaid subscribers
    Patent number: 8644797
    Abstract: A method of allowing content-based billing to a prepaid subscriber or subscribers is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, the content-based billing is achieved by forwarding volume limit threshold data normally used by the Serving GPRS support node to the Gateway GPRS support node, which according to the prior art, counted all data bits at the same rate. According to this embodiment, by forwarding the volume limit threshold data to the GGSN, a modified data count is accumulated since billable data is monitored and accumulates, whereas free data does not accumulate. This modified data count is then provided from the gateway GPRS support node to the Serving GPRS support node, which then transmits the accumulated data count to the SCP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ian MacLean, Donald Keeler, Richard J. Bianconi, Douglas J. Reeder
  • Content-based billing service for wireless prepaid subscribers
    Publication number: 20030120499
    Abstract: A method of allowing content-based billing to a prepaid subscriber or subscribers is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, the content-based billing is achieved by forwarding volume limit threshold data normally used by the Serving GPRS support node to the Gateway GPRS support node, which according to the prior art, counted all data bits at the same rate. According to this embodiment, by forwarding the volume limit threshold data to the GGSN, a modified data count is accumulated since billable data is monitored and accumulates, whereas free data does not accumulate. This modified data count is then provided from the gateway GPRS support node to the Serving GPRS support node, which then transmits the accumulated data count to the SCP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Ian MacLean, Donald Keeler, Richard J. Bianconi, Douglas J. Reeder