US 9647918

US Patent 9647918 provides a mobile device and method for attributing media services network usage to the requesting application.

Here's a concise summary:

• Title: Mobile device and method attributing media services network usage to requesting application
• Assignee: Headwater Research LLC
• Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, Jeffrey Green, James Lavine, Vien-Phuong Nguyen
• Filing Date: 2016-08-03
• Issue Date: 2017-05-09
• Abstract: A method and mobile device are disclosed for attributing media services network usage to a requesting application. The method includes receiving on a mobile device an indication of an application requesting access to a media service. The method further includes enabling a media services network session for the media service, and attributing network usage for the media services network session to the requesting application.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Independent Claim 1: This claim describes a method performed by a mobile device. The method involves the mobile device detecting when an application asks for access to a media service. Then, the device sets up a network connection specifically for that media service. Finally, the device records or assigns the network usage that occurs during this media service session to the specific application that requested it.
• Independent Claim 9: This claim describes a mobile device itself. The device includes a processor and memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the device to perform the following actions: recognize when an application wants to use a media service, establish a network connection for that media service, and then track and assign the data usage of that media service connection to the application that initiated it.
• Independent Claim 17: This claim also describes a method for a mobile device. It focuses on the device receiving a request from an application for a media service and then initiating a network connection for that service. Crucially, the method includes associating the network usage generated by that media service with the application that requested it, and then sending a report of this attributed usage to a network element, like a service controller.

Litigation Information (as of April 26, 2026):
The Google Patents record for US9647918B2 indicates that the "Family has litigation". Specific litigation cases noted include:

• First worldwide family litigation filed.
• PTAB case IPR2024-01397 filed (Not Instituted - Procedural).
• PTAB case IPR2024-01396 filed (Pending - Instituted).
• PTAB case IPR2026-00137 filed (Pending).
• Multiple US cases filed in Texas Western District Court (7:25-cv-00379, 7:25-cv-00374).
• Multiple US cases filed in Texas Eastern District Court (2:25-cv-00908, 2:25-cv-00907, 2:25-cv-00906, 2:23-cv-00641).

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