Host Device Communication Service Usage Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication service systems charge guest device usage against the host device account, leading to incorrect billing when a guest device uses a communication service through a host device, such as a mobile hotspot, without the ability to transfer charges to the guest device's account.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allows the host device to connect to a communication service provider and facilitate communication service usage transfer by providing an account identifier from the guest device, enabling the communication service provider to charge the guest device's account for the usage incurred by the guest device through the host device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the host device facilitates communication service usage for the guest device, then the guest device can access communication services, but the charge is incorrectly applied against the host device's account instead of the guest device's account
Solution Approach 1:
The host device acts as an intermediary by receiving the guest device's account identifier and transmitting it to the communication service provider. This intermediary action enables the service provider to correctly identify and charge the guest device's account rather than the host device's account, resolving the billing accuracy issue while maintaining ease of service sharing
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by having the guest device provide its account identifier to the host device, which then communicates this information to the service provider. This feedback loop ensures that the billing information is accurately transmitted back to the service provider for correct charge application
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and apparatuses may allow a host device to facilitate communication from a guest device to a network, wherein the service usage charges that would ordinarily be charged against the host device account may be transferred to the guest device account. A method may include a host device connecting to a network. The host device may be associated with a first account. The host device may receive a connection from a guest device. The guest device may be associated with a second account. The host device may facilitate communication from the guest device to the network, wherein the facilitated communication from the guest device to the network may be a charge against the first account. The host device may provide instruction to the network to transfer the charge against the first account to the second account.