David W Ling

US Patent:

7797236, Sep 14, 2010

Filed:

Dec 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/467551

Inventors:

Lynn Y. Liu - Cupertino CA, US
Xiaomei Guan - San Jose CA, US
Michael E. Hayden - Los Altos CA, US
David Ling - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

iPass Inc. - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 40, 705 26, 705 27, 705 32, 705 34, 705 39, 455408, 455403, 455456, 709227

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for collecting information about an event in which a user accesses the Internet through the system of a first Internet Service Provider with whom the user does not have an account. The apparatus includes a first server that creates a record of the user's Internet usage and sends the record to a second server. The second server collects records from a plurality of Internet Service Providers and forwards the records to a third server on a regular basis. The third server processes the data in the plurality of records and generates a report showing how much money the first Internet Service Provider is owed for allowing the user to access the Internet through the system of the first Internet Service Provider.

US Patent:

7840458, Nov 23, 2010

Filed:

Sep 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/860305

Inventors:

Lynn Y. Liu - Cupertino CA, US
Xiaomei Guan - San Jose CA, US
Michael E. Hayden - Los Altos CA, US
David Ling - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

iPass Inc. - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 32, 705 26, 705 27, 705 34, 705 39, 705 40, 455408, 455403, 455456, 709227

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for collecting information about an event in which a user accesses the Internet through the system of a first Internet Service Provider with whom the user does not have an account. The apparatus includes a first server that creates a record of the user's Internet usage and sends the record to a second server. The second server collects records from a plurality of Internet Service Providers and forwards the records to a third server on a regular basis. The third server processes the data in the plurality of records and generates a report showing how much money the first Internet Service Provider is owed for allowing the user to access the Internet through the system of the first Internet Service Provider.