Attribution of mobile device data traffic to end-user application based on socket flows

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PATENT NO 9705771
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14339110

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A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a device over a wireless access network, the method comprising transmitting a traffic flow to, or receiving the traffic flow from, a software application on the device, the traffic flow comprising one or more related data transfers over the wireless access network, the traffic flow being routed between the software application and the network system through an assisting element comprising a control application or a proxy agent on the device, wherein the traffic flow has a characteristic associating the traffic flow with the first software application, the characteristic preserving the association between the traffic flow and the software application when the traffic flow is routed by the one or more assisting elements; identifying the characteristic; and implementing at least a portion of a control, accounting, or notification service policy based on the identified characteristic.

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HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC1011 PRUITT PLACE TYLER TX 75703

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Green, Jeffrey Sunnyvale, US 93 5085
Lavine, James Corte Madera, US 132 7274
Nguyen, Vien-Phuong Newark, US 14 1076
Raleigh, Gregory G Woodside, US 352 23295

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