摘要 |
A system including a rate governor is provided for monitoring and controllin g the amount of communications between a remote communication unit (201) and communication server (220). Preferably, as thre sholds are passed, a user is alerted to amounts (time an d/or charges) spent or remaining, and once a use limit is reached, further commun ication is restricted. A main rate governor (234) is mai ntained at the communication server (220), allowing access, control and the like by administrators (260) and the like. A further rate govern or (209), responsive to the main rate governor, may also be used at the remote unit (2 01). By means of the rate governors a method is provided for both limiting user or group data transfer beyond a set amount, as well as pr oviding alerts to users as a limit is approached.
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