US Patent 10382306 Application network usage management

Disclosed are examples that relate to monitoring network usage by client devices and enforcing compliance rules related thereto. In various examples, a system can intercept a network call in transit from a client application to an operating system of a client device, wherein the network call is configured to cause a content provider to transmit content to the operating system over a carrier network, and wherein the network call is further configured to cause the operating system to transmit the content to the client application; can modify the configuration of the network call such that the network call causes the operating system to transmit the content to the management component; can receive the content from the operating system; can analyze the content for network usage; can create a network usage analysis; and, can provide the content to the client application.