Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Usage measurement
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-19
2009-10-13
Kincaid, Lester (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Usage measurement
C379S132000, C705S040000, C725S001000, C725S005000, C725S008000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07603103
ABSTRACT:
An improved billing system for communication service is disclosed. A printed and/or online invoice will be generated for a subscriber's account and will be structured to include a visual gauge that depicts the extent of use for the billing period at issue. More particularly, the visual gauge will take the form of a table or listing that shows a continuum of possible time-increment or data-increment-ranges and that shows, for each range, the associated cost. The visual gauge will then include a visual marker that highlights or otherwise points out the increment-range into which the subscriber's use fell in the billing period at issue. Conveniently, the invention thus enables a subscriber to readily visualize where the subscriber's use fell within the continuum of possible increment-ranges.
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Kates Jesse M.
Mau Jeffery
Herrera Diego
Kincaid Lester
Sprint Spectrum L.P.
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