Banded billing system for data communication service

Details Banded billing system for data communication service Banded billing system for data communication service

2004-06-29

2009-10-13

Kincaid, Lester (Department: 2617)

Telecommunications

Radiotelephone system

Usage measurement

C455S405000, C455S407000, C455S558000, C705S040000, C705S052000, C705S077000, C379S114010, C379S132000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07603102

ABSTRACT:
A banded billing system for data communication service is disclosed. A carrier's billing system maintains in data storage a banded-pricing schedule that divides a continuum of increments of data into a series of contiguous, mutually-exclusive increment-ranges and that specifies for each increment-range a respective cost. At the end of a billing period, the billing system determines a number of increments of data communicated by a given subscriber during the billing period. The billing system then queries the banded-pricing schedule to determine which increment-range the number of increments falls into, and to determine the cost specified by the banded-pricing schedule for that increment-range. The billing system then bills the determined cost to the subscriber, for data communication service in the billing period.

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