Telephonic communications – With usage measurement – Call charge metering or monitoring
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-15
2005-11-15
Tran, Quoc (Department: 2643)
Telephonic communications
With usage measurement
Call charge metering or monitoring
C379S114150, C379S114160, C379S114170, C379S144020
Reexamination Certificate
active
06965667
ABSTRACT:
A method of accounting for online Internet usage credit includes establishing an account identifier in a database for a selected user. A number of credit value block records are associated in the database with the account identifier. Each credit value block has a stored credit value amount, and at least a second stored property indicator. In response to a measured amount of consumption of services by the user, at least one of the credit value blocks is debited by a debit amount based on the measured amount and the second stored property indicator. The stored property indicator may be a rate multiplier, or other factor indicating a different cost mode of online service, connection or usage.
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Gregory Daniel J.
Trabandt Jan
Langlotz Bennet K.
Langlotz Patent Works Inc.
Slingshot Communications, Inc.
Tran Quoc
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