Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Telecommunications service provisioning and banking of customer credits
- Patent Title (中): 电信服务提供和银行客户信贷
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Application No.: US10945300Application Date: 2004-09-20
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Publication No.: US08429007B1Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Stephen Sobolevitch , Daniel Stark
- Applicant: Stephen Sobolevitch , Daniel Stark
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Wolff & Samson, PC
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for providing telecommunication services based on customer groups. A customer group is offered a service plan that provides an incentive to early subscribers in the form of a more attractive pricing plan (i.e., discounts). For example, a particular subscriber may be provided a discount for each customer in the group who becomes a subscriber after the particular subscriber. The discounts and pricing plan may also be based, at least in part, on the total number of customers in the group that become subscribers. Further, in order to reduce customer churn, customer discounts or other incentives may be applied toward the end of a subscription plan period. Further, subscriber discounts and/or credits may be banked in a subscriber account.
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