Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-tiered, usage-based pricing service plan
- Patent Title (中): 多层次,基于使用的定价服务计划
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Application No.: US13537117Application Date: 2012-06-29
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Publication No.: US08792856B2Publication Date: 2014-07-29
- Inventor: Umashankar Velusamy , Bhaskar R. Gudlavenkatasiva , George L. Hughes, Jr. , Nityanand Sharma
- Applicant: Umashankar Velusamy , Bhaskar R. Gudlavenkatasiva , George L. Hughes, Jr. , Nityanand Sharma
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: H04M11/00
- IPC: H04M11/00

Abstract:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor, the instructions to cause the at least one processor to bill a subscriber, enrolled in a multi-tiered pricing plan, a plan fee associated with the multi-tiered pricing plan, for each billing cycle of a plurality of billing cycles, for services associated with a subscriber device; track, for each billing cycle, an amount of usage of the services; determine, for each billing cycle, a pricing tier corresponding to the tracked usage; and bill the subscriber, for each billing cycle, a fee associated with the corresponding pricing tier, wherein at least two of the corresponding pricing tiers differ.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120329425A1 MULTI-TIERED, USAGE-BASED PRICING SERVICE PLAN Public/Granted day:2012-12-27
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