Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple usage rates
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Application No.: US16861852Application Date: 2020-04-29
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Publication No.: US11006252B2Publication Date: 2021-05-11
- Inventor: Derek Ting
- Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo
- Assignee: TEXTNOW, INC.
- Current Assignee: TEXTNOW, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo
- Agency: Perry + Currier Inc.
- Main IPC: H04W4/24
- IPC: H04W4/24 ; H04M15/00 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
An example communications system for providing communication services between communications devices may employ multiple usage rates for metered communication services. A method for adjusting usage amounts to account for multiple usage rates may include determining a usage adjustment factor for a communications event; determining a metered usage amount for the communications event; and determining an adjusted usage amount based on the usage adjustment factor and the metered usage amount for the communications amount. Thus, a billing system in the communications system may determine an invoice amount based on the adjusted usage amount and a predetermined bill rate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200260238A1 MULTIPLE USAGE RATES Public/Granted day:2020-08-13
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