公开(公告)号：US08903356B1

公开(公告)日：2014-12-02

申请号：US11452771

申请日：2006-06-14

申请人： Jesse M. Kates ,  Balaji S. Thenthiruperai ,  Jeffrey A. Mau ,  Narin Jaroensubphayanont

发明人： Jesse M. Kates ,  Balaji S. Thenthiruperai ,  Jeffrey A. Mau ,  Narin Jaroensubphayanont

IPC分类号： H04M11/00 ,  H04W24/00

CPC分类号： H04M15/42 ,  H04M15/43 ,  H04M15/44 ,  H04M15/765 ,  H04M15/7652

摘要： In a shared communication service plan in which multiple subscribers operate under a common billing account, a method and system is provided for more equitably allocating service costs among the subscribers in the group, by allocating overage costs based on the extent to which each subscriber used base services available to the group. For instance, if the group plan includes a designated number of base minutes of service per month and defines a per-minute overage cost for minutes used beyond the base number, the method and system may allocate to a given subscriber a portion of the group's overage cost, with the portion being determined based on the portion of the group's base minutes used by the subscriber. Advantageously, an invoice may then be generated setting forth the equitable allocation among the subscribers in the group, thus allowing the group to more readily determine how much each subscriber should pay.

摘要翻译： 在共同的通信服务计划中，多个用户在公共计费帐户下操作，提供了一种方法和系统，用于在组中的用户之间更公平地分配服务成本，通过基于每个用户使用基础的程度分配超额成本 该组可用的服务。 例如，如果组计划包括指定数量的每月服务的基准分钟数，并定义超过基数的分钟的每分钟超额成本，则该方法和系统可以向给定订户分配该组的超额部分 成本，该部分是根据用户使用的组的基本分钟的部分来确定的。 有利地，然后可以生成在组中的订户之间设置公平分配的发票，从而允许组更容易地确定每个订户应该支付多少。