Patent ID: 11962722
Assignee: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A telecommunications network comprising:
a plurality of conference bridges; and
at least one routing device configured to:
receive collaboration conferencing information from the plurality of conference bridges, the collaboration conferencing information associated with collaboration conferences hosted by each of the plurality of conference bridges;
correlate the collaboration conferencing information from the plurality of conference bridges with a customer identification of a customer group to the telecommunications network;
calculate a total number of utilized ports of the plurality of conference bridges for the customer group associated with the telecommunications network;
receive a request at the at least one routing device to initiate a new collaboration conference from a user associated with the customer group, wherein the request includes a number of requested ports;
process the received request to initiate the new collaboration conference, wherein a combination of the number of requested ports and the calculated total number of utilized ports of the plurality of conference bridges for the customer group is above a threshold value; and
altering a billing structure for the customer group based on an amount the combination of the number of requested ports and the calculated total number of utilized ports of the plurality of conference bridges is above the threshold value.