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

Claim 15:
16. A collaboration conferencing management device comprising: at least one communication port for communication with a network; a processing device; and a computer-readable medium connected to the processing device configured to store information and instructions that, when executed by the processing device, performs the operations of: receiving, at a collaboration conferencing system managing device, 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; correlating the collaboration conferencing information from the plurality of conference bridges with a customer identification of a customer group to the telecommunications network; calculating a total number of utilized ports of the plurality of conference bridges for the customer group associated with the telecommunications network; receiving a request from a user communication device at the collaboration conferencing system managing device, the request generated to initiate a new collaboration conference from a user associated with the customer group including a number of requested ports; processing 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.