Patent ID: 7644038
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of integrating billing and services management, and revenue sharing between a wireless telecommunications carrier and a disparate wireline telecommunications carrier executed on one or more computers, comprising; provisioning by a computer a call unit sharing plan allowing a user to charge units of wireless usage at a wireless carrier and units of wireline usage at a disparate wireline carrier to one calling plan; receiving wireless usage at the wireless carrier; receiving wireline usage at a wireline usage rating platform; routing the wireless usage to the wireline usage rating platform; receiving a rollover matrix indicating a number of units of call usage that are available for rolling over to a subsequent usage period; rolling over to the subsequent usage period the number of units of call usage that are available for rolling over; when any of the wireless or wireline usage requires a billing charge, charging any of the wireless or wireline usage to the call unit sharing plan; and settling a revenue associated with the call unit sharing plan between the wireless carrier and the wireline carrier in a single billing cycle by apportioning an amount of the revenue related to wireless services during the single billing cycle to the wireless carrier and apportioning an amount of the revenue related to wireline services during the single billing cycle associated to the wireline carrier.