Patent ID: 7725491
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) providing, using a computing device, rights to a plurality of subscribers to use an Internet-related service, each subscriber being associated with a priority quantity of the Internet-related service and an actual usage quantity of the Internet-related service; (b) restricting, using the computing device, rights of one or more of the subscribers to the Internet-related service, with each of the one or more subscribers being selected based on the priority quantity of the Internet-related service for the subscriber and the actual usage quantity of the Internet-related service, step (b) further comprising: (c) associating, using the computing device, a first subset of the subscribers with a first service plan for the Internet-related service, wherein the priority quantity of each subscriber in the first subset is a first particular priority quantity associated with the first service plan; and (d) associating, using the computing device, a second subset of the subscribers with a second service plan for the Internet-related service, wherein the priority quantity of each subscriber in the second subset is a second particular priority quantity associated with the second service plan.