Patent ID: 8521129
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: enrolling a subscriber device in an adaptive pricing service plan for providing telecommunication service to the subscriber device; associating, with the telecommunication service, a first pricing scheme including a first number of allotted minutes within a current billing cycle; tracking, for the subscriber device within the current billing cycle, cumulative used minutes of the telecommunication service; determining, using a forecasting model and the cumulative used minutes, prospective minutes usage with respect to the first number of allotted minutes for an entirety of the current billing cycle; generating, based on the prospective minutes usage, a recommendation related to a second pricing scheme including a second number of allotted minutes; and sending, within the current billing cycle, the recommendation to at least one of the subscriber device or another device associated with the subscriber device, wherein the sending comprises at least one of: presenting the recommendation when a call is received from one communication device identifier of the first set of communication device identifiers and before the received call is answered by the user.