Patent ID: 6738459
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for efficiently utilizing a telecommunications infrastructure, said method comprising the following steps:(a) selecting a plurality of services to be aggregated into a service plan; (b) providing said plurality of services to a Network Service Provider for enabling said Network Service Provider to provide said plurality of services to end-users of said Network Service Provider; (c) requiring said Network Service Provider to maintain a minimum billing allocation for each of said plurality of services; (d) determining a billing credit based on a billing history of said Network Service Provider, wherein if said billing history indicates that a scaled volume attained by said Network Service Provider is at least as great as a threshold volume, then said billing credit is equal to a percentage of a volume attained; and (e) applying said billing credit to an amount due on a current bill of a billing account for said Network Service Provider.