Patent ID: 6853715
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for provisioning telephone services, comprising: a telephone port connected to a network; a telephony service switching system, linked to said network; one or more enhanced subscriber services delivered to said telephone port; enhanced subscriber services data linked to said telephone service switching system; a program, residing on a computer linked to said subscriber services data, for accessing said subscriber services data and changing said enhanced subscriber services based on intermittent use by a subscriber of said enhanced subscriber services, said program changing said enhanced subscriber services data, said changed enhanced subscriber services data causing said telephone service switching system to provision said enhanced subscriber services delivered to said telephone port without unsubscribing said telephone port from said enhanced subscriber services, wherein said enhanced subscriber services are billed to said telephone port on a pro-rated basis according to said provision of said enhanced subscriber services.