Patent ID: 7761083
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for processing rebates comprising: means for receiving call detail records related to telecommunication service activity by a telecommunication user during a plurality of prior billing periods; means, in response to the call detail records, for calculating the service cost of the telecommunication service activity during said prior billing periods, the service cost calculating means calculating the service cost on the basis of a current rate plan, said calculated service cost of the prior billing periods being weighted by applying a weighting function, the weighting function discounting earlier billing periods relative to recent billing periods, the weighting function being an exponential weighting envelope; means, in response to the call detail records, for calculating hypothetical service costs of the telecommunication service activity during said prior billing periods had the telecommunication user been on one or more different available rate plans, said calculated hypothetical service costs being weighted by applying the weighting function; means, in response to the service cost calculated by the service cost calculating means and the hypothetical service costs calculated by the hypothetical service costs calculating means, for determining a most efficient service plan for the telecommunication user by calculating an efficiency measure based at least upon the hypothetical service costs and the service cost during the prior billing periods; means, in response to determining the most efficient service plan for the telecommunication user, for calculating a rebate based on a comparison between the service cost and a cost of the most efficient service plan; and means for crediting the rebate to the telecommunication user.