Patent ID: 8606225
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for billing a subscriber for a text message, the method comprising: creating a plurality of priority rules; applying the plurality of priority rules to meta-data of the text message received from the subscriber; assigning a priority value to a billing request corresponding to the text message, the priority value being based on the application of the plurality of priority rules; processing the billing request in order of the priority value, wherein a billing request corresponding to a category including at least one of a smart limit text message and a text message transmitted to a voting service provider is assigned a highest priority; grouping together billing requests having similar priorities to create a plurality of priority queues; and grouping together priority queues to create a plurality of priority queue groups, wherein processing the plurality of billing requests in order of the priority further comprises allocating system resources to the processing of a priority queue when appropriate, and wherein the allocation of system resources corresponds to the priority value assigned to the priority queue group.