Patent ID: 8913604

Claim:
A system to generate income for an owner of an end user network access point, the system comprising: a. one or more end user devices; b. a plurality of network nodes including an end user network access point that is directly coupled to the one or more end user devices, wherein the plurality of network nodes provide the one or more end user devices access to a communications network with the end user network access point being the initial point of access to the communications network, further wherein the end user network access point includes a switching module that collects usage information including first end user identification information associated with each end user device that accesses the communications network via the end user network access device; c. a data center coupled to the end user network access point, wherein the end user network access point transmits the usage information to the data center to be stored as a billing record, wherein, of the plurality of network nodes, the billing record is only associated with the end user network access point; d. a network carrier of the communications network to receive the billing record, to charge one or more of the end user devices based on the billing record and to only provide an income to an owner of the end user network access point associated with the billing record, wherein the owner of the end user access point is an entity other than the network carrier; and e. a data terminal coupled to the data center, wherein the data terminal is associated with the network carrier and the network carrier operates the communications network; wherein the data center receives second end user identification information associated with users of the one or more end user devices from the data terminal and matches the second end user identification information to the first end user identification information of the usage information to form the billing record.