Patent ID: 8019683

Claim:
A network system for intelligent provisioning and charging, the network system comprising: a Service Controller configured to: aggregate a plurality of raw data, determine usage patterns of a first service by a device on the network; and record the usage patterns on a central database; a Billing Manager within the Service Controller configured to bill the subscriber based on the usage patterns; an Intelligent Information Collection Repository (IICR) configured to correlate the usage patterns of the first service with a plurality of market demographics and network analytics; a logic unit within the Service Controller configured to: determine a usage pattern for a subscriber using the first service by a Service Controller on a network; record the usage pattern in a subscriber profile on the central database on the network in communication with an application server; receive local data regarding subscriber-end information from a Micro Intelligent Information Collection Repository (MIICR) within the device, the MIICR configured to collect and upload local data regarding subscriber-end information, the subscriber-end information including state change information and usage information; store the subscriber-end information in the subscriber profile; direct the billing manager to charge the subscriber for the first service based on the usage pattern and subscriber-end information; and provision a second service for the subscriber by correlating the usage data with the purchasing and charging data; wherein the second service is provisioned pursuant to a plurality of billing rules stored in a user profile, said plurality of billing rules including at least a spending limit for the subscriber.