Patent ID: 7933813

Claim:
A system for end-to-end handling of communication services comprising: a web server remotely located to clients and configured to serve, over a network, a set of web interfaces renderable within a standard web browser, wherein said set of web interfaces are configured to: permit a user to view, search, and select a set of communication services of different providers, each service being presented with a real-time price for the service; automatically generate contracts for selected ones of the communication services, wherein said contracts specify the real-time price for each service; monitor an order status of communication services selected and contracted for using the set of Web based interfaces; generate invoices related to the communication services, wherein when a plurality of different providers provide the communication services, a single integrated bill is provided for services of the different providers; view usages of the communication services online by selectable user categories, which decompose into per-user usage entries; and a server-side data store configured to establish user specific profiles, wherein each of the set of Web based interfaces use customization settings established within the server-side data store, wherein the customization settings change presentation aspects of the Web based interfaces, wherein the details specific to the resellers and the service consumers are hidden from the different service providers, and wherein the set of interfaces are configured to be used by resellers who select, contract for, order, receive, and manage communication services using the set of Web based interfaces, wherein the resellers are permitted to establish rates via the Web based interfaces which service consumers contracting with the resellers are to pay, wherein the set of Web based interfaces comprise a consumer version of the interfaces that generates invoices and permits consumers to view usages in accordance with the reseller established rates, and wherein the resellers are permitted to enter reseller's branding elements, wherein the consumer version of the interfaces are branded in accordance with the reseller's branding elements, and wherein different ones of the user specific profiles are for different service consumers of the resellers, and wherein the set of interfaces permit the resellers to establish profiles for a set of reselling agents, who receive at least one of commissions and sales based compensation from the reseller associated with the communication services, wherein the set of Web based interfaces generate invoices for the commissions in accordance with reseller established criteria, wherein the reselling agents are granted selective access to the Web based interfaces in accordance with permissions established by the reseller, for whom the reselling agent is a representative.