Patent ID: 8370223

Claim:
A method to provide links within a data repository, the method comprising: storing in the data repository a broadband usage event; assigning a first key to the broadband usage event in the data repository; storing in the data repository a rated network datum; assigning a second key to the rated network datum in the data repository; storing in the data repository a billed network datum; assigning a third key to the billed network datum in the data repository; creating a first link between the first key assigned to the broadband usage event and the second key assigned to the rated network datum; creating a second link between the second key assigned to the rated network datum and the third key assigned to the billed network datum; receiving a request for broadband usage information corresponding to the billed network datum after the billed network datum has been generated; in response to the request, using a processor and the second link to determine that the rated network datum is associated with the billed network datum; using the processor and the first link to further determine that the broadband usage event is associated with the rated network datum; and retrieving the broadband usage event.