Patent ID: 8165278

Claim:
A method for modifying service parameters with respect to telecommunication services, comprising: receiving a call placed by a calling party to a called party, wherein, a first of the parties, the parties including the calling party and the called party, is a subscriber to a telecommunication service and has subscribed to a first level of service with respect to the telecommunication service, a second of the parties is a subscriber to the telecommunication service and has subscribed to a second level of service with respect to the telecommunication service, wherein the second level of service is different than the first level of service, and the telecommunication service is provided to both the first of the parties and the second of the parties by the same service provider; determining an enhanced service level with respect to the telecommunication service for the first of the parties based at least in part on the second level of service to which the second party is entitled to with respect to the telecommunication service; providing the enhanced service level to the party having a lower level of service relative to the other party; receiving a call placed by a third party to the called party; and if the third party is a non-subscriber with respect to the same service provider, not providing the enhanced service level to the non-subscribing third party.