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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2015
Applicant:

Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Jade Kerr, Kansas City, MO (US);

Clinton Smoyer, Raymore, CO (US);

Andrew Cook, Sheldon, IA (US);

Michael Morrissey, Overland Park, KS (US);

Mohit Mathur, Charlotte, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 10/04 (2012.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/10 (2013.01); G06Q 10/04 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0206 (2013.01); H04L 12/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 69/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for providing a user of communications services with free market based pricing may include providing for communications over one of multiple network paths serviced by multiple respective communications service providers via at least one communications network. One of the network paths over which to communicate based on current pricing from the multiple communications service providers may be selected and communications may be performed over the selected network path.


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