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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2004
Coulter C. Henry, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Francis Richard Lazaro, Jr., Decatur, GA (US);
Andrew Lamont Hines, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Derek Ekow-badu Johnson, Marietta, GA (US);
Coulter C. Henry, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Francis Richard Lazaro, Jr., Decatur, GA (US);
Andrew Lamont Hines, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Derek Ekow-Badu Johnson, Marietta, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods for adding data blocks to a data subscription plan period. The methods include determining whether a threshold number of data blocks have been reached during the data subscription plan period; and incrementally adding data blocks to the data subscription plan when the threshold number of data blocks has been reached. The cost per data block of the added data blocks is less than the high-cost per data block rate normally associated with exceeding the threshold number of data blocks during the data subscription plan period.