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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2003
Vinodh Kumar Ravindranath, Bangalore, IN;
Kotha Subba Rama Chandra Murty, Bangalore, IN;
Navneet Agarwal, Bangalore, IN;
Marco Cesare Centemeri, Rho, IT;
Amit S. Phadnis, Bangalore, IN;
Vinodh Kumar Ravindranath, Bangalore, IN;
Kotha Subba Rama Chandra Murty, Bangalore, IN;
Navneet Agarwal, Bangalore, IN;
Marco Cesare Centemeri, Rho, IT;
Amit S. Phadnis, Bangalore, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A service selection gateway (SSG) which permits multiple access quotas associated with a pre-paid service accessed by a user. For example, the user's access may be terminated if the usage exceeds a specified time or volume of data transferred (examples of access quotas). According to another aspect, access of a service is permitted based on different tariffs. Thus, a user may be charged differently depending on the applicable tariff. In an embodiment implemented in the context of pre-paid tariffs, multiple access quotas may be received associated with the same resource, and each quota may be computed according to a corresponding tariff.