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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2007
Guy Bevente, Wayne, IL (US);
Michael Thane Paquette, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Gregg R. Koeppen, Grafton, WI (US);
Douglas Robert Moran, Danville, CA (US);
Danny Lee Roper, Grover, MO (US);
Kimberly Renee Wolken, Livermore, CA (US);
Jennifer Lynn Anderson, Chicago, IL (US);
Guy Bevente, Wayne, IL (US);
Michael Thane Paquette, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Gregg R. Koeppen, Grafton, WI (US);
Douglas Robert Moran, Danville, CA (US);
Danny Lee Roper, Grover, MO (US);
Kimberly Renee Wolken, Livermore, CA (US);
Jennifer Lynn Anderson, Chicago, IL (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications billing system includes a customer database, a usage database and a billing module. The customer database is configured to store subscription data identifying a pricing plan including an allotment of shared telecommunication units in connection with at least one of a first telecommunications service and a second telecommunications service. The usage database is configured to store a first set of telecommunications service usage data associated with the first telecommunications service and a second set of telecommunications service usage data associated with the second telecommunications service. The billing module is configured to calculate excess charges when a cumulative usage that includes a sum of the first set of telecommunications service usage data and the second set of telecommunications service usage data exceeds the allotment of shared telecommunications units.