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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2011
Bhaskar R. Gudlavenkatasiva, Tampa, FL (US);
George L. Hughes, Wesley Chapel, FL (US);
Nityanand Sharma, Tampa, FL (US);
Umashankar Velusamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Bhaskar R. Gudlavenkatasiva, Tampa, FL (US);
George L. Hughes, Wesley Chapel, FL (US);
Nityanand Sharma, Tampa, FL (US);
Umashankar Velusamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method may include enrolling a subscriber device in an adaptive pricing service plan for providing telecommunication service to the subscriber device; associating, with the telecommunication service, a first pricing scheme including a first number of allotted minutes within a current billing cycle; tracking, for the subscriber device within the current billing cycle, cumulative used minutes of the telecommunication service; determining, using a forecasting model and the cumulative used minutes, prospective minutes usage with respect to the first number of allotted minutes for an entirety of the current billing cycle; generating, based on the prospective minutes usage, a recommendation related to a second pricing scheme including a second number of allotted minutes; and sending, within the current billing cycle, the recommendation to the subscriber device.