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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
May. 21, 2013
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Stewart Barker, Bulverde, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for billing data services. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller that manages a communications interface coupled to a communication system. The controller can be programmed to calculate a charge for service according to a degree of asymmetric bandwidth usage of upstream and downstream data traffic consumed by customer premise equipment. Additional embodiments are disclosed.