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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2012
Michael S. Kelsen, Centreville, VA (US);
Tushar Nakhre, Herndon, VA (US);
Shan Huang, Ashburn, VA (US);
Andrew Danforth, Chantilly, VA (US);
Howard Pfeffer, Reston, VA (US);
Michael S. Kelsen, Centreville, VA (US);
Tushar Nakhre, Herndon, VA (US);
Shan Huang, Ashburn, VA (US);
Andrew Danforth, Chantilly, VA (US);
Howard Pfeffer, Reston, VA (US);
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for excluding specific application traffic from customer consumption-based data billing counts. This is useful for excluding traffic from consumption totals where the application traffic has been accounted for using other means, such as through billing as a separate or technically distinct service. In practice, a tablet computer (or other end user device) can run a video application that uses a high-speed data network via a cable modem. This video application may be included as part of a core video package associated with a distinct cable television service. The system then provides accurate consumption billing of customer traffic that is outside of any other managed services by creating separate logical data service flows at a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) for excluding specific traffic counts.