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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
Jade Kerr, Denver, CO (US);
Andrew Cook, Denver, CO (US);
Mike Morrissey, Denver, CO (US);
Clinton Smoyer, Denver, CO (US);
Mohit Mathur, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for managing bandwidth to a customer in response to a time of day. A current time of day is determined. A time of day profile selected by the customer from multiple time of day profiles is determined. The bandwidth allocated to the customer is adjusted in response to the current time of day and the time of day profile. The customer is charged in response to charges associated with the selected time of day profile.