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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2014
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Charles Brent Hirschman, Overland Park, KS (US);
Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
In a communication system, a control server determines a first quota for a rating group to grant communication usage on a per-user basis and indicates the first quota to a network element. The network element grants communication usage to the users in the rating group based on the first quota. A user communication device receives a user input indicating a user priority and transfers the user priority to the network element. The network element transfers the user priority to the control server. The control server processes the user priority to determine a second quota for the rating group. The network element receives the second quota and grants subsequent communication usage to the users in the rating group based on the second quota.