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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
Applicant:
Louis Menditto, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventor:
Louis Menditto, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/14 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); H04L 12/1485 (2013.01); H04M 15/80 (2013.01); H04M 15/8016 (2013.01); H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); H04L 43/026 (2013.01); H04M 2215/74 (2013.01); H04M 2215/7414 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving quality if service difference data. Quality of service difference data indicates how a particular flow of data packets between a first end node of a particular subscriber and a different second end node differs from a particular quality of service level. The particular quality of service level is one of multiple quality of service levels available over the network. Quality of service data based on the quality of service difference data is sent to billing server that charges the particular subscriber based on the quality of service data.