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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Chris Neisinger, Danville, CA (US);

Lindsay Paul Notwell, Columbus, OH (US);

Inventors:

Chris Neisinger, Danville, CA (US);

Lindsay Paul Notwell, Columbus, OH (US);

Assignees:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/56 (2013.01); H04L 41/5029 (2013.01); H04M 15/00 (2013.01); H04M 15/8016 (2013.01); H04L 47/2408 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device defines a first bucket for general Internet protocol (IP) traffic provided to and from a user device associated with an open network, and defines a second bucket for quality of service (QoS)-based traffic provided to and from the user device. The device also assigns a first billing rate for the general IP traffic associated with the first bucket, and assigns a second billing rate to the QoS-based traffic associated with the second bucket, where the second billing rate is greater than the first billing rate. The device further associates the first billing rate and the second billing rate with a subscriber associated with the user device.


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