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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Bandwidthx Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sven Seuken, Zurich, CH;

Pertti Juhani Visuri, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Johanna Katariina Visuri, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Dan Zagursky, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

BANDWIDTHX INC., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 16/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/80 (2013.01); H04W 16/00 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04L 12/145 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04M 15/49 (2013.01); H04M 15/50 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for allocating and pricing access to alternative access networks may include: inputting, by one or more parties, needs for alternative network access and representative values for satisfying the needs; setting, by providers of alternative network access, reserve prices for access to each of access point in the alternative network; generating a solution based on a mixed integer program to maximize value created by allocation of alternative network access; and allocating alternative network access to the one or more parties based on the mixed integer program solution.


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