Method and system of fractional telecommunications switch ownership
Assigneei3 Voice & Data, Inc.
InventorChristopher E. Reese
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide for a method and system of fractional telecommunications switch ownership. In one embodiment, an ownership interest in a telecommunications switch is transferred to one or more third parties. In another embodiment, two or more third parties each hold an ownership interest in separate fractions of a telecommunications switch. In a further embodiment, an operator operates a telecommunications switch in which one or more third parties hold an ownership interest while the operator retains other ownership interests in the switch. Finally, a telecommunications network is provided as an example of telecommunications network operable with the invention.
Claims35
A method of operating a telecommunications switch comprising the steps of:
- partitioning the switch into a plurality of fractions;
- and
- transferring an ownership interest in one or more of the fractions to a third party.
A method of telecommunications switch ownership comprising the steps of:
- partitioning a telecommunications switch into a plurality of fractions;
- and
- transferring on ownership interest in one or more of the fractions to a third party.
A method of owning a telecommunications switch having a plurality of fractions comprising the step of:
- holding an ownership interest in one or more, but less than all, fractions of the switch.
A system of telecommunications comprising:
- a telecommunications switch having a plurality of fractions;
- and
- two or more parties each having an ownership interest in one or more different fractions of the telecommunications switch.
A system of telecommunications comprising:
- a telecommunications switch, the switch having a plurality of fractions;
- a telecommunications network including the telecommunications switch;
- an operator that operates the switch and network;
- and
- one or more third parties that hold an ownership interest in one or more fractions of the switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.