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US 2009/0158306 A1Published application
System and method for assessing usage of purchasable enhancements of television services
AssigneeScientific-Atlanta, Inc.
InventorsArturo A. Rodriguez, Dean F. Jerding
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Abstract
A method for providing a television service enhancement includes receiving a first user input requesting a television service, providing the user with an option to receive an enhancement to the television service for a charge, and receiving a second user input selecting the option to receive the enhancement to the television service.
Claims16
A method, comprising:
- tracking, by billing logic, television services and enhancements to the television services requested by and provided to a user;
- providing service enhancement selections to a client device associated with the user, the service enhancement selections provided in association with a requested television service;
- and
- charging the user based on service enhancement selections communicated from the client device to the billing logic, the charge in addition to a base charge for the particular television service.
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A system, comprising:
- a server device configured with billing logic, the billing logic configured to:
- track television services and enhancements to the television services requested by and provided to a user;
- provide service enhancement selections to a client device associated with the user, the service enhancement selections provided in association with a requested television service;
- and
- charge the user based on service enhancement selections communicated from the client device to the billing logic, the charge in addition to a base charge for the particular television service.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.