Context oriented billing
AssigneeAeris Communications, Inc.
InventorSubramanian BALAKRISHNAN
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Abstract
The present invention is directed toward networks and more particularly to a method and system for providing information related to context-oriented billing in such networks. In one more embodiments, a computer implemented method provides for billing invoices in response to one or more of a customer's network elements which have been correlated with detailed network data, classified into one or more billing event categories, and rated in accordance with a predetermined hierarchy.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for use in machine to machine (M2M) network;
- the method comprising:
- receiving customer information from one or more network elements,
- categorically correlating received customer information with one or more detailed network data sources, and
- generating one or more activity invoices in a predetermined ranking in accordance with one or more billable events.
A system for use in an machine to machine (M2M) network, the system comprising:
- a price plan system for providing a guaranteed price plan for one or more network elements;
- and
- a billing and analytics system for receiving the guaranteed price plan for i) generating one or more invoices ranked in accordance to one or more billable events in relation to data received from one or more network elements of the customer correlated in relation to detailed network data sources, and ii) receiving an adapted price plan to optimize feedback from a customer in relation to one or more received invoices.
A computer program product containing a computer readable medium for use in machine to machine (M2M) network;
- the program instructions for:
- receiving customer information from one or more network elements,
- correlating received customer information with one or more detailed network data sources,
- classifying correlated information in relation to one or more billable events,
- ranking information classified in relation to one or more billable events in a predetermined manner, and
- generating one or more activity invoices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.