Determining communications charging
AssigneeMatrixx Software, Inc.
InventorsDavid Labuda, Norin Saxe
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Abstract
A system for determining a communication charge comprising a charging equation determiner, an inflection point determiner, and a charge determiner. The charging equation determiner for determining a charging equation based at least in part on a normalized set of inputs. The inflection point determiner for determining an inflection point based at least in part on a charging structure database. The charge determiner for determining a communication charge based at least in part on the charging equation and the inflection point.
Claims17
A system for determining a communication charge, comprising:
- a charging equation determiner configured to determine a charging equation based at least in part on a normalized set of inputs;
- an inflection point determiner configured to:
- determine an inflection point based at least in part on a charging structure database;
- and
- in the event that the inflection point is reached, determine the next inflection point by simulating a change in a parameter and determining at what value of the parameter the normalized set of inputs change, wherein the parameter comprises one or more of the following:
- time, dollars in an account balance, remaining minute balance, bytes, or call minutes, and wherein the simulating of the change in the parameter comprises determining a parameter value that the charging conditions will change under the condition of charging according to the current charging equation;
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- a charge determiner configured to determine a communication charge based at least in part on the charging equation and the inflection point.
A method for determining call charging, comprising:
- determining a charging equation based at least in part on a normalized set of inputs;
- determining a inflection point based at least in part on a charging structure database;
- in the event that the inflection point is reached, determining the next inflection point by simulating a change in a parameter and determining at what value of the parameter the normalized set of inputs change, wherein the parameter comprises one or more of the following:
- time, dollars in an account balance, remaining minute balance, bytes, or call minutes, and wherein the simulating of the change in the parameter comprises determining a parameter value that the charging conditions will change under the condition of charging according to the current charging equation;
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- determining a communication charge based at least in part on the charging equation and the inflection point.
A computer program product for determining call charging, the non-transitory computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- determining a charging equation based at least in part on a normalized set of inputs;
- determining an inflection point based at least in part on a charging structure;
- in the event that the inflection point is reached, determine the next inflection point by simulating a change in a parameter and determining at what value of the parameter the normalized set of inputs change, wherein the parameter comprises one or more of the following:
- time, dollars in an account balance, remaining minute balance, bytes, or call minutes, and wherein the simulating of the change in the parameter comprises determining a parameter value that the charging conditions will change under the condition of charging according to the current charging equation;
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- determining a communication charge based at least in part on the charging equation and the inflection point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.