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.
Claims19
A system for determining a communication charge, comprising:
- an input interface for receiving a normalized set of inputs, wherein the normalized set of inputs comprises a set of states representing a specific charging situation obtained by processing one or more input parameters;
- a processor for:
- determining a charging equation based at least in part on the normalized set of inputs;
- determining an inflection point based at least in part on a charging structure database, wherein the inflection point comprises a boundary of the one or more input parameters at which the normalized set of inputs and charging equation changes;
- in the event the inflection point is reached, determine a new charging equation and a next inflection point;
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- determining a communication charge based at least in part on the charging equations and the inflection points.
A method for determining call charging, comprising:
- determining a charging equation based at least in part on a normalized set of inputs, wherein the normalized set of inputs comprises a set of states representing a specific charging situation obtained by processing one or more input parameters;
- determining a inflection point based at least in part on a charging structure database, wherein the inflection point comprises a boundary of the one or more input parameters at which the normalized set of inputs and charging equation changes;
- in the event the inflection point is reached, determine a new charging equation and a next inflection point;
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- determining, using a processor, a communication charge based at least in part on the charging equations and the inflection points.
A computer program product for determining call charging, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- determining a charging equation based at least in part on a normalized set of inputs, wherein the normalized set of inputs comprises a set of states representing a specific charging situation obtained by processing one or more input parameters;
- determining a next inflection point based at least in part on a charging structure, wherein the inflection point comprises a boundary of the one or more input parameters at which the normalized set of inputs and charging equation changes;
- in the event the inflection point is reached, determine a new charging equation and a next inflection point;
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- determining a communication charge based at least in part on the charging equations and the inflection points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.