Method and system for managing transactions in a remote network access system
First Claim
1. A method to manage access transactions associated with a plurality of parties in a multi-party service access environment, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of pricing plans, each party being associated with at least one of the plurality of pricing plans; and
providing a plurality of pricing relationships associated with each pricing plan, each pricing relationship defining a payer/payee relationship between at least two parties to the multi-party service access environment.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided to manage access transactions associated with a plurality of parties in a multi-party service access environment. The method may be executed at a transaction broker and comprise providing a plurality of pricing plans, each party being associated with at least one of the plurality of pricing plans; and providing a plurality of pricing relationships associated with each pricing plan, each pricing relationship defining a payer/payee relationships between at least two parties to the multi-party service access environment. The method may comprise generating a graphic user interface that allows functionality selected from the group including adding a pricing plan, editing a pricing plan, copying a pricing plan, and removing a pricing plan. In one embodiment, the method comprises associating at least one pricing map with each pricing group, the at least one pricing group may include a plurality of network access points that have substantially similar pricing characteristics.
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37 Claims
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1. A method to manage access transactions associated with a plurality of parties in a multi-party service access environment, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of pricing plans, each party being associated with at least one of the plurality of pricing plans; and
providing a plurality of pricing relationships associated with each pricing plan, each pricing relationship defining a payer/payee relationship between at least two parties to the multi-party service access environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A transaction management module to manage access transactions by a plurality of parties in a multi-party service access environment, the transaction module comprising:
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a pricing plan module defining a plurality of pricing plans, each party being associated with at least one pricing plan; and
a plurality of payment relationship modules associated with each pricing plan and wherein each pricing relationship module defines pricing relationships between at least two parties to the multi-party service access environment. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A machine-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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provide a plurality of pricing plans to a plurality of parties in a multi-party service access environment, each party being associated with at least one of the plurality of pricing plans; and
provide a plurality of pricing relationships associated with each pricing plan, each pricing relationship defining relationships between a plurality of parties to the multi-party service access environment. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A transaction management module to manage access transactions by a plurality of parties in a multi-party service access environment, the transaction module comprising:
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means to define a plurality of pricing plans, each party being associated with at least one of the plurality of pricing plans; and
means to define a plurality of pricing relationships associated with each pricing plan, each pricing relationship defining relationships between a plurality of parties to the multi-party service access environment.
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