System and method for enabling reciprocal billing for different types of communications over a packet network
First Claim
1. A system for determining inter-carrier network usage, said system comprising:
- at least one database configured to store network usage information of a first packet network managed by a first communications carrier, said at least one database configured to store first network usage information of the first packet network by subscribers of a second communications carrier communicating via the first packet network, the first packet network information distinguishing network usage derived from data packets including real-time content and non-real-time content communicated over the first packet network; and
a processing unit configured to obtain second network usage information collected by the second communications carrier representative of subscribers of the first communications carrier communicating via a second packet network managed by the second communications carrier, the second network usage information distinguishing network usage derived from data packets including real-time content and non-real-time content communicated via the second packet network, said processing unit further configured to determine a network usage differential between the first and second network usage information distinguishing network usage information of communications of real-time and non-real-time content.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining inter-carrier network usage may be used. The method may include determining network usage of a first packet network managed by a first communications carrier by subscribers of a second communications carrier that manages a second packet network. The network usage may distinguish communications of data packets including real-time content and non-real-time content. Network usage of the second packet network by subscribers of the first communications subscriber may be determined. A network usage differential between the determined usages of the first and second packet networks may be determined, where the network usage information may distinguish communications of data packets including real-time and non-real-time content.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for determining inter-carrier network usage, said system comprising:
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at least one database configured to store network usage information of a first packet network managed by a first communications carrier, said at least one database configured to store first network usage information of the first packet network by subscribers of a second communications carrier communicating via the first packet network, the first packet network information distinguishing network usage derived from data packets including real-time content and non-real-time content communicated over the first packet network; and a processing unit configured to obtain second network usage information collected by the second communications carrier representative of subscribers of the first communications carrier communicating via a second packet network managed by the second communications carrier, the second network usage information distinguishing network usage derived from data packets including real-time content and non-real-time content communicated via the second packet network, said processing unit further configured to determine a network usage differential between the first and second network usage information distinguishing network usage information of communications of real-time and non-real-time content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for determining inter-carrier network usage, said method comprising:
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determining network usage of a first packet network managed by a first communications carrier by subscribers of a second communications carrier that manages a second packet network the network usage distinguishing communications of data packets including real-time content and non-real-time content; determining network usage of the second packet network by subscribers of the first communications subscriber; and determining a network usage differential between the determined usages of the first and second packet networks, the network usage information distinguishing communications of data packets including real-time and non-real-time content. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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