SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING RULES DRIVEN SUBSCRIPTION EVENT PROCESSING
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and methodology providing an automated and dynamically responsive infrastructure to support online subscription services. The system includes one or more components to coordinate and manage a plurality of services offered by multiple service providers. This can include automatically creating and managing billing accounts for customers subscribing to such services. At least one engine is provided to process multiple rules in response to subscription events that occur in connection with the services in order to facilitate service delivery. At least one rating processor is provided to process multiple rating rules in response to subscription events for currency and non-currency resources.
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40 Claims
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21. A system to support online subscription services, comprising:
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a subscription services platform that; processes at least one subscription event relating to an online subscription service; determines an engine to process the subscription event; employs the engine to process the subscription event; and an engine that employs rules to facilitate billing and provisioning of the online subscription service. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method to facilitate online subscription services, comprising:
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processing at least one subscription event relating to an online service; determining an engine to process the subscription event, the engine including at least one of a qualification engine, a provisioning engine and a ratings engine; and processing a set of rules associated with the engine to facilitate billing and provisioning of the online service. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method to facilitate billing and provisioning for an online service, comprising:
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means for receiving at least one subscription event relating to an online service; means for processing the subscription event, the processing including at least one of qualifying operations, provisioning operations and ratings operations; and means for entering a set of rules that are processed with the subscription event to facilitate billing and provisioning of the online service.
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