METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS TO INCENTIVIZE HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS
First Claim
1. A method for providing a communications service incentive, the method comprising:
- controlling a speed category of a turbo modem;
determining one of whether to download a content at a predetermined selected speed category and whether to download a predetermined content at a designated speed category, wherein the predetermined selected speed category and the designated speed category are offered to a customer as a high speed service to incentivize the customer to purchase a permanent high speed broadband service;
determining that downloading is complete;
prompting the customer to purchase the permanent high speed broadband service;
determining whether the customer purchases the permanent high speed broadband service;
ending the high speed service.
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Abstract
Temporary increased broadband bandwidth services for high speed access and download of Internet websites are provided to end user DSL subscribers by a system and method to increase speed of accessing certain Internet websites to incentivize the end user DSL subscribers to purchase higher speed broadband services and to incentivize content providers to pay for the temporary increased broadband services. The speed category of a customer premises equipment turbo modem is controlled by either a wired or wireless serving center computer processor, based on either the wired or wireless serving center computer processor determining whether to download Internet and video content at a predetermined selected speed category.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a communications service incentive, the method comprising:
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controlling a speed category of a turbo modem; determining one of whether to download a content at a predetermined selected speed category and whether to download a predetermined content at a designated speed category, wherein the predetermined selected speed category and the designated speed category are offered to a customer as a high speed service to incentivize the customer to purchase a permanent high speed broadband service; determining that downloading is complete; prompting the customer to purchase the permanent high speed broadband service; determining whether the customer purchases the permanent high speed broadband service; ending the high speed service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A program product stored as a listing of computer executable program code on a computer readable medium for providing a communications service, when executed by a processor, the listing of computer executable program code causes the processor to perform a method comprising:
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controlling a speed category for a turbo modem; determining one of whether to download a content at a predetermined selected speed category and whether to download a predetermined content at a designated speed category, wherein the predetermined selected speed category and the designated speed category are offered to a customer as a high speed service to incentivize the customer to purchase a high speed broadband service; determining that downloading is complete; prompting the customer to purchase the high speed broadband service; determining whether the customer purchases the high speed broadband service; and ending the high speed service. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for providing communications service incentives, the system comprising:
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a turbo broadband service incentive computer system including a subscriber device and one of a serving wire center computer processor and a serving wireless center computer processor, wherein the subscriber device contains a turbo modem, and wherein the serving wire center computer processor and the serving wireless center computer processor contain a computer executable program that when executed by one of the serving wire center computer processor and the serving wireless center computer processor, causes the turbo broadband service incentive computer system to; control a speed category for the turbo modem; determine one of whether to download a content at a predetermined selected speed and whether to download a predetermined content at a designated speed and whether to download a designated content, designated by a content service provider at a high speed, wherein the predetermined selected speed, the designated speed, and the designated content are offered to a customer as a set of high speed services to incentivize the customer to purchase a high speed broadband service by improving the customer'"'"'s viewing experience, and wherein the content service provider is incentivized to pay for high speed download because of increased interest in the content service provider'"'"'s content; determine whether the customer completes viewing the predetermined content at the designated speed category; determine that downloading of any content is complete; prompt the customer to purchase a permanent high speed broadband service; determine whether the customer purchases the permanent high speed broadband service; and end the set of high speed services. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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