System and method for providing wireless communications services
First Claim
1. A method for providing flat-fee wireless communications services, said method comprising:
- setting a given rate associated with a given period of time for said wireless communications services in a service area for at least one subscriber; and
enabling, for said at least one subscriber, unlimited use of said wireless communications services within said service area for said period of time upon receipt of a corresponding payment of said given rate;
wherein said service area substantially coincides with a modeled geographic area indicative of anticipated participation of the at least one subscriber in at least one selected from the group consisting of living, working, playing, shopping and traveling.
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Abstract
A method for providing wireless communications services including setting a given rate associated with a given period of time for the wireless communications services in a service area for at least one subscriber. Unlimited use of the wireless communications are enabled for the at least one subscriber within the service area for the period of time upon receipt of a corresponding payment of the given rate. The service area substantially coincides with a modeled geographic area indicative of anticipated participation of the at least one subscriber in at least one selected from the group consisting of living, working, playing, shopping and travelling, and system for implementing same.
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48 Claims
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1. A method for providing flat-fee wireless communications services, said method comprising:
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setting a given rate associated with a given period of time for said wireless communications services in a service area for at least one subscriber; and enabling, for said at least one subscriber, unlimited use of said wireless communications services within said service area for said period of time upon receipt of a corresponding payment of said given rate; wherein said service area substantially coincides with a modeled geographic area indicative of anticipated participation of the at least one subscriber in at least one selected from the group consisting of living, working, playing, shopping and traveling. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for providing wireless communications services to a plurality of users using a corresponding plurality of mobile communications devices within a geographic area, said method comprising:
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modeling a demand for said wireless communications devices for a territory using localized data, including demographic data, indicative of at least a portion of said users; and defining said geographic area based upon said modeled demand. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing wireless communications services to a plurality of users using a corresponding plurality of mobile communications devices within a predetermined geographic area, said method comprising:
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setting a given price; in response to receiving a payment of said given price corresponding to one of said mobile communications devices, enabling unlimited use of said corresponding one of said mobile communications devices substantially only within said predetermined geographic area for a given temporal period; and wherein at least a portion of costs associated with said providing said wireless communications services are substantially mitigated as the plurality of users are motivated to originate and receive wireless communications based at least in part upon said given price and said unlimited use. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for providing wireless communications services to a plurality of users using a corresponding plurality of mobile communications devices within a geographic area, said method comprising:
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determining a predicted demand for said wireless communications devices for a territory in accordance with a plurality of localized data, wherein the plurality of localized data includes demographic data; and defining said geographic area based upon said predicted demand. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for providing wireless communications services to a plurality of users using a corresponding plurality of mobile communications devices within a geographic area, said method comprising:
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identifying select ones of said plurality of users responsible for a given portion of overall wireless communications services provided within the geographic area; and upgrading ones of said mobile communications devices associated with said identified select users. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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45. A method for providing wireless communications services to a plurality of users using a corresponding plurality of mobile communications devices within a geographic area, said method comprising:
bundling, in a common package, at least one mobile communications device, wherein said at least one mobile communications device includes thereon free local ones of said wireless communications services within the geographic area for a given temporal period commencing substantially contemporaneously with a registration of said at least one mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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48. A system for providing wireless communications services to a plurality of users using a corresponding plurality of mobile communications devices within a geographically limited service area, said system comprising:
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a plurality of cell sites positioned within said service area so as to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals indicative of said wireless communications within said service area; wherein, said service area substantially coincides with a modeled geographic area indicative of anticipated participation of the at least one subscriber in at least one selected from the group consisting of living, working, playing, shopping and traveling.
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