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Critical resource management

  • US 7,725,491 B1
  • Filed: 08/12/2002
  • Issued: 05/25/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising:

  • (a) providing, using a computing device, rights to a plurality of subscribers to use an Internet-related service, each subscriber being associated with a priority quantity of the Internet-related service and an actual usage quantity of the Internet-related service;

    (b) restricting, using the computing device, rights of one or more of the subscribers to the Internet-related service, with each of the one or more subscribers being selected based on the priority quantity of the Internet-related service for the subscriber and the actual usage quantity of the Internet-related service, step (b) further comprising;

    (b1) determining, using the computing device, an access priority for at least two of the subscribers currently using the Internet-related service based on the priority quantity and the actual usage quantity, and(b2) restricting, using the computing device, the access of at least the one of the two subscribers having a lower determined access priority than the other;

    (c) associating, using the computing device, a first subset of the subscribers with a first service plan for the Internet-related service, wherein the priority quantity of each subscriber in the first subset is a first particular priority quantity associated with the first service plan; and

    (d) associating, using the computing device, a second subset of the subscribers with a second service plan for the Internet-related service, wherein the priority quantity of each subscriber in the second subset is a second particular priority quantity associated with the second service plan.

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