Revenue management systems and methods with bill and account suppression
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1. A method of billing for services in a revenue management system of a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- creating by the revenue management system a bill for a first billing period at a beginning of a second, subsequent billing period;
finalizing by the revenue management system the bill for the first billing period;
determining by the revenue management system whether to send the bill for the first period to a user;
in response to determining to not send the bill for the first period to the user, extending by the revenue management system the bill for the first billing period into the second billing period;
determining by the revenue management system whether to send the bill for the first period to the user is based on the user electing to suppress billing; and
charging by the revenue management system a suppression fee in response to the user electing to suppress billing.
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Abstract
A revenue management system for telecommunication systems is disclosed. The revenue management system can have multiple integrated modules. The modules can include a revenue generation module, a revenue capture module, a revenue collection module, a revenue intelligence module, and others. The revenue management system can also be configured to simultaneously manage revenue for prepaid, postpaid, now-paid payment models.
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1. A method of billing for services in a revenue management system of a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
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creating by the revenue management system a bill for a first billing period at a beginning of a second, subsequent billing period; finalizing by the revenue management system the bill for the first billing period; determining by the revenue management system whether to send the bill for the first period to a user; in response to determining to not send the bill for the first period to the user, extending by the revenue management system the bill for the first billing period into the second billing period; determining by the revenue management system whether to send the bill for the first period to the user is based on the user electing to suppress billing; and charging by the revenue management system a suppression fee in response to the user electing to suppress billing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for billing for services in a revenue management system of telecommunications network, the system comprising:
a revenue capture layer communicatively coupled with the telecommunication network supporting the services and adapted to create a bill for a first billing period at a beginning of a second, subsequent billing period, final the bill for the first billing period, determine whether to send the bill for the first period to a user, in response to determining to not send the bill for the first period to the user, extend the bill for the first billing period into the second billing period, determining whether to send the bill for the first period to the user is based on the user electing to suppress billing, and charging a suppression fee in response to the user electing to suppress billing. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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