Revenue management systems and methods with re-rating and rebilling
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1. A method of rating services in a revenue management system of telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- detecting by a revenue capture layer of the revenue management system a backdated operation related to a user in a current billing cycle, the operation being backdated to a date and wherein the backdated operation comprises a change to a service plan of the user; and
re-rating by the revenue capture layer of the revenue management system service events for the user occurring after the date based on the backdated operation and the change to the service plan for the user, wherein the service events comprise a sequence of a plurality of real-time events and wherein re-rating the service events is performed based on the sequence of the real-time events.
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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 rating services in a revenue management system of telecommunications network, the method comprising:
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detecting by a revenue capture layer of the revenue management system a backdated operation related to a user in a current billing cycle, the operation being backdated to a date and wherein the backdated operation comprises a change to a service plan of the user; and re-rating by the revenue capture layer of the revenue management system service events for the user occurring after the date based on the backdated operation and the change to the service plan for the user, wherein the service events comprise a sequence of a plurality of real-time events and wherein re-rating the service events is performed based on the sequence of the real-time events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for rating 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 detect a backdated operation related to a user in a current billing cycle, the operation being backdated to a date and wherein the backdated operation comprises a change to a service plan of the user, and re-rate service events for the user occurring after the date based on the backdated operation and the change to the service plan, wherein the service events comprise a sequence of a plurality of real-time events and wherein re-rating the service events is performed based on the sequence of the real-time events. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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