REVENUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ENHANCED ROLLOVER

• US 20080033873A1
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Consolidated Metco Incorporated (Amsted Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Haddock, James, Labuda, David, Krishnamoorthy, Jayaprakash
• Granted Patent: US 8,798,576 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

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.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. (canceled)

3. A method of managing resources in a revenue management system of telecommunications network, the method comprising:

performing a rollover of resources for a subscriber account at an end of a first billing cycle, the rollover affecting a balance for the subscriber account in a second billing cycle;

determining after the first billing cycle whether delayed events related to the resources have occurred; and

in response to determining delayed events related to the resources have occurred, recalculating the rollover of the resources for the subscriber account in the second billing cycle.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the resources comprise free minutes for the subscriber account.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the telecommunications network comprises a wireless network.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the subscriber account comprises a pre-paid wireless account.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein performing the rollover of resources for the subscriber account at the end of the first billing cycle is performed based on a set of predefined rollover rules.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein determining whether delayed events related to the resources have occurred and recalculating the rollover of the resources for the subscriber account in the second billing cycle are performed based on a set of predefined rollover rules.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein determining after the first billing cycle whether delayed events related to the resources have occurred is performed after a predefined delay period.

10. The method of claim 3, further comprising re-rating of transactions received during the second billing cycle.

11. A system for managing resources related to telecommunication services, the system comprising:

a revenue capture layer communicatively coupled with a telecommunication network supporting the telecommunication services and adapted to perform a rollover of resources for a subscriber account at an end of a first billing cycle, the rollover affecting a balance for the subscriber account in a second billing cycle, determine after the first billing cycle whether delayed events related to the resources have occurred, and in response to determining delayed events related to the resources have occurred, recalculating the rollover of the resources for the subscriber account in the second billing cycle.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the resources comprise free minutes for the subscriber account.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the telecommunications network comprises a wireless network.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the subscriber account comprises a pre-paid wireless account.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising a revenue management layer communicatively coupled with the revenue capture layer and adapted to maintain one or more data stores of information including a set of predefined rollover rules wherein performing the rollover of resources for the subscriber account at the end of the first billing cycle is performed based on the set of predefined rollover rules.

16. The system of claim 11, further comprising a revenue management layer communicatively coupled with the revenue capture layer and adapted to maintain one or more data stores of information including a set of predefined rollover rules wherein determining whether delayed events related to the resources have occurred and recalculating the rollover of the resources for the subscriber account in the second billing cycle are performed based on the set of predefined rollover rules.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein determining after the first billing cycle whether delayed events related to the resources have occurred is performed after a predefined delay period.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the revenue capture layer is further adapted to re-rate transactions received during the second billing cycle.

19. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a series of instruction which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to manage resources in a revenue management system of telecommunications network by:

performing a rollover of resources for a subscriber account at an end of a first billing cycle, the rollover affecting a balance for the subscriber account in a second billing cycle;

determining after the first billing cycle whether delayed events related to the resources have occurred; and

in response to determining delayed events related to the resources have occurred, recalculating the rollover of the resources for the subscriber account in the second billing cycle.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the resources comprise free minutes for the subscriber account.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the telecommunications network comprises a wireless network.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the subscriber account comprises a pre-paid wireless account.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein performing the rollover of resources for the subscriber account at the end of the first billing cycle is performed based on a set of predefined rollover rules.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein determining whether delayed events related to the resources have occurred and recalculating the rollover of the resources for the subscriber account in the second billing cycle are performed based on a set of predefined rollover rules.

25. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein determining after the first billing cycle whether delayed events related to the resources have occurred is performed after a predefined delay period.

26. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising re-rating of transactions received during the second billing cycle.