MULTI-TIERED, USAGE-BASED PRICING SERVICE PLAN
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- enrolling a subscriber in a multi-tiered pricing plan, selected from a set of a plurality of multi-tiered pricing plans, for telecommunication services associated with a subscriber device;
billing to the subscriber, for a first billing cycle, a fixed plan fee associated with the selected multi-tiered pricing plan, wherein the fixed plan fee differs from other fixed plan fees associated with other ones of the plurality of multi-tiered pricing plans;
tracking, for the first billing cycle, first cumulative usage of the telecommunication service;
determining, based on the first cumulative usage, a first corresponding tier of the selected multi-tiered pricing plan;
billing, based on the first corresponding tier, a first usage fee for the first billing cycle;
billing to the subscriber, for a second billing cycle, the fixed plan fee associated with the selected multi-tiered pricing plan;
tracking, for the second billing cycle, second cumulative usage of the telecommunication service;
determining, based on the second cumulative usage, a second corresponding tier of the selected multi-tiered pricing plan; and
billing, based on the second corresponding tier, a second usage fee for the second billing cycle, wherein first usage fee differs from the second usage fee.
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Abstract
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor, the instructions to cause the at least one processor to bill a subscriber, enrolled in a multi-tiered pricing plan, a plan fee associated with the multi-tiered pricing plan, for each billing cycle of a plurality of billing cycles, for services associated with a subscriber device; track, for each billing cycle, an amount of usage of the services; determine, for each billing cycle, a pricing tier corresponding to the tracked usage; and bill the subscriber, for each billing cycle, a fee associated with the corresponding pricing tier, wherein at least two of the corresponding pricing tiers differ.
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1. A method comprising:
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enrolling a subscriber in a multi-tiered pricing plan, selected from a set of a plurality of multi-tiered pricing plans, for telecommunication services associated with a subscriber device; billing to the subscriber, for a first billing cycle, a fixed plan fee associated with the selected multi-tiered pricing plan, wherein the fixed plan fee differs from other fixed plan fees associated with other ones of the plurality of multi-tiered pricing plans; tracking, for the first billing cycle, first cumulative usage of the telecommunication service; determining, based on the first cumulative usage, a first corresponding tier of the selected multi-tiered pricing plan; billing, based on the first corresponding tier, a first usage fee for the first billing cycle; billing to the subscriber, for a second billing cycle, the fixed plan fee associated with the selected multi-tiered pricing plan; tracking, for the second billing cycle, second cumulative usage of the telecommunication service; determining, based on the second cumulative usage, a second corresponding tier of the selected multi-tiered pricing plan; and billing, based on the second corresponding tier, a second usage fee for the second billing cycle, wherein first usage fee differs from the second usage fee. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor, the instructions to cause the at least one processor to:
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bill a subscriber, enrolled in a multi-tiered pricing plan, a plan fee associated with the multi-tiered pricing plan, for each billing cycle of a plurality of billing cycles, for services associated with a subscriber device; track, for each billing cycle, an amount of usage of the services; determine, for each billing cycle, a pricing tier corresponding to the tracked amount of usage; and bill the subscriber, for each billing cycle, a fee associated with the corresponding pricing tier, wherein at least two of the corresponding pricing tiers differ. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A network device comprising:
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a memory to store instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to; bill a subscriber, enrolled in a multi-tiered pricing plan for services associated with a subscriber device, a single plan fee associated with the multi-tiered pricing plan, for each billing cycle of a plurality of billing cycles; track, for the plurality of billing cycles, different amounts of usage of the services; determine, for the plurality of billing cycles, different pricing tiers corresponding to the different amounts of tracked usage; and bill the subscriber, for the plurality of billing cycles, different usage fees associated with the different pricing tiers. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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