WO2001028219A3 - Quality-based billing system - Google Patents

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WO2001028219A3
WO2001028219A3 PCT/US2000/024941 US0024941W WO0128219A3 WO 2001028219 A3 WO2001028219 A3 WO 2001028219A3 US 0024941 W US0024941 W US 0024941W WO 0128219 A3 WO0128219 A3 WO 0128219A3
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billing system
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Thomas Everett Weston
Mary Maureen Madine
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Motorola Inc
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Abstract

By inserting timestamped and/or packet sequence indicia into the communication stream of a communication session (104), one or more quality of service metrics (106) are measured and reported on a per session basis to the billing system. Preferably the quality of service metrics are reported along with usage data that are used to calculate the bill for that session. The billing system (108) maintains records of each communication session, associating the quality of service data with the usage data for that session. In this way the system can be controlled and the customer billed based on the quality of service actually delivered for a given session.
PCT/US2000/024941 1999-10-14 2000-09-12 Quality-based billing system WO2001028219A2 (en)

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