Davinder Prakash

US Patent:

20100153248, Jun 17, 2010

Filed:

Dec 15, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/335454

Inventors:

Abraham Borno - Piscataway NJ, US
Abdulkarim Abib - Somerset NJ, US
Roger Aboujaoude - Ocean Township NJ, US
Kevin Haggerty - Kendall Park NJ, US
Davinder Prakash - Somerset NJ, US

Assignee:

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. - Reno NV

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705 34, 705 11

Abstract:

Methods are disclosed which relate to providing and billing for a service through a network regardless of the type of transport used to access the network. A customer who wishes to have a certain service first selects a transport. Transport options can be limited by the customer's location and bandwidth needs, but not by the service the customer desires. Once a transport option is selected it is installed and the customer receives the service through the transport by accessing a network. If a customer already has a transport and access to a network but desires another service, then the desired service can be simply added onto the existing access and billed accordingly. The transport type and service are calculated independently for billing purposes.