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Telecommunication traffic pricing control system

US5848139A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 1996
Grant dateDec 8, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2215/0184
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Delay-tolerant calls access slack capacity in a telecommunications network under variable pricing controlled by the network so as to permit the network to pick up or stimulate background traffic loads as and when desired to gain revenue from background idle capacity.

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