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Customer premise equipment with access to free market based pricing for bandwidth on a communications network

US9104986B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 9, 2009
Grant dateAug 11, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/24
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for providing a user of communications services with free market based pricing may include providing for communications over one of multiple network paths serviced by multiple respective communications service providers via at least one communications network. One of the network paths over which to communicate based on current pricing from the multiple communications service providers may be selected and communications may be performed over the selected network path.

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