Telecommunication user account management system and method

Patent 5884284 Issued on March 16, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 6, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Continental Cablevision, Inc.

Application

No. 906962 filed on 08/06/1997

US Classes:

705/30, Accounting705/34, Bill preparation705/400, FOR COST/PRICE725/1BILLING IN VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Examiners

Primary: Cosimano, Edward R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Glazier; Stephen C.

International Class

G06F 017/60

Abstract

The present invention is an integrated computerized system and method of telecommunication user account management. The invention creates, maintains, processes and analyzes data regarding individual users for telecommunication services. Billing for individual users is generated. The user data is analyzed and reports for all or part of the user data are prepared and generated. Ancillary functions are enabled, including word processing, editing, e-mail, and other functions. The invention is applicable to subscriber telecommunication services, and pay-for-use services, and the user may be a subscriber or a non-subscriber. The invention is applicable to multi-channel telecommunication services, or single channel multi-service telecommunications, or single channel single service telecommunications. Such telecommunication services may include cable television, telephone, video, audio, on-line databases, television, radio, music video, video juke box, pay-for-view, video-on-demand, interactive TV, home-shopping, video conferences, telephone conferences, interfacing to imaging systems, automatic telephone call charge-backs ("900" numbers), and other telecommunication services which may not yet be invented at this time. The current preferred embodiment of the invention is for subscriber account management for cable television services.