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

US9104986B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9104986-B2
Application numberUS-40036209-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 9, 2009
Priority dateMar 9, 2009
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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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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What is claimed: 1. A customer premise equipment (CPE) for providing a customer of communications services with free market based pricing, said CPE comprising: an input/output (I/O) unit configured to communicate over multiple network paths serviced by multiple respective communications service providers via at least one communications network; a memory; a processing unit in communication with said I/O unit and said memory, and configured to: receive current pricing from the…

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What does patent US9104986B2 cover?
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…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kerr Jade, Smoyer Clinton, Cook Andrew, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06Q10/04. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).