Patents by Inventor Richard Beaumont TASKER

Richard Beaumont TASKER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Usage triggered telecommunications charging
    Patent number: 9549306
    Abstract: An Online Charging System (“OCS”) that processes charging on a telecommunications network receives an indication of usage of a telecommunications service by a subscriber. In response to the indication, the OCS determines a configured offering for the service, where the configured offering includes a time period, and a credit and/or debit. The OCS determines if the usage of the service is a first usage within the time period, and when the usage is the first usage, applies the credit and/or debit. The OCS then determines a charge for the usage based on credit and/or debit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Helen N. Wiant, Debdulal Dey, Gireesh Malaksamudra, Richard Beaumont Tasker
  • Non-linear data charging
    Patent number: 9426307
    Abstract: An Online Charging System (“OCS”) for charging a data session of a subscriber, in response to a request to initiate the data session provides a first granted service units of data for the data session. During the data session, the OCS receives a change in charging conditions for the subscriber and, in response to the change, sends a re-authorization message to the subscriber. In response to the re-authorization message, the OCS receives from the subscriber a first update message that includes a used service units for the data session since the previous update message. In response to the update message, and based on the change in charging conditions and the used service units, the OCS then provides a second granted service units of data for the data session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Beaumont Tasker, Gireesh Malaksamudra, Meera Sundaram, Raghavassimhan Komboorsundararajan, Usha Rajgopal
  • USAGE TRIGGERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHARGING
    Publication number: 20160105785
    Abstract: An Online Charging System (“OCS”) that processes charging on a telecommunications network receives an indication of usage of a telecommunications service by a subscriber. In response to the indication, the OCS determines a configured offering for the service, where the configured offering includes a time period, and a credit and/or debit. The OCS determines if the usage of the service is a first usage within the time period, and when the usage is the first usage, applies the credit and/or debit. The OCS then determines a charge for the usage based on credit and/or debit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Helen N. WIANT, Debdulal DEY, Gireesh MALAKSAMUDRA, Richard Beaumont TASKER
  • NON-LINEAR DATA CHARGING
    Publication number: 20160100063
    Abstract: An Online Charging System (“OCS”) for charging a data session of a subscriber, in response to a request to initiate the data session provides a first granted service units of data for the data session. During the data session, the OCS receives a change in charging conditions for the subscriber and, in response to the change, sends a re-authorization message to the subscriber. In response to the re-authorization message, the OCS receives from the subscriber a first update message that includes a used service units for the data session since the previous update message. In response to the update message, and based on the change in charging conditions and the used service units, the OCS then provides a second granted service units of data for the data session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Beaumont TASKER, Gireesh MALAKSAMUDRA, Meera SUNDARAM, Raghavassimhan KOMBOORSUNDARARAJAN, Usha RAJGOPAL