SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VARIABLE PRICING OF DATA USAGE

Patent №

US 9,865,009

Granted

2018-01-09

Filed 2013

Owner

THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Lab

AI components

1

kr

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13916525

A system and method for delivering variable pricing of data usage to a user device operated by a user is disclosed. The system includes a server configured with a usage monitor configured to identify the user and monitor usage patterns of the user device. The server has a pricing policy engine configured to generate pricing information based on at least one of the identity of the user and the usage patterns. The pricing policy engine is configured to transmit the pricing information to the user device. The user device is configured with a usage controller having a user interface configured to receive a delay preference selection identifying at least one delay tolerant application. The usage controller is configured to receive pricing information from the pricing policy engine and to delay data usage to the delay tolerant application based on the delay preference selection and the pricing information.

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AI classification

Knowledge representation0.97
AI hardware0.11
Evolutionary computation0.02
Planning0.01
Vision0.01
Natural language0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

assignment · 309030957

Assignors

CHIANG, MUNG, HA, SANGTAE, JOE-WONG, CARLEE, SEN, SOUMYA

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