Telephonic communications – Having light wave or ultrasonic link for speech or paging... – Including fiber optic link within telephone network
Patent
1992-11-20
1997-09-30
Kuntz, Curtis
Telephonic communications
Having light wave or ultrasonic link for speech or paging...
Including fiber optic link within telephone network
379 88, 379 91, 379105, 379112, H04Q 722
Patent
active
056733062
ABSTRACT:
Cellular telephone rental system and method wherein a point-of-purchase rental terminal capturing transaction data, obtains validation thereof, and communicates same to a collector which in turn instructs a switching system to enable the cellular phone to make and receive calls. The collector examines in real time automatic message accounting data in the switching system and calculates call charges in real time. The collector then transmits call data to the rental terminal which provides both the rental agency and the cellular phone user call data in real time, with the call data also being transmitted to an account administration system nightly. Also disclosed is an embodiment for entering credit card data at the rental phone to enable use on credit billing and remote programming of such rental phone all over the voice responsive communication of the cellular system.
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Amadon Charles Gregory
Combest Rick F.
Elliott Cameron Scott
Stanhope David M.
Cellular Technical Services Company, Inc.
Cumming William
Kuntz Curtis
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