Customer profile based telephone card billing

Details Customer profile based telephone card billing Customer profile based telephone card billing

1997-03-20

1998-12-01

Kuntz, Curtis A.

Telephonic communications

With usage measurement

Call charge metering or monitoring

379111, 379127, 379126, 379144, H04M 1500

Patent

active

058449728

ABSTRACT:
A method and system in which calls made by a customer using a calling card are billed in accordance with the customer's subscribed calling plans. In order to price a call made over a network by a customer of the network, information specifying a billing plan of the customer is stored. A call made from a customer station or using a customer calling card or prepaid telephone card is received at a network switch and record that describes the call is generated. The record is received at a billing analysis system and a priced call value for the call is determined based on the record and the information specifying the customer billing plan. If the call is placed using a prepaid telephone card, it is verified that a sufficient balance remains before completing the call.

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