Direct distance dialing (DDD) access to a communications service

Details Direct distance dialing (DDD) access to a communications service Direct distance dialing (DDD) access to a communications service

1997-09-08

2000-01-25

Wolinsky, Scott

Telephonic communications

Plural exchange network or interconnection

With interexchange network routing

379207, 379230, H04M 342

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active

060185759

ABSTRACT:
Direct Distance Dialing (DDD) access is provided for a communications services platform. A caller may dial a local DDD number or a long distance DDD number to access the communications services platform. A platform may provide a plurality of different communications services, including voicemail services, paging services, automatic routing services, and facsimile messaging services. Expenses associated with servicing the call are partitioned between a caller and a subscriber of the communications services platform in an intuitive and reasonable fashion.

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