Telephonic communications – With usage measurement – Call traffic recording by computer or control processor
Patent
1998-06-22
2000-01-04
Kuntz, Curtis A.
Telephonic communications
With usage measurement
Call traffic recording by computer or control processor
379111, 379114, 379124, 379126, H04M 1500
Patent
active
060118377
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for dynamically managing billing information for telecommunications service application use at the service application level rather than at the billing system level. Each service application, such as a call forwarding service application, is programmed with application level data records in which are stored the parameters of a given promotion, such as number of free uses, the start time and stop time of the promotion or rental period, etc. Each time a service application is subsequently used, the customer's use of the service application is logged in a customer data record. The customer's use is then compared to a corresponding application level data record. Based on this comparison, a billing record is provided to the billing system which instructs the billing system to either bill or not to bill the customer for the particular use of the service application. No adjustment of the billing system is required for particular service application use because the billing system will receive a billing record with instructs it to bill or not to bill. A record for each use of the service may be placed on the customer's bill, but only those uses for which the customer is to be charged will have a corresponding cost entry.
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BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
Kuntz Curtis A.
Tieu Binh K.
Tocups Nora M.
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