Telephonic communications – With usage measurement – Call charge metering or monitoring
Patent
1990-04-16
1991-03-26
Schreyer, Stafford D.
Telephonic communications
With usage measurement
Call charge metering or monitoring
379121, 379135, 379201, H04M 1504, H04M 1508
Patent
active
050035843
ABSTRACT:
A call billing method and apparatus specifies, on a call-by-call basis, the calling charges incurred by a caller during a call to a sponsor-provided value-added service. The method provides the sponsor real time access to rate tables to specify call billing parameters needed to rate calls made to a sponsor number. A billing number is determined and validated and used to identify the party to receive a billing record for the call. A separate billing record is created for each call to the sponsor's number which includes sponsor-specified charges determined using the call billing parameters. Another feature enables the caller or called party to provide call billing parameters for billing and identificaiton purposes.
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Benyacar Irving
Courte Elizabeth V.
Friedes Albert
Howe Thomas P.
Kaufman David D.
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Caccuro John A.
Schreyer Stafford D.
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