Telephonic communications – With check operated control – Other than coin
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-07
2006-11-07
Tran, Quoc (Department: 2614)
Telephonic communications
With check operated control
Other than coin
C379S143000, C379S114200, C379S127020, C379S127030
Reexamination Certificate
active
07133509
ABSTRACT:
A set activation fee pay telephone permits a telephone customer to place a telephone call from a pay telephone if the customer presents valid billing information, and charges the customer a fixed fee for the call, plus any other applicable network charges. The set activation pay telephone accepts two inputs: a telephone number the customer desires to call and billing information. The set activation fee pay telephone stores the telephone number locally and transmits the billing information to a network element. A determination is made as to whether the billing information is valid. Typically, the determination is made by querying a billing database. If the billing information is valid, then an approval signal is transmitted to the set activation fee pay telephone. Once the set activation fee pay telephone receives the approval signal, it passes the telephone number stored in memory to the PSTN and the call is placed normally. Once the customer terminates the call, a set activation fee is added to the customer's bill reflecting the cost for the use of the set activation fee pay telephone in addition to any other applicable network charges.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4517411 (1985-05-01), Casner
patent: 4897870 (1990-01-01), Golden
patent: 5745884 (1998-04-01), Carnegie et al.
patent: 5748717 (1998-05-01), Chan et al.
patent: 5850432 (1998-12-01), Desai et al.
patent: 6020980 (2000-02-01), Freeman
patent: 6188752 (2001-02-01), Lesley
patent: 6222912 (2001-04-01), Breuer
patent: 6320947 (2001-11-01), Joyce et al.
patent: 6351453 (2002-02-01), Nolting et al.
patent: 6430277 (2002-08-01), Roadifer et al.
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
Cantor & Colburn LLP
Tran Quoc
LandOfFree
Method and system for charging a set activation fee for pay... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Method and system for charging a set activation fee for pay..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and system for charging a set activation fee for pay... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3658261