Telephonic communications – With usage measurement – Call charge metering or monitoring
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-27
2005-12-27
Kuntz, Curtis (Department: 2643)
Telephonic communications
With usage measurement
Call charge metering or monitoring
C379S127030, C379S202010
Reexamination Certificate
active
06980632
ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the present invention relate to billing for services in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) environment. A first call is received at a service node from a service switching point located in the AIN. A second call is established through the service switching point to a called party. The first call is bridged with the second call and the bridged call is monitored for signaling information. The bridged call is processed based on the monitored signaling information. A billing module is created for the processed call at the service node. The billing module may include service values related to billing information for the processed call. The processed call may be merged back into the service switching point and the created billing module for the processed call may be sent to the service switching point for ultimate delivery to a billing system.
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Brown Devinne H.
Chang Hwey
Khan Romel R.
Koptiw Michael
Rule Antoinette
AT&T Corp.
Kuntz Curtis
Taylor Barry W.
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