Telephonic communications – With usage measurement – Call charge metering or monitoring
Patent
1996-11-19
1998-12-08
Loomis, Paul
Telephonic communications
With usage measurement
Call charge metering or monitoring
379137, 379134, H04M 1500
Patent
active
058481397
ABSTRACT:
Delay-tolerant calls access slack capacity in a telecommunications network under variable pricing controlled by the network so as to permit the network to pick up or stimulate background traffic loads as and when desired to gain revenue from background idle capacity.
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Lambert Anthony R.
Loomis Paul
Telecommunications Research Laboratories
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