Telephonic communications – With usage measurement – Call charge metering or monitoring
Patent
1996-08-14
1998-06-30
Kuntz, Curtis A.
Telephonic communications
With usage measurement
Call charge metering or monitoring
379114, 379121, 379132, 379144, 379229, H04M 1500
Patent
active
057745331
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for providing a billing directed communication service that allows the originating party to provide billing instructions on a per-communication basis. An originating party initiates a billing directed communication transmitting a unitary request in a predefined format. Initiating a billing directed communication does not require the originating party to engage in an interactive communication set-up procedure. The billing directed communication service may be applied to a particular telephone line 14a or cellular mobile radiotelephone (CMR) 16e so that any originating party knowing the appropriate unitary request format may use the service. Such a billing directed communication service may be accessed only by originating a communication using a telephone line 14a or CMR 16e to which the service has been applied. Alternatively, the billing directed communication service may be applied to a particular billing code such as a billing code associated with a particular terminating station. In this case, a billing directed communication service may be accessed from any originating station 16. The billing directed communication service may also be applied to a particular mobile telephone switching office (MTSO) 50 operated by a cellular mobile communication service provider. In this case, the accounting and billing resources of a land-based telecommunications system 11 provide accounting and billing services for a cellular mobile communication service provider.
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BellSouth Corporation
Kuntz Curtis A.
Tieu Binh K.
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