Patent · US Expired

Telephone billing method

US5146491A · kind A · utility

209Cited by
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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 8, 1991
Grant dateSep 8, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 8, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2215/0196
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of telephone billing comprise providing a toll-free number to a customer to access a provider in a toll-free call from an originating customer telephone number, receiving the originating customer telephone number in response to the toll-free call, converting the toll-free call to a billable call during or after the toll-free call and billing the billable call to the originating customer telephone number.

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