Method for achieving third-number call billing
US5754633A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 19, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2215/64
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A party (12, 14, 16 and 18) to a telephone call carried by a telecommunications network (10) may effect transfer of the call charges that would otherwise be billed to that party by entering a billing transfer request after the call has been set up. Upon receipt of the billing transfer request, the network verifies whether the subscriber is authorized. If so, then a billing record created upon call set up is transferred to an alternative number designated by the subscriber.
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