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Method for allowing a called party to allocate call payment responsibility

US6373931B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 19, 1997
Grant dateApr 16, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2215/62
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method provides a wireless subscriber with the capability of selectively changing the assignment of the party that pays for a call for which the wireless subscriber is terminating terminal. The subscriber can register with a switching center and select an option that places the payment responsibility on a calling party. Then when a calling party initiates a call to the wireless subscriber the switching center forwards a notice to the calling party that the responsibility for paying for the call rests with the calling party. The wireless subscriber can at any subsequent time elect to accept the responsibility for calls to the subscriber.

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