Parallel data network billing and collection system
US6684333B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2215/22
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A billing and collection system comprising an access management computer for enabling payment for a service provided over a data network to be made for a telephone connection to a shared revenue billing network where the telephone connection to the billing network regulates access to the service provided over the data network, the data network including at least one information provider presenting at least one service for on-line access by a user with a user computer through the data network, the billing network and access management computer adapted for controlling access to the information provider and billing the user for access to the information provider, the access management computer communicating with the data network to enable and terminate access to the information provider through the user computer with the billing network sharing revenues for the telephone connection with the information provider.
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