Methods and systems for providing on-line bills for use in communications services
US7734025B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 29, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2215/52
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communications system provides a bill for services provided to a user of the system, to a display device via a network. The display device may be a personal computer and the network may be the Internet, for example. A plurality of users may be parties to an account with the system and an indicator of the one of the plurality of users requesting a service may be associated with an entry in the bill for the requested service. A bill for communications services requested by a first party with respect to a second party may include an indicator, such as a name and/or location information, of the second party. The user may also have an option of receiving a bill without indicators. Information about a second party associated with a requested service may be transferred to a contacts folder maintained by the communications system. Methods and systems are disclosed.
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