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Method and apparatus for phone tracking with deferred remote billing

US8027441B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 2007
Grant dateSep 27, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 27, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M15/00
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of accounting for activities in a system comprising a telephone handset, including associating use of the telephone handset with a user, allowing the user to perform a call through use of the telephone handset without providing billing information relating to the call, communicating unbilled call information to at least one user computer associated with the user through a network, and prompting the user to input billing data relating to the unbilled call information at the at least one computer associated with the user.

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