Systems and methods for selecting a billing group in an internet protocol environment
US8775308B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/2044
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A IP telephony service allows customers to form user groups. Each user group can include multiple members, each of whom have their own telephony device. Each user group is assigned a unique group identifier, which can be a telephone number. As a result, a single telephony device belonging to a member of a user group can be associated with its own unique telephone number, and the telephone number of the user group. This also means that a member's telephony device could be associated with multiple different billing accounts. The system allows a user to select which of multiple different billing accounts that are associated with his telephony device are to be billed for outgoing communications.
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