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Method and apparatus for location-sensitive, subsidized cell phone billing

  • US 20020123934A1
  • Filed: 07/05/2001
  • Published: 09/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining the billing rate of mobile telecommunications connections, comprising the steps of:

  • a. determining whether a location of a mobile telecommunications unit (MU) is within a predetermined subsidized zone; and

    b. reducing a standard billing rate for a telecommunications connection associated with the MU when the location of the MU is within the predetermined subsidized zone during at least a portion of the telecommunications connection, wherein the predetermined subsidized zone is associated with a proximity to a commercial establishment.

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