Method of billing in an abbreviated dialing service
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1. A method of assigning a charge to an operator of an abbreviated dialing code service for a call placed by a caller having dialed an abbreviated dialing code, comprising:
- receiving an alternate billing number associated with the abbreviated dialing code, the alternate billing number originating from a service control point;
receiving an accounting number associated with the abbreviated dialing code, the accounting number originating from the service control point;
receiving an abbreviated dialing code accounting record associated with the call placed by the caller;
entering an entry associated with an account of the operator of the abbreviated dialing code service, based upon the alternate billing number, indicating that the call was placed, so that the operator of the abbreviated dialing code service may be billed for the call; and
discarding the abbreviated dialing code accounting record, based upon the accounting number, so that the caller is not billed for the abbreviated dialing code call.
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Abstract
A telecommunications service translates an abbreviated dialing code into a toll free number, routes the call to an interexchange carrier, and manages the billing associated with the call. A billing system processes the billing such that a subscriber of the abbreviated dialing code service is billed for the call rather than a calling party.
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1. A method of assigning a charge to an operator of an abbreviated dialing code service for a call placed by a caller having dialed an abbreviated dialing code, comprising:
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receiving an alternate billing number associated with the abbreviated dialing code, the alternate billing number originating from a service control point;
receiving an accounting number associated with the abbreviated dialing code, the accounting number originating from the service control point;
receiving an abbreviated dialing code accounting record associated with the call placed by the caller;
entering an entry associated with an account of the operator of the abbreviated dialing code service, based upon the alternate billing number, indicating that the call was placed, so that the operator of the abbreviated dialing code service may be billed for the call; and
discarding the abbreviated dialing code accounting record, based upon the accounting number, so that the caller is not billed for the abbreviated dialing code call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for billing charges associated with an abbreviated dialing code call to an operator of an abbreviated dialing code service, comprising:
a billing system that receives a first and a second parameter originating from a service control point, enters a charge associated with the abbreviated dialing code call on an account of the operator, and discards a record associated with an account of a caller having used the abbreviated dialing code service. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A computer readable medium that stores a program for assigning a charge to an operator of an abbreviated dialing code service for a call placed by a caller having dialed an abbreviated dialing code, comprising:
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an alternate billing number receiving code segment that receives an alternate billing number associated with the abbreviated dialing code, the alternate billing number originating from a service control point;
an accounting number receiving code segment that receives an accounting number associated with the abbreviated dialing code, the accounting number originating from the service control point, and receives an abbreviated dialing code accounting record associated with the call placed by the caller;
an entering code segment that enters an entry associated with an account of the operator of the abbreviated dialing code service, based upon the alternate billing number, indicating that the abbreviated dialing code call was placed, so that the operator of the abbreviated dialing code service may be billed for the call; and
a discarding code segment that discards the abbreviated dialing code accounting record, based upon the accounting number, so that the caller is not billed for the abbreviated dialing code call. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer readable medium that stores a program for assigning a charge to an operator of an abbreviated dialing code service for a call placed by a caller having dialed an abbreviated dialing code, comprising:
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a determining code segment that determines an alternate billing number at a service control point, the alternate billing number being associated with the abbreviated dialing code for an area in which the call originated;
an entering code segment that enters an entry associated with an account of the operator of the abbreviated dialing code service indicating that the call was placed, so that the operator of the abbreviated dialing code service may be charged for the call; and
a discarding code segment that discards an abbreviated dialing code accounting record so that the caller is not charged for the call.
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