SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND ASSOCIATING TARIFF RATES FOR INSTITUTIONAL CALLS
First Claim
1. A telecommunications management system, comprising:
- a telephone for making a telephone call, wherein the telephone is contained in an institutional telephone management system, and wherein the telephone dials a telephone number of or associated with a called party;
an account management system configured to register a called party user account, the called party user account registration including;
receiving credit card information from the called party, the credit card info nation including a credit card number and a credit card expiration date, and geographic information;
forwarding a verification request to a remote credit card service company, the request including the obtained credit card information;
receiving from the remote credit card service company a verification result; and
associate the telephone number and the geographic information with the called party user account based on the verification result.
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Abstract
A telecommunications method for call forwarding including storing information regarding a called party in at least one local database, where the information regarding the called party is stored in a user account and making a telephone call by dialing a telephone number with a telephone, where the telephone is contained in a telephone management system. The method also includes determining whether the telephone number is associated with the user account and transferring, via the switchboard, the call to the called party if the telephone number is associated with the user account, where the telephone management system is in communication with a revenue management system, and also where the revenue management system contains at least one local database.
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20 Claims
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1. A telecommunications management system, comprising:
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a telephone for making a telephone call, wherein the telephone is contained in an institutional telephone management system, and wherein the telephone dials a telephone number of or associated with a called party; an account management system configured to register a called party user account, the called party user account registration including; receiving credit card information from the called party, the credit card info nation including a credit card number and a credit card expiration date, and geographic information; forwarding a verification request to a remote credit card service company, the request including the obtained credit card information; receiving from the remote credit card service company a verification result; and associate the telephone number and the geographic information with the called party user account based on the verification result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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associating a telephone number with a called party user account, the called party user account including geographic information regarding the location of the called party; activating the called party user account; verifying the geographic information using an account setup process after activation of the called party user account, the account setup process comprising; receiving credit card information from the called party, the credit card information including the geographic information; verifying the geographic information of the called party based on the received credit card information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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