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Automatic generation of billing records at a telephone paystation

  • US 4,920,562 A
  • Filed: 01/23/1989
  • Issued: 04/24/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A telecommunications system for processing a telephone call made by a user of the system, comprising:

  • a pay telephone station;

    circuitry at said station for creating and storing a billing record associated with the call containing information relating to the identity of an appropriate party to be billed for the call and information relating to a rate to be charged for the call and a chargeable amount of time for the call; and

    circuitry for transferring the billing record from said station to a storage unit to enable the subsequent billing of charges associated with the call to said appropriate party.

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