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Method and apparatus for facilitating the making of collect calls

  • US 5,463,677 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1993
  • Issued: 10/31/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for use in processing collect calls, comprising:

  • means for determining that a collect call placed by a caller to a called party is unacknowledged;

    means for recording a message from said caller;

    means, responsive to a received indication that said called party agrees to pay to receive said message, for supplying said message to said called party, said indication being received from said called party after the conclusion of said collect call; and

    means, responsive to said indication, for charging said called party for being supplied with said message.

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