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Instant calling card provisioning system

  • US 5,481,600 A
  • Filed: 01/17/1995
  • Issued: 01/02/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating a computer system for billing a calling card call completed over a communications switching system, said method comprising the steps of:

  • assigning in a database a calling card number associated with a subscriber for whom at least one billing parameter is unavailable and is needed to create a complete billing record when said card number is used;

    in response to receiving in said database a request for a calling card call to be charged to said calling card number, validating said calling card number;

    storing in said database billing data associated with said calling card call and said calling card number upon completion of said calling card call; and

    in response to receiving signals indicative of availability of said at least one billing parameter, generating a billing record for said calling card call by entering said at least one billing parameter in at least one specific field in said billing record and by processing said stored billing data to be included in said billing record.

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