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Telecommunication network arrangement for providing real time access to call records

  • US 5,506,893 A
  • Filed: 11/29/1994
  • Issued: 04/09/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of processing a billing record in a telecommunications system comprising the steps ofresponsive to receipt of a call placed by a caller, (a) sending a request to a centralized database requesting routing information indicative of the way in which said call is to be routed and (b) creating a call record to track details relating to said call,responsive to receipt of said routing information, directing said call toward its intended destination identified as a function of said routing information,responsive to said routing information including a predetermined indicator, inserting said indicator in said call record and sending said call record to a data server,at said data server, sending said call data record to a billing system if the associated call has been terminated and the call record contains a duration of time other than zero for the duration of the associated call, andresponsive to said call record containing said indicator, storing a copy of the call record in a memory that may be accessed by a customer associated with the call record, in which said customer is located external to said telecommunications system.

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