Call toll processing method and call toll processing apparatus

• US 5,594,787 A
• Filed: 07/19/1995
• Issued: 01/14/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Ohshima, Kenichi, Nakaya, Tomoki, Kudoh, Koji, Ishikawa, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Wellington
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shankar, Vijay
• Application Number:
  US08/503,941
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 379/111-115, 379/121, 379/125-127, 379/221
• US Class Current: 379/114.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP

Abstract

The call toll processing method comprises a calling party toll data input step wherein calling party toll data is input from a toll processing data table that stores calling party toll data determined on the basis of data regarding the distance from the originating subscriber to the originating exchange accommodating the originating subscriber, a location data extraction step wherein location data relating to the terminating exchange accommodating the terminating subscriber having the dialed number input by the originating subscriber is extracted from dialing data, a called party toll data input step wherein called party toll data determined on the basis of data regarding the distance from the terminating subscriber to the terminating exchange is input from the terminating exchange, and a call toll computation step wherein call tolls between the originating subscriber and the terminating subscriber are computed on the basis of at least calling party toll data input in the calling party toll data input step, location data extracted in the location data extraction step, and calling party toll data input in the called party toll data input step.

Claims

1. A telephone communication system comprising:

a plurality of telephones; and

a plurality of exchanges for establishing calls among said plurality of telephones,

each exchange including;

called party toll area data transmitting means for transmitting when a call is established, a called party toll area data specifying a toll area in which a called telephone is located,

calling party toll area data determining means for determining a calling party toll area specifying a toll area in which a calling telephone is located,

location data determining means for determining location data regarding an exchange connected to the called telephone by analyzing a dialing data inputted from the calling telephone,

called party toll area data receiving means for receiving the called party toll area data transmitted by said called party toll area data transmitting means in the exchange connected to the called telephone,

measuring means for measuring a duration of the call,

means for obtaining a unit data from the called party toll area data received by said called party toll area data receiving means, the location data determined by said location data determining means, and the calling party toll area data determined by said calling party toll area data determining means, and

call toll computing means for computing a call toll for the call on the basis of the unit data obtained by said means for obtaining a unit data and the duration measured by said measuring means.

2. The telephone communication system according to claim 1,

wherein said called party toll area data transmitting means transmits the called party toll area data when the called telephone answers the call.

3. The telephone communication system according to claim 2,

wherein said call toll computing means computes the call toll taking into consideration a time period and the day of the call.

4. A telephone communication system comprising:

a plurality of telephones;

a plurality of exchanges each of which is connected to at least one telephone among said telephones,

each exchange including;

address signal transmitting means for transmitting an address signal containing a dialing data inputted from a calling telephone, and

called party toll area data transmitting means for transmitting, when a call is established, a called party toll area data specifying a toll area in which a called telephone is located; and

a trunk exchange for relaying signals between every two exchanges among said plurality of exchanges,

said trunk exchange including;

trunk toll area data determining means for determining trunk toll area data specifying an exchange connected to the calling telephone on the basis of a received address signal,

location data determining means for determining location data specifying an exchange connected to the called telephone using the dialing data contained in the received address signal,

called party toll area data receiving means for receiving the called party toll area data transmitted by said called party toll area data transmitting means in the exchange connected to the called telephone,

measuring means for measuring a duration of the call,

means for obtaining a unit data from the called party toll area data received by said called party toll area data receiving means, the location data determined by said location data determining means, and the trunk toll area data determined by said trunk toll area data determining means, and

call toll computing means for computing a call toll for the call on the basis of the unit data obtained by said means for obtaining a unit data and the duration measured by said measuring means.

5. The telephone communication system according to claim 4,

wherein said called party toll area data transmitting means transmits the called party toll area data when the called telephone answers the call.

6. The telephone communication system according to claim 5,

wherein said call toll computing means computes the call toll taking into consideration a time period and the day of the call.