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Billing system

  • US 5,841,847 A
  • Filed: 04/11/1997
  • Issued: 11/24/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A billing system for a service provider-client environment, which includes:

  • a service provider site;

    a telephone device disposed at said service provider site;

    means disposed at said service provider site operably associated with said telephone device for detecting when the telephone device is in use and generating a signal in response to said use;

    a first CPU disposed at said service provider site operably associated with said detecting means and having billing software means resident on said first CPU for enabling logging by a service provider of client data and service provider data, wherein said billing software means is automatically initiated in response to said signal and prompts a service provider to select one of a logging and no logging of said use, said billing software means includes means for accruing an amount of time of said use and associating said time with one client upon selection of said logging and said billing software means includes means for writing and storing data corresponding to said amount of time and said client in a memory associated with said first CPU.

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