Billing formatter for telephone systems utilizing intelligent peripherals in advanced intelligent network
First Claim
1. In an Advance Intelligent Network (AIN) comprising at least one central office switching system, wherein a peripheral subsystem is connected to said central office switching system, via a call connection channel, said peripheral subsystem comprising means for providing at least one auxiliary call processing capability via said call connection channel;
- and said peripheral subsystem comprising one or more voice peripherals for providing billing information over the AIN to a third party billing system;
a billing processing method comprising the steps of;
receiving raw billing data from one or more voice peripherals;
associating said raw billing data with a formatting object;
converting said raw billing data as specified in said formatting object into a formatted data object; and
outputting said data object to said third party billing system via the AIN.
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Abstract
A billing processing method is disclosed for a telephone system comprising at least one central office switching system, wherein a peripheral subsystem is connected to the central office switching systems via a call connection channel, the peripheral subsystem comprising means for providing at least one auxiliary call processing capability via the call connection channel; and the peripheral subsystem comprising means for providing billing information out to a central office communication network. The billing processing method comprising the steps of: (1) receiving raw billing data from the peripheral subsystem; (2) associating the raw billing data with a formatting object; (3) converting the raw billing data as specified in the formatting object into a formatted data object; and (4) outputting the data object to the central office communication network.
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6 Claims
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1. In an Advance Intelligent Network (AIN) comprising at least one central office switching system, wherein a peripheral subsystem is connected to said central office switching system, via a call connection channel, said peripheral subsystem comprising means for providing at least one auxiliary call processing capability via said call connection channel;
- and said peripheral subsystem comprising one or more voice peripherals for providing billing information over the AIN to a third party billing system;
a billing processing method comprising the steps of;receiving raw billing data from one or more voice peripherals; associating said raw billing data with a formatting object; converting said raw billing data as specified in said formatting object into a formatted data object; and outputting said data object to said third party billing system via the AIN. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6)
- and said peripheral subsystem comprising one or more voice peripherals for providing billing information over the AIN to a third party billing system;
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4. In an Advance Intelligent Network (AIN) comprising at least one central office switching system, wherein a plurality of peripheral subsystems are connected to said central office switching systems via a plurality of call connection channels, at least one group of said peripheral subsystems comprising one or more voice peripherals for providing billing information over the AIN to a third party billing system;
- a billing processing method comprising the steps of;
selecting one or more voice peripherals from one of said group of peripheral subsystems as source voice peripherals to provide billing information; receiving raw billing data from said source voice peripherals; associating said raw billing data with a formatting object; converting said raw billing data as specified in said formatting object into a formatted data object; and outputting said data object to said third party billing system via the AIN.
- a billing processing method comprising the steps of;
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