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Method and apparatus for providing a clean accounting close for a real time billing system

  • US 6,092,055 A
  • Filed: 05/14/1997
  • Issued: 07/18/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer system, a method of performing real time billing of accounts, comprising the steps of:

  • during close billing of a billing cycle, receiving a transaction event for an account;

    locking the account;

    determining if the account has already been billed in the billing cycle;

    if the account has not already been billed in the billing cycle, close billing the account without billing the transaction event;

    posting the transaction event to the account; and

    unlocking the account.

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