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Method and system for billing toll-free calls from public telephones

  • US 6,222,912 B1
  • Filed: 02/18/1999
  • Issued: 04/24/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for identifying a responsible organization (Resp Org) for a toll-free telephone call, the Resp Org defined as an entity designated to manage a customer'"'"'s Toll-Free service record (CR) in a Service Management System/800 (SMS/800), the method comprising the steps of:

  • generating a query for Resp Org data corresponding to a toll-free telephone number received by a Service Switching Point (SSP) switch;

    sending the generated query to a Service Control Point (SCP);

    extracting Resp Org identification data from a response to the query, the response sent by the SCP; and

    storing the extracted Resp Org identification data so the Resp Org for the telephone number at the time of the call is available for billing or auditing.

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