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Subscriber-initiated automated third party billing feature

  • US 6,381,317 B1
  • Filed: 04/06/2001
  • Issued: 04/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing caller initiated third party billing in a telecommunications system, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a predetermined number for accessing the third party billing feature from a caller;

    retrieving account information of the caller;

    receiving a phone number of a telephone terminal from which the caller is initiating a call;

    transmitting said account information and the initiating phone number to a billing server;

    transmitting said account information from the billing server to a local exchange carrier responsible for said initiating telephone terminal; and

    billing charges generated from an interexchange network made from the initiating telephone to said caller'"'"'s account.

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