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Direct distance dialing (DDD) access to a communication services platform

  • US 6,493,438 B1
  • Filed: 10/04/1999
  • Issued: 12/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a telecommunications network having a platform for providing multiple communications services on behalf of a subscriber, a method of billing a call that is initiated from a caller to the subscriber and is serviced by the platform, comprising the steps of:

  • charging the caller for calling the subscriber, including charges from the caller'"'"'s point of origin to a direct distance dialing destination, the charges to the caller not including charges for the services by the platform; and

    charging the services by the platform to the subscriber, including charges from the direct distance dialing destination to a final destination.

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