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Fixed calling party pays charges

  • US 6,556,818 B1
  • Filed: 04/24/2000
  • Issued: 04/29/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a telephone communications network comprising subscriber stations connected to landline switching facilities of a public switched telephone network (PSTN), the PSTN linked to a mobile switching center (MSC), a method for processing a call placed from a subscriber station to a mobile station of a Calling Party Pays (CPP) service subscriber, said method comprising the steps of:

  • in response to placement of said call, accessing a call processing record (CPR) for the calling subscriber station in a remote PSTN database;

    determining whether the CPR for the calling subscriber station indicates subscription to service billing coverage for outgoing CPP calls from the calling subscriber station;

    in response to a CPP billing coverage subscription determination in said determining step, transmitting a signaling message to a mobile switching center (MSC) associated with the called mobile station, said message including the calling station telephone number in a first altered form; and

    routing the call through the MSC for completion to the called mobile station without accounting for air time charges.

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