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Method for determining an entity responsible for billing a called party

  • US 6,639,978 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2001
  • Issued: 10/28/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for determining an identity of a billing entity responsible for billing a called party of an alternatively billed telephone call, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a telephone number, the telephone number being associated with the called party;

    acquiring a billing entity identifier from a first database, the billing entity identifier being an operating company number (OCN) associated with the telephone number;

    invoking an originating line number screening (OLNS) query to a line information database (LIDB) database associated with the telephone number of the called party;

    receiving an OCN in response to the OLNS query; and

    replacing the billing entity identifier acquired from said first database with the OCN received in response to the OLNS query.

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