Method and system for generating a user's telecommunications bill

• US 6,668,046 B1
• Filed: 05/18/1999
• Issued: 12/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Albal, Nandakishore Anant
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, QUOC DUC
• Application Number:
  US09/313,688
• Time in Patent Office: 1,680 Days
• Field of Search: 379/111-120, 379/126, 379/133, 379/134, 379/135, 379/121, 379/127, 379/112.01, 379/114.01, 379/114.02, 379/114.03, 379/114.05, 379/114.28, 379/114.29, 379/201.02, 379/221.02, 455/405-408, 705/40, 705/400
• US Class Current: 379/119
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/44 Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0104 Augmented, consolidated or itemised billing statement, e.g. additional billing information, bill presentation, layout, format, e-mail, fax, printout, itemised bill per service or per account, cumulative billing, consolidated billing

Abstract

A method for generating a bill includes a communication node including an address book. A determination is made as to whether a phone number called by the user matches a stored number in the address book. A bill including a name and a location associated with the stored number is generated.

Claims

1. A method of generating a bill for a user comprising the steps of:

receiving an incoming call from the user;

placing an outgoing call directed to a phone number of a called party;

creating a call record associated with the outgoing call after completion of the outgoing call, the call record including the phone number of the called party;

determining if the phone number of the called party stored in the call record matches any phone number stored in a database;

determining a name and a location associated with the phone number; and

generating the bill having a plurality of entries, each entry including the name, the location, and a particular transport system of a plurality of transport systems associated with the phone number, wherein the plurality of transport systems route calls from one location to another.

2. A method of generating a bill comprising:

selecting a transport system among a plurality of available transport systems for a call, wherein the plurality of available transport systems route calls from one location to another;

selecting a carrier among a plurality of available carrier systems on the transport system for the call;

connecting the call between a subscriber with the transport system for a period of time; and

generating the bill that identifies a plurality of calls and includes the transport system for each call and the carrier for each call.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the bill further includes a quality of service for the period of time.