System and method for generating a personalized bill using a personal address book
First Claim
1. A method of creating a personalized phone bill using a subscriber'"'"'s personal address book, comprising:
- obtaining usage data for a subscriber'"'"'s activity on a device;
obtaining entries from a subscriber'"'"'s personal address book;
comparing the usage data with the entries in the subscriber'"'"'s personal address book to find matching entries;
replacing the usage data on the personalized phone bill with the matching entries from the subscriber'"'"'s personal address book; and
listing the matching entries from the personal address book in a usage section of a subscriber'"'"'s phone bill, thereby creating a personalized phone bill.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for creating a personalized phone bill populated with names from a subscriber'"'"'s personal address book on the subscriber'"'"'s device. A billing application receives a request to generate a phone bill for a subscriber, and obtains usage data for that subscriber'"'"'s device. In one embodiment, the billing application then sends a request to a translation server to search a network address book, which is synchronized with the personal address book on a subscriber'"'"'s device, to match the usage data with the names from the network address book. The matched names are then transmitted from the translation server to the billing application, where the billing application includes the matched names in a usage section of the bill, thereby generating a personalized phone bill that a subscriber can more easily review and understand.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of creating a personalized phone bill using a subscriber'"'"'s personal address book, comprising:
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obtaining usage data for a subscriber'"'"'s activity on a device; obtaining entries from a subscriber'"'"'s personal address book; comparing the usage data with the entries in the subscriber'"'"'s personal address book to find matching entries; replacing the usage data on the personalized phone bill with the matching entries from the subscriber'"'"'s personal address book; and listing the matching entries from the personal address book in a usage section of a subscriber'"'"'s phone bill, thereby creating a personalized phone bill. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for creating a personalized phone bill using a subscriber'"'"'s personal address book, comprising:
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a synchronization server to synchronize a subscriber'"'"'s personal address book with a network address book, wherein the network address book is stored on a network database; a translation server for comparing a subscriber'"'"'s usage data with the information on the network address book to find matching entries; a billing application for providing the subscriber'"'"'s usage data to the translation server, and for receiving the matching entries from the translation server to generate a personalized bill by listing the matching entries in a usage section of a subscriber'"'"'s phone bill. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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