US Patent No: 6,771,753

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Billing for abbreviated dialing plan service

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Abstract

A billing method and system include discounting a customer's billing for telephone calls completed in a wide area centrex/PBX network, which includes an abbreviated dialing plan. A service control point (SCP) determines a call type code based upon a calling station and a called station of a telephone call. The SCP determines whether the call type code is eligible for discounted billing. When the call type code is eligible, the SCP generates a unique billing record that is forwarded to a service switching point (SSP). The SSP receives the forwarded unique billing record and modifies the billing record to indicate that a discount should be applied to the billing for the call when the call is completed. When the SSP does not receive the unique billing record, it creates a normal billing record.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC.AUSTIN, TX171

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fleischer, III Harold C St. Louis, MO 27 902
Morales, Louis Michael Wittier, CA 5 43
Simino, John E San Antonio, TX 22 229
Stroud, Kenneth Robert Lago Vista, TX 37 204

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ALCATEL SEL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (1)
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CALLMANAGE, LTD. (1)
5,862,203 Telecommunications call management system 115 1996
 
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (1)
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SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC. (1)
5,974,133 Method and apparatus for facilitating communication across multiple locations 108 1996
 
TTA WIRELESS TRANSFER CO., LLC (1)
6,490,345 Dialing plan service including outgoing call screening, remote tie-line routing, call data reporting and billing 27 2001

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cites

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (1)
7,924,991 Report data capture via billing module 0 2009
 
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. (1)
7,697,671 Enhanced-software defined data network 1 2005
 
MILLER ASSET, LLC (1)
7,454,003 Telephone call control methods 0 2006
 
SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. (1)
7,529,355 Report data capture via billing module 0 2004

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