发明名称 System and method for inbound call billing
摘要 A system and method for billing an incoming communication. A code is received from a calling party during the incoming communication. Expenses of the incoming communication are allocated to an account of the calling party in response to receiving the code. An invoice is generated for the calling party and a receiving party specifying the expenses.
申请公布号 US9118779(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.08.25
申请号 US201213712695 申请日期 2012.12.12
申请人 CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC 发明人 Gupta Shekhar
分类号 H04M15/00;H04M15/08 主分类号 H04M15/00
代理机构 Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C. 代理人 Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.
主权项 1. A method for billing expenses related to communication between a calling party and a receiving party, the method comprising: receiving, at a telephone switch, a billing code from a calling party during the communication; allocating expenses of the communication, which expenses are unrelated to telecommunication services, to an account of the calling party based on the received billing code, the expenses unrelated to telecommunication services comprising professional service fees of a professional participating in the communication, the professional service fees calculated by multiplying a billing rate of the professional by a duration of the communication; allocating expenses of telecommunication services based on the received billing code, the additional telecommunication services including two or more services selected from the group consisting of minutes used for calls, text messages, chats, and Internet access; and generating an invoice for the calling party, the invoice specifying the expenses and the billing code.
地址 Denver CO US
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