ALLOCATING CHARGES FOR COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

摘要

A process and apparatus to facilitate communication between callers and callees in a system comprising a plurality of nodes with which callers and callees are associated is disclosed. In response to initiation of a call by a calling subscriber, a caller identifier and a callee identifier are received. Call classification criteria associated with the caller identifier are used to classify the call as a public network call or a private network call. A routing message identifying an address, on the private network, associated with the callee is produced when the call is classified as a private network call and a routing message identifying a gateway to the public network is produced when the call is classified as a public network call.

主权项

1. A computer implemented process for attributing charges for communications services, the process comprising:
causing a processor to determine a first chargeable time in response to a communication session time and a pre-defined billing pattern; causing the processor to determine a user cost value in response to the first chargeable time and a free time value associated with a user of the communications services; and causing the processor to change an account balance associated with the user in response to the user cost value.