| 摘要 |
The present invention accomplishes billing and collection of multimedia IP calls with Receiver designated fee schemes, enabling advance services such as personal 800 or 900 service in the conventional telephony. Internet users register as members via member sub-system, and acquire a unique member ID across the member pool by downloading and installing client-software, and login to the communication sub-system and enter a "stand-by for communication" mode. Member chooses a fee flow method among options of "Pay-to-Answer(PA)", "Charge-to-Answer(CA)" , and "Free-to-Answer(FA)", and set member's own per-pulse fee rate. Depending on members chosen fee scheme, in case of a CA member, call can be answered without having to deposit stored value into members fee account, because fee will flow from caller to receiver, and benefit the receiving member. In case of a PA or FA fee flow methods, the receiving member will have to purchase via transaction sub-system and deposit into the stored-value fee account, in order to fulfill the fee flow paying to the caller and system. Depending on the Called (receiving) member's chosen fee scheme, in case of a PA or FA call, calling member can be cleared for the call, because the calling party will benefit from the call and there is no need for the caller to pay any fee. In case of a CA call, the calling member will have to purchase via transaction sub-system and deposit into the stored-value fee account, in order to fulfill the fee flow paying to the called (receiving) member and system.
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