| 摘要 |
A method of operating a telephony network to set up reverse-charge calls is disclosed. A caller dials the telephone number of a call recipient, and the network rings the telephone of the call recipient. The call recipient may send a response signal to the network indicating willingness to accept a reverse-charge or shared-charge call. The response signal will typically be a busy divert signal to the called recipient's own number. The network processes the response signal to initiate billing of the call recipient and routes a modified call request to the call recipient and/or caller, confirming that a reverse-charge or shared-charge call has been set up. The called recipient can then accept the call in the usual way, being billed accordingly, or can choose to divert the call or not to answer it. |
