摘要 |
<p>Cellular telephone rental system and method wherein a point-of-purchase rental terminal (330) capturing transaction data, obtains validation thereof, and communicates same to a collector (220) which in turn instructs a switching system (108) to enable the cellular phone (101) to make and receive calls. The collector (220) examines in real time automatic message accounting data (110) in the switching system (108) and calculates call charges in real time. The collector (220) then transmits call data to the rental terminal (330) which provides both rental agency and the cellular phone (101) user call data in real time, with the call data also being transmitted to an account administration system nightly (440).</p> |