摘要 |
<p>A system is described for delivering telephone access numbers for long-distance telephone service providers over the Internet or other interconnected network of computers. A customer uses his or her data sharing device, such as a personal computer, to access a supplier of telephone access numbers over the Internet. Upon receipt of a request for the telephone access number, which may be accompanied by customer information, payment information, and/or a quantity-of-service amount, the central computer delivers to the customer's data sharing device the telephone access number together with a password for use by the customer to dial the long-distance telephone service provider.</p> |