WO1998039910A1 - Taxation dynamique divisee d'appels telephoniques - Google Patents

Taxation dynamique divisee d'appels telephoniques Download PDF

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WO1998039910A1
WO1998039910A1 PCT/US1998/002493 US9802493W WO9839910A1 WO 1998039910 A1 WO1998039910 A1 WO 1998039910A1 US 9802493 W US9802493 W US 9802493W WO 9839910 A1 WO9839910 A1 WO 9839910A1
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Hosagrahar V. Jagadish
Inderpal S. Mumick
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At & T Corp.
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/07—Split billing, i.e. both A-party and B-party charged for the communication
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/64—Split billing, sharing the cost of calls, e.g. between calling and called parties

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  • the present invention relates to the processing of telephone calls
  • calling allows a caller to shift the cost of individual calls to the
  • the authorization signal is
  • the authorization signal is developed in response to actions taken by the user
  • This prior art system does not provide a subscriber with
  • a toll-free number is provided to a customer to access a provider
  • the toll-free call is converted to a billable call during or
  • This method provides the capability to
  • the present invention is a method and system for billing a
  • terminating subscriber is billed by first connecting the telephone call
  • the billing portion may be specified as a percentage, a monetary
  • Split billing may be initiated by the originating
  • Split billing may be initiated by the terminating subscriber in
  • Fig. la is a block diagram of one embodiment a telephone call
  • Fig. lb is a block diagram of the telephone call billing system of
  • Fig. la showing AMA records according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 2a is a flow diagram of the operation of a dynamic split
  • Fig. 2b is a flowchart depicting the steps involved in a
  • Fig. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a telephone
  • Fig. 4 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a telephone
  • FIG. la there is shown a block diagram of a
  • AMA Automatic Message Accounting
  • a billable call may be initiated at telephone 102 and routed through
  • switch 106 e.g., an AT&T 4ESS ) switch, to telephone 104.
  • the switch 106 e.g., an AT&T 4ESS ) switch, to telephone 104.
  • AMA record 110 which includes the information
  • the AMA record is passed to CDD 108. It
  • transmission media that may be used for passing the data from the
  • suitable protocols include the well
  • Protocol/Internet Protocol and suitable transmission media
  • a billing analysis system 112 which may be a
  • the billing analysis system performs its functions the instant the
  • the subscriber specific data is fragmented across multiple
  • subscriber profile databases 114, 116 and 118 As shown in the
  • the volume of subscriber and telephone call data makes it
  • AMA individual call
  • one type of accumulated summary information may
  • a subscriber may subscribe to a plan in
  • the summary information is stored in a Summary
  • SD Database
  • AMA records are stored in the
  • CDD summary information are stored in the SD, and processed AMA
  • the present invention may be
  • a subscriber places a call from calling station 152. Each call is
  • the AMA record includes an indication of a primary
  • the primary subscriber is the
  • AMA record also includes split billing information 161, which
  • the split portion may be indicated in several
  • the present invention handles split billing for both inbound and
  • outbound services In outbound service, the originating subscriber is
  • the originating subscriber is
  • AM Automatic Number Identification
  • ANI system the number of the telephone station from which a call is
  • the terminating subscriber is indicated as the secondary
  • the dialed number is used for this
  • the originating subscriber may be responsible for the cost of the call.
  • the originating subscriber may be responsible for the cost of the call.
  • the dialed number is
  • the originating subscriber is indicated as the
  • the ANI is used for this
  • the AMA record is passed to CDD 158, making the record
  • the AMA record is passed from CDD 158 to
  • billing analysis system 162 which determines the cost of the call.
  • Billing analysis system 162 determines a total cost of the call based on
  • Billing analysis system 162 then generates processed AMA record 163, which includes the charges for the call that are to be
  • the AMA records are generated based on each subscriber's
  • Fig. 2a The process begins with an originating subscriber
  • split billing may be indicated by entering a first
  • network switch 156 which
  • an audio prompt such as a tone or voice message
  • the secondary subscriber then indicates the portion of the
  • the portion may be indicated by
  • Network switch 156 then generates an AMA record 160,
  • the AMA record is passed to the CDD (step 208).
  • billing analysis system then performs the processing necessary to bill
  • Fig. 2b shows, in flowchart form, a procedure that a billing
  • analysis system may use to perform dynamic split billing processing
  • AMA record such as 160a from CDD 158
  • the first step billing analysis system 162 takes is to rate the total call (step 252). It then determines the portion of the total call that is to be
  • step 254 It must then match the rated call to the
  • ANI Number Identification
  • the terminating subscriber may be identified based on the dialed
  • telephone such as 152 or 154, may be determined and passed to the
  • the billing analysis system along with the AMA record.
  • Each priced call value may be added to
  • call value (processed AMA record) for each subscriber is stored in the
  • step 262 would involve storing the priced call value and the current
  • analysis system may adjust charges for old calls to reflect certain types
  • Fig. 3 there is shown an alternative billing plans, such as usage based discount billing plans (step 260).
  • the subscriber profiles are not shown, but are similar to
  • a call may be
  • the call is routed by a network switch 306, which generates an
  • the AMA record 310 for the call.
  • the AMA record is passed to a billing
  • the AMA record to produce a processed AMA record.
  • the AMA record
  • the billing analysis system of Fig. 3 includes a SD 313.
  • Fig. 3 also includes an integrated subscriber profile - although, it
  • each individual call record is received and rated in real-time, the summary information being stored in the SD 313.
  • Fig. 4 shows another embodiment of a telephone system in
  • telephone 402 may be directed to a second telephone 404 through a
  • the AMA record is passed to a Rating
  • the RC is a unit which performs the functions of
  • the CDD and billing analysis system may therefore be any CDD and billing analysis system.
  • the RC may include a SD 413 for storing the
  • a call may be initiated by a fax machine and directed to a
  • a call may be initiated by a single
  • a call may be initiated by a fax machine and

Abstract

On taxe un appel téléphonique passé par un abonné émetteur à un abonné récepteur en connectant d'abord l'appel téléphonique entre l'abonné émetteur et l'abonné récepteur. Un signal déclenchant la taxation divisée est reçu, après quoi un signal indiquant une portion de taxation est reçu. L'abonné émetteur et l'abonné récepteur sont tous deux taxés pour au moins une partie du coût de l'appel téléphonique, en fonction de la portion de taxation indiquée. La portion de taxation peut être spécifiée sous forme de pourcentage, de valeur pécuniaire, ou d'intervalle de temps. La taxation divisé peut être déclenchée par l'abonné émetteur dans une situation dans laquelle l'abonné récepteur assumait le coût intégral de l'appel avant le déclenchement de la taxation divisée. La taxation divisé peut être déclenchée par l'abonné récepteur dans le cas où l'abonné émetteur assumait le coût intégral de l'appel avant le déclenchement de la taxation divisée.
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