At&t Bell Laboratories

David D Kaufman

Albert Friedes

Yong Zhou

Pamela J Lauber

Nga V Chau

Barbara J Kittredge

Reuben D Hauptman

James R Magura

Thomas P Howe

Pamela A Steinert

Mohan Venkataramana

Rachelle E Rees

Elizabeth V Courte

Patricia Lindblad

Irving Benyacar

A call billing method and apparatus establishes an ISDN connection between the network and a called location which enables the called location to specify call billing information to the network, via the ISDN connection, on a call-by-call basis. The method provides the called party real time access to network rate tables to specify call billing parameters needed to generate a separate billing record for each call made to the called location. Other features enable the caller or called location to provide various types of information for call billing purposes.

Method and apparatus for the billing of value-added communications calls

A call billing method and apparatus specifies, on a call-by-call basis, the calling charges incurred by a caller during a call to a sponsor-provided value-added service. The method provides the sponsor real time access to rate tables to specify call billing parameters needed to rate calls made to a sponsor number. A billing number is determined and validated and used to identify the party to receive a billing record for the call. A separate billing record is created for each call to the sponsor's number which includes sponsor-specified charges determined using the call billing parameters. Another feature enables the caller or called party to provide call billing parameters for billing and identificaiton purposes.

Method and apparatus for the billing of value-added communication calls

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David D Kaufman