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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1991
Michael W Funk, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Sue A Lawson, Eatontown, NJ (US);
David F McGuigan, Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A transaction recording and rating method and apparatus rates communication transactions completed using one or more Carrier Switched Network Point Of Attachment (CSN POA) locations of a communication network. The network stores a unique code for each CSN POA location. The rating systems store rating parameters associated with each CSN POA code. During a transaction (e.g., a call), one or more CSN POA locations are identified and their CSN POA codes are recorded. A transaction charge is calculated from the prestored rating parameter(s) obtained using the one or more CSN POA codes in addition to other information.