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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1993
Richard J Nici, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Bell Communications Research, Inc., Livingston, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for connecting and billing a first user on an Integrated Services Digital Network to a second user on a voice-band network for packet data and circuit switched data connections. A network access device is used to extract the first user's billing information and the called party's phone number from the data packets received in the case of data packet transmission and call set-up messages received on an ISDN interface in the case of circuit switched digital connections. A voice-band call to the second user is transmitted over the voice-band network. The billing identification sent by the first user is used to bill the first user for the voice-band call established from the network access device over the public switched telephone network to the second user.