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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Minh Duy Khuc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Carl Milton Coppage, Harrisonville, MO (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Co., L.P., K. C., MO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379144 ; 379114 ;
Abstract
In a telecommunications network, a network host call server determines whether a call placed using a prepaid calling card was issued by a vendor other than the telecommunications carrier and if so, queries a database associated with the issuing vendor for information representing the telecommunications services associated with the card.
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