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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1996
Steven J Hogan, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Kristi T Feltz, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Douglas R Murdock, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
LinkUSA Corporation, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for processing telephone calls and providing enhanced services is presented. The call processing system includes a billing system that processes billing information records for completed calls. The billing system applies rate information stored in a rate file to the completed call parameters contained within the billing information record. Derived billing information is subsequently stored in a toll file. The billing system also uses rate information stored in the rate file to respond, in real-time, to rate quote requests. Upon receipt of a rate quote request from a requesting system, the billing system retrieves rate information from the rate file, calculates a cost/minute of a desired call, and returns a rate quote to the requesting system.