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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roland Sawatzki, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Rolf Stiefel, Gerlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/700 ;
Abstract
A method of accepting the charges for individual connections in a telephone network is proposed, where the called subscriber station signals the cost acceptance, in that an identification number stored on a chip card is read by a card reader,of the subscriber terminal,, and/or is transmitted to the central unit,together with a cost acceptance signal. To carry out the method, the telephone network contains means for processing the transmitted binding cost acceptance signals and switch-off signals. The terminals must be able to transmit the corresponding signals.