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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert S. Block, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Richard J. Riccoboni, New Suffick, NY (US);
Alexander A. Wenger, Melville, NY (US);
Frederick H. Chapus, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jonathan R. Bramwell, San Diego, CA (US);
J. Roger Daugherty, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Real-Time Billing, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/760 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/760 ;
Abstract
A system and method are provided for real time subscriber billing in a standard network routing path. Account information is stored for at least one subscriber. A determination is made, based on the account information, whether the subscriber has a sufficient balance for a desired service. Service is authorized or denied to the subscriber based on the determination.