Preferred billing rate pre-paid telephone calling card

Abstract

System and a method for facilitating the use of a preferred, discount rate pre-paid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involved a data storage system for storing data corresponding to a pre-paid telephone calling card and at least one location identifier related to the pre-paid telephone calling card. The location identifier(s) corresponding to at least one telephone call service rate. The system and method also include and involve a pre-paid telephone calling card processing system that is coupled to the data storage system and which is configured to receive the location identifier(s) during a setup call over a telephone network and to cause the location identifier(s) to be stored in the data storage system during the setup call. During an access telephone call, such as one in which an outbound telephone call may be made in accordance with a pre-paid telephone calling card to a terminating telephone number based on at least one location identifier, a calling party may realize preferred, discounted telephone service rates. Such rates may be used to bill calls against available call usage units, etc. based on a selected location identifier.