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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:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
May. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roland Sawatzki, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Rolf Stiefel, Gerlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/500 ; H04M 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/500 ; H04M 1/700 ;
Abstract
In a method to accept call charges by the calling subscriber (A) for individual calls over a telephone network ( ), following an agreement on the allocation of the charges between two subscribers, the calling subscriber (A) sends a caller-specific signal as binding confirmation of this agreement, whereupon the calling subscriber (B) accepts the call. The caller-specific signal can be stored in the form of a digital code on a smart card ( ).