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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karen A. Gross, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Thomas W. Lear, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Eddie L. Pickeral, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
WorldCom, Inc., Clinton, MS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/500 ;
Abstract
Direct Distance Dialing (DDD) access is provided for a communications services platform. A caller may dial a local DDD number or a long distance DDD number to access the communications services platform. A platform may provide a plurality of different communications services, including voicemail services, paging services, automatic routing services, and facsimile messaging services. Expenses associated with servicing the call are partitioned between a caller and a subscriber of the communications services platform in an intuitive and reasonable fashion.