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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Applicants:
David Trop, Newark, NJ (US);
Eli Silberstein, Newark, NJ (US);
Inventors:
David Trop, Newark, NJ (US);
Eli Silberstein, Newark, NJ (US);
Assignee:
IDT Corporation, Newark, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04G007/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A subscriber to a wireless service provider can make calls in a conventional manner, and can receive calls from a caller in a mode in which the caller rather than the subscriber is charged. More particularly, a request for connection to the subscriber from the caller is received by an administrating server which determines if the call can be charged to the caller and then generates such a charge. Preferably the administrating server is part of a payment platform provided to generate an account for the subscriber to pay for outgoing (and, selectively, incoming) calls.