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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2002
Bonnie Clark, Danville, CA (US);
Emma M. Espinoza, St. Lous, MO (US);
Catherine E. Harris, Wildwood, MO (US);
Margaret M. Hassel, Belleville, IL (US);
Anita Elizabeth Neroda, San Ramon, CA (US);
Michael Thane Paquette, Ballwin, MO (US);
Danny Lee Roper, Grover, MO (US);
Carolyn Marie Ukena, San Ramon, CA (US);
Stephen James Votava, Des Peres, MO (US);
Bonnie Clark, Danville, CA (US);
Emma M. Espinoza, St. Lous, MO (US);
Catherine E. Harris, Wildwood, MO (US);
Margaret M. Hassel, Belleville, IL (US);
Anita Elizabeth Neroda, San Ramon, CA (US);
Michael Thane Paquette, Ballwin, MO (US);
Danny Lee Roper, Grover, MO (US);
Carolyn Marie Ukena, San Ramon, CA (US);
Stephen James Votava, Des Peres, MO (US);
SBC Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Pacific Telesis Shared Services, San Francisco, CA (US);
Southwestern Bell Communications Services Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
A service for presenting billing information to a customer according to a hierarchal structure defined by the customer. The customer assigns telephone numbers to company units and defines how each of the units relate to each other in the hierarchal structure. The billing information associated with each assigned telephone number is processed in accordance with the hierarchal structure. Thereafter, the bill is presented to the customer.