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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2003
Nathan Bryant Baker, Tigard, OR (US);
Nathan Bryant Baker, Tigard, OR (US);
Metro One Telecommunications, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
In an information assistance system, when a first party calls the service to request a communications number (i.e., phone number) of a second party, an indicator of the second party, such as the second party's name, is inserted into an event record to be provided to a billing platform. The indicator may also be the second party's address, instead of or along with the second party's name. The name may thereby be readily provided in a bill for the call. In a carrier network, the name of a second party called by a first party is inserted in an event record, so that the second party's name may be included in a bill for the call. The name may be determined by submitting the second party's communications number, which may be derived from call set up signals, to a database correlating communications numbers with corresponding parties' names. This may take place while the communication is being connected. Methods and systems are disclosed.