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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2004
Applicant:
Benjamin Charles Levitan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventor:
Benjamin Charles Levitan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Nextel Communications, Inc., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing a carrier-independent calling-party-pays system. In one embodiment, upon having a call routed to a mobile switching center from a calling party, the mobile switching center determines if the called party is a calling-party-pays (CPP) customer. Depending on whether the called party is a CPP customer or not, the mobile switching center may bill only the calling party, or both the calling party and the called party.