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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Devinne H. Brown, Freehold, NJ (US);
Hwey Chang, Morganville, NJ (US);
Romel R. Khan, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Michael Koptiw, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Antoinette Rule, Trenton, NJ (US);
Tejanand Sarju, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Devinne H. Brown, Freehold, NJ (US);
Hwey Chang, Morganville, NJ (US);
Romel R. Khan, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Michael Koptiw, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Antoinette Rule, Trenton, NJ (US);
Tejanand Sarju, Brooklyn, NY (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to billing for services in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) environment. A first call is received at a service node from a service switching point located in the AIN. A second call is established through the service switching point to a called party. The first call is bridged with the second call and the bridged call is monitored for signaling information. The bridged call is processed based on the monitored signaling information. A billing module is created for the processed call at the service node. The billing module may include service values related to billing information for the processed call. The processed call may be merged back into the service switching point and the created billing module for the processed call may be sent to the service switching point for ultimate delivery to a billing system.