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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2001
Hirohisa A. Tanaka, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Geoffrey R. Hendrey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Philip J. Koopman, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Hirohisa A. Tanaka, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Geoffrey R. Hendrey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Philip J. Koopman, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
deCarta Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for determining a billing rate of a telecommunications connection is disclosed. The method and system may be used in a location aware telecommunications system that can determine the location of a telecommunications unit (TU) being used within the system. The geographic location of a mobile unit (MU) is determined, and compared to a list a predetermined subsidized zones. When the MU initiates or receives a call from within a subsidized zone, and the MU is otherwise responsible for paying a predetermined billing rate associated with the call, the predetermined rate is subsidized for at least the portion of the call made while the MU is located within the subsidized zone.