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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2001
Noel Ray Marchbanks, Plano, TX (US);
Webster S. Coffman, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Kenneth M. Sager, Irving, TX (US);
Leann R. Light, Irving, TX (US);
Luis A. Roman, Arlington, TX (US);
Jonathan D. Macha, Frisco, TX (US);
Noel Ray Marchbanks, Plano, TX (US);
Webster S. Coffman, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Kenneth M. Sager, Irving, TX (US);
LeAnn R. Light, Irving, TX (US);
Luis A. Roman, Arlington, TX (US);
Jonathan D. Macha, Frisco, TX (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A billing system and method particularly well suited for use in telephony networks accounts for usage of standard network services, such as voice and data communication, and third-party services, such as paging and voicemail services, supportable by the network. Customer usage of network equipment and third-party equipment is also accounted for by such a telephony network billing system. Network and third-party usage and equipment charges incurred by a customer are advantageously integrated by the billing system into a single customer invoice.