Customer group billing
    112.
    发明授权
    Customer group billing 失效
    客户群计费

    公开(公告)号:US06173046B2

    公开(公告)日:2001-01-09

    申请号:US08807355

    申请日:1997-02-27

    IPC分类号: H04M1500

    摘要: A method and system in which calls made by customers who are members of a group of customers having a group calling plan, but who have separate billing accounts, are priced based on the group calling plan and on the usage by other members of the group. Typical groups may include customers in specific geographic locations, such as residents in an apartment building or in a residential neighborhood, and offices and stores in a commercial building. Other groups may include customers in widely separated geographic locations, such as members of a nation-wide club or organization, alumni association members, etc. In order to price a call made over a network by a customer of the network, the customer being a member of a billing group, information specifying a group billing plan of the billing group is stored. A call made by a member of the billing group is priced based on the group billing plan. Information specifying a plurality of members of a billing group, the members selected from among the customers of the network, is also stored. The call is then priced by generating a record that describes the call, receiving the record at a billing analysis system; and determining a priced call value for the call based on the record, the information specifying members of the billing group, and the information specifying the group billing plan based on the group billing plan.

    摘要翻译: 一种方法和系统,其中,作为具有组呼叫计划的客户的成员的客户进行的呼叫是基于组呼叫计划和该组的其他成员的使用来定价的。 典型的团体可以包括特定地理位置的客户,例如公寓楼或居民区的居民,以及商业建筑物中的办公室和商店。 其他团体可能包括广泛分离的地理位置的客户,例如全国俱乐部或组织的成员,校友会员等。为了对由网络的客户通过网络进行的呼叫定价,客户是 存储计费组的成员,存储指定计费组的组计费计划的信息。 计费组成员的电话根据组计费方案进行定价。 还存储指定计费组的多个成员的信息,从网络的客户中选择的成员。 然后通过生成描述呼叫的记录,在计费分析系统接收记录来定价该呼叫; 以及基于所述记录,所述信息指定所述计费组的成员以及基于所述组计费计划指定所述组计费计划的信息来确定所述呼叫的定价呼叫值。

    Telephone line aggregated billing
    114.
    发明授权
    Telephone line aggregated billing 失效
    电话线汇总帐单

    公开(公告)号:US5915006A

    公开(公告)日:1999-06-22

    申请号:US848870

    申请日:1997-05-01

    IPC分类号: H04M15/00

    摘要: A method and system in which calls made on two or more phone lines of a customer are aggregated for billing and discount billing plans to which the customer subscribes are applied to the aggregated phone usage of the customer. In order to price a call made over a network by a customer of the network, information specifying a billing plan of the customer and information specifying a plurality of telephone lines to which the billing plan applies are stored. A call made from one of the plurality of telephone lines is received at a network switch and record that describes the call is generated. The record is received at a billing analysis system and a priced call value for the call is determined based on the record and the information specifying the customer billing plan. The record that describes the call comprises an identifier of the telephone line from which the call was made and priced call value for the call is determined by accessing the information specifying the customer billing plan using the identifier in the received record.

    摘要翻译: 汇总客户的两条或多条电话线上进行通话的方法和系统,用于客户订阅的计费和折扣计费计划应用于客户的聚合电话使用。 为了对由网络的客户通过网络进行的呼叫定价,存储指定客户的计费计划的信息和指定应用计费计划的多条电话线的信息。 在网络交换机处接收多个电话线路之一的呼叫,并且生成描述呼叫的记录。 在记帐分析系统接收记录,并且基于记录和指定客户计费计划的信息来确定呼叫的定价呼叫值。 描述呼叫的记录包括进行呼叫的电话线路的标识符,并且通过使用接收的记录中的标识符访问指定客户计费计划的信息来确定呼叫的定价呼叫值。

    Pay telephone communication system
    116.
    发明授权
    Pay telephone communication system 失效
    付电话通信系统

    公开(公告)号:US5793851A

    公开(公告)日:1998-08-11

    申请号:US61249

    申请日:1993-05-17

    IPC分类号: H04M17/02 H04M15/00 H04M17/00

    摘要: A telephone communication system having a plurality of pay telephones operatively connected to a local telephone carrier, which in turn, is connected to a long distance carrier. The pay telephones are located in booths that contain advertising materials of business locations. The advertising materials have predetermined telephone numbers that are only associated with the selected advertised business location. The advertised telephone numbers are free from the pay telephone, which can be a conventional pay telephone or a smart pay telephone. All of the telephone calls to the selected business locations are monitored which information is used to render a statement and a monetary bill for the advertising and telephone calls to the business location.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有可操作地连接到本地电话载体的多个付费电话的电话通信系统,本地电话机又连接到长途运营商。 付费电话位于包含营业地点的广告材料的展位内。 广告材料具有仅与所选广告商业位置相关联的预定电话号码。 广告电话号码是免费的付费电话,可以是传统的付费电话或智能付费电话。 对所选商业地点的所有电话进行监控,哪些信息用于呈现一个声明和用于广告和电话呼叫到商业地点的货币单。

    Adaptive method for allocating calls
    117.
    发明授权
    Adaptive method for allocating calls 失效
    用于分配呼叫的自适应方法

    公开(公告)号:US5675636A

    公开(公告)日:1997-10-07

    申请号:US426960

    申请日:1995-04-24

    申请人: Thomas A. Gray

    发明人: Thomas A. Gray

    IPC分类号: H04M15/00

    摘要: A method of optimizing the cost of toll calls in a communication system comprised of providing a plurality of toll call plan costing agents, each representing a call completion plan having parameters relating to a minimal call cost and to the minimization of a total system cost of calling, detecting that a toll call is to be made and the parameters of the toll call, the call plan costing agents each calculating an estimate of a minimizing system toll call cost increment in the event its toll call plan is implemented for the call, bidding for the toll call by each of the costing agents by providing the estimated cost of the call and of the increment, selecting a suitable bid based on minimization of total system calls, and indicating to a call processor agent parameters of the selected toll call plan whereby the call can be completed in accordance with the selected plan.

    摘要翻译: 一种在通信系统中优化长途电话成本的方法,包括提供多个长途电话计费成本计算代理,每个代表具有与最小呼叫成本有关的参数的呼叫完成计划,以及最小化呼叫总系统成本 检测到要进行长途呼叫和长途呼叫的参数时,呼叫计划成本计算代理人在计算通话呼叫计划的情况下计算最小化系统长途电话费用增量的估计,对于呼叫进行投标 通过提供呼叫的估计成本和增量的每个成本估算代理的费用呼叫,基于总系统呼叫的最小化来选择合适的出价,以及向呼叫处理者指示所选择的长途电话计划的参数,由此 呼叫可以按照选定的方案完成。

    Dynamic pricing method and apparatus for communication systems
    118.
    发明授权
    Dynamic pricing method and apparatus for communication systems 失效
    通信系统的动态定价方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5303297A

    公开(公告)日:1994-04-12

    申请号:US735733

    申请日:1991-07-25

    申请人: Durrell W. Hillis

    发明人: Durrell W. Hillis

    摘要: A communication system service billing arrangement is described that adapts to system loading in realtime. As system loading varies, one or more individual subscribers units (ISU) of a communication system are provided with realtime information on the current cost of the communication service. The system determines the locations of the ISUs and the current loading there between and calculates a calling rate based at least on the current loading. This calling rate is sent to at least one of the ISUs whose operator can choose to connect or not connect the call between the ISUs based on the current realtime variable rate.

    摘要翻译: 描述了实时适应系统加载的通信系统服务计费安排。 随着系统负载的变化,通信系统的一个或多个单个订户单元(ISU)被提供有关当前通信服务成本的实时信息。 系统确定ISU的位置和当前的负载,并至少基于当前的负载计算呼叫速率。 该呼叫速率被发送到至少一个ISU,其操作者可以基于当前实时可变速率选择连接或不连接ISU之间的呼叫。

    Network-based social media telephony firewall
    119.
    发明授权
    Network-based social media telephony firewall 有权
    基于网络的社交媒体电话防火墙

    公开(公告)号:US09571642B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-14

    申请号:US14875209

    申请日:2015-10-05

    发明人: Brian Lee

    IPC分类号: H04M3/42 H04M3/436 H04M15/00

    摘要: A method receives a call from a device of a caller destined to a device of a subscriber of a communication network. The method connects the call to the device of the subscriber and then receives from the device of the subscriber an indication that the call is an undesirable call. The indication further includes a description of the call. The method then provides a reward to the subscriber when the indication further includes the description of the call.

    摘要翻译: 一种方法从发往通信网络的订户的设备的呼叫者的设备接收呼叫。 该方法将呼叫连接到用户的设备,然后从用户的设备接收到呼叫是不期望的呼叫的指示。 该指示还包括呼叫的描述。 当该指示进一步包括呼叫的描述时,该方法向用户提供奖励。