Patent ID: 8938213
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising: computer code for receiving a telecommunication from a service subscriber to a recipient; computer code for determining whether the service subscriber and the recipient are both included in a single billing group or are both included in a plurality of distinct billing groups; computer code for processing a charge for the telecommunication using a pricing plan associated with the single billing group upon determining that the service subscriber and the recipient are both included in the single billing group, where the pricing plan dictates entities responsible for the charge for the telecommunication, based on one or more criteria; and computer code for processing the charge for the telecommunication using the pricing plan selected according to a predefined policy upon determining that the service subscriber and the recipient are both included in each of a plurality of billing groups, where selecting the pricing plan includes: