Patent ID: 7711098
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for accounting a forwarded call, comprising: receiving a billing record for a call between an originating location and a forwarding location without the call having been connected through a terminating location, the originating location being associated with a calling party, the terminating location being associated with a dialed number, the terminating location and the forwarding location being associated with the called party; and billing a first amount for the call to the calling party and a second amount for the call to the called party, the first amount being a function of the originating location and the terminating location, the second amount being a function of the terminating location and the forwarding location, the first amount corresponding to the equivalent cost of a call between the originating location and the terminating location, the second amount corresponding to the equivalent cost of a non-forwarded call between the originating location and the forwarding location minus the first amount.