Patent ID: 6925159
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A billing system for automatically charging a call to a predetermined telephone line, the billing system comprising: a. a service configured to receive an incoming call from a calling party and to initiate an outgoing call to a called party; b. a switch coupled to the predetermined telephone line configured to store billing information in response to a triggering event; and c. a control point coupled to the service, the calling party, and the switch wherein the control point is configured to activate the triggering event in response to receiving an appropriate signal from the service and to transfer the incoming call from the service to the called party such that the calling party and the called party are connected thereby forming the outgoing call, wherein the billing information corresponding to the outgoing call is stored in the switch and the stored billing information is used to charge the predetermined telephone line.