Patent ID: 6427008
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of calculating a billing total for a teleconfererce between a plurality of participants, each of said participants originating participation in said teleconference; each of said participants associated with an identifier of origin identifying that participant's origin, comprising:in response to a teleconference organizer reserving teleconference resources for said teleconference, associating a selected reduced rate identifier of a specified origin of participants for whom reduced charges for participation in said teleconference are to be attributed; storing said reduced rate identifier for said teleconference; for each of said participants whose identifier of origin corresponds to said reduced rate identifier, attributing charges for participation in said teleconference to said total at a first rate; for each of said participants whose identifier of origin does not correspond to said reduced rate identifier, attributing charges for participation in said teleconference to said total at a rate greater than said first rate.