Patent ID: 6438601
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method for using an existing caller pays service telecommunications infrastructure to provide single use and short term access to fee for access Internet web sites, the method comprising:(a) registering one or more fee for access Internet web sites with an access code handling system to generate and communicate session user ID and password pairs to be used to access each fee for access Internet web site; (b) provisioning one or more caller pays numbers for each registered fee for access Internet web site, and registering each provisioned number with one or more intelligent network service switches to which the provisioned numbers would be routed; (c) routing any user originated calls by a user who desires to access the one or more fee for access Internet sites to both an automated voice response unit and a caller pays service for billing system; (d) providing the user with a session user ID via a display generated by the fee for access Internet web site; (e) communicating to the user via the caller pays telecommunications infrastructure a password associated with the session user ID and service option for the registered fee for access Internet web site via the automated voice response unit; and (f) billing the user for the service option with the caller pays service billing network.