Patent ID: 6397055
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
For a wireless telephone network including a mobile switching center for interfacing a wireless base station with a landline network, a method for processing a telephone call placed from a wireless telephone calling station to a wireless telephone called station comprising the steps of:in response to initiation of said telephone call by said calling station, a first determining step of determining in said wireless telephone network whether said called station subscribes to calling party pays billing service; in response to an indication in said first determining step that said called station subscribes to calling party pays billing service, routing the call from the calling station to a predetermined switching office of the landline network; a second determining step of determining at said predetermined switching office whether authorization to bill the calling station is required; communicating between said predetermined switching office and said calling station to decide whether authorization is given by said calling station to bill said calling station for charges for the call; in response to receipt of said authorization in said communicating step, establishing a billing facility for applying charges for the call and issuing a bill in accordance therewith; and completing the call to the called station through the wireless communication network.