Patent ID: 6556818
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
In a telephone communications network comprising subscriber stations connected to landline switching facilities of a public switched telephone network (PSTN), the PSTN linked to a mobile switching center (MSC), a method for processing a call placed from a subscriber station to a mobile station of a Calling Party Pays (CPP) service subscriber, said method comprising the steps of:in response to placement of said call, accessing a call processing record (CPR) for the calling subscriber station in a remote PSTN database; determining whether the CPR for the calling subscriber station indicates subscription to service billing coverage for outgoing CPP calls from the calling subscriber station; in response to a CPP billing coverage subscription determination in said determining step, transmitting a signaling message to a mobile switching center (MSC) associated with the called mobile station, said message including the calling station telephone number in a first altered form; and routing the call through the MSC for completion to the called mobile station without accounting for air time charges.