Patent ID: 6684066
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A system for tracking the amount of time spent on specific types of calls originated from a wireless communications device to a central controller having a dialing plan, said system comprising:a transmitter for transmitting data from said wireless communications device to said central controller; a keypad operable by a user for generating keypad data; a storage area for storing a state table indicative of a present machine state of said wireless communication device, said present machine state being altered in response to each entry of keypad data, and for storing data indicative of the amount of time spent on specific types of calls originated from said wireless communications device; a timer for tracking the length of each call originated from said wireless communications device; and a processor for determining the specific type of calls originated from said wireless communications device and for generating said data indicative of the amount of time spent on specific types of calls.