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A telecommunications method for call forwarding including storing information regarding a called party in at least one local database, where the information regarding the called party is stored in a user account and making a telephone call by dialing a telephone number with a telephone, where the telephone...http://www.google.es/patents/US9787854?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US9787854 - System and method for determining and associating tariff rates for institutional calls
Número de publicación US9787854 B2
Número de solicitud US 14/814,110
También publicado como US8929524, US20090304166, US20150078541, US20160028900, US20170180564
Número de publicación 14814110, 814110, US 9787854 B2, US 9787854B2, US-B2-9787854, US9787854 B2, US9787854B2
Inventores Kermit Dwain Heaton, Stephen Lee Hodge
Cesionario original Value-Added Communications, Inc.
Citas de patentes (82), Otras citas (88), Clasificaciones (18), Eventos legales (2)
US 9787854 B2
consecutively querying the telephone number against a plurality of remote databases until the telephone number is located or until all of the plurality of databases have been queried; and
acquiring, from one of the plurality of remote databases when the telephone number is located in the one of the plurality of remote databases, or from the called party when the telephone number has not been found after all of the plurality of databases have been queried, geographic information of the called party associated with the telephone number; and
a user account database configured to store verified geographic information associated with the called party,
wherein the revenue management system is further configured to verify the geographic information of the called party using a corresponding credit card address and a credit card zip code associated with the called party, wherein the verifying includes mailing to the called party an activation phone number and a code that when entered during communication with the activation telephone number positively verifies the geographic information and activates the called party user account.
2. The telecommunications management system of claim 1, wherein the revenue management system is further configured to deactivate the called party user account after a predetermined time has passed without successful verification of the geographic information.
3. The telecommunications management system of claim 1, further comprising an institutional server connected to the institutional telephone management system configured to regulate outbound calls originating from an institution.
4. The telecommunications management system of claim 3, wherein the user account database is further configured to process queries from the institutional server to determine if the outbound call is associated with an activated called party user account and if the telephone number is located in a different geographic region than the institution, thereby allowing outbound calls to be charged at an appropriate tariff.
5. The telecommunications management system of claim 1, wherein the revenue management system determines whether the outbound call is associated with an activated called party user account by querying the user account database.
6. The telecommunications management system of claim 1, wherein the institutional server terminates the outbound call if the telephone number is not found in the user account.
7. The telecommunications management system of claim 1, wherein the outbound call is terminated if the called party user account is blocked or disabled.
8. The telecommunications management system of claim 1, wherein the telephone number associated with the called party is a long-distance telephone number, and
wherein the outbound call is billed at a long-distance tariff rate.
9. The telecommunications management system of claim 1, wherein at least one remote database is a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier database, Local Number Portability database, A Mobile Number Portability database, an ON-NET database or a Line Information database.
10. The telecommunications management system of claim 1, wherein the called party user account is billed for the outbound call.
11. A telecommunications method for avoiding tariff circumvention, comprising:
activating the called party user account;
verifying that the geographic information of the called party includes a corresponding credit card address and a credit card zip code associated with the called party.
12. The telecommunications method of claim 11, wherein the verifying includes mailing to the called party an activation phone number and a code that when entered during communication with the activation telephone number positively verifies the geographic information.
13. The telecommunications method of claim 11, further comprising deactivating the called party user account after a predetermined time has passed without successful verification of the geographic information.
14. The telecommunications method of claim 11, further comprising:
determining if an outbound call is associated with an activated called party user account and if the telephone number is located in a different geographic region than the institution by querying the user account;
transferring the outbound call to the called party if the telephone number is associated with an activated called party user account; and
terminating the outbound call if the telephone number is not found in the user account database.
15. The telecommunications method of claim 11, further comprising terminating the outbound call to the telephone number of or associated with the called party if the called party user account is inactive and providing a notification that the called party user account is not active.
16. The telecommunications method of claim 11, further comprising terminating the outbound call if the called party user account is blocked or disabled.
17. The telecommunications method of claim 11, further comprising billing the outbound call at a long-distance tariff rate,
wherein the telephone number associated with the called party is a long-distance telephone number.
18. The telecommunications method of claim 11, wherein at least one remote database is a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier database, Local Number Portability database, a Mobile Number Portability database, an ON-NET database, or a Line Information database.
19. The telecommunications method of claim 11, further comprising billing the called party user account for the outbound call.
20. The telecommunications management system of claim 1, wherein the revenue management system is further configured to:
This application is a Continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/547,900, filed Nov. 19, 2014, which is a Continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/456,204, filed Jun. 12, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,929,524, issued Jan. 6, 2015, which is a Continuation-in-Part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/832,987, filed Apr. 27, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,014,355, issued Apr. 21, 2015, the entire contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.
The RMS server 113 queries the telephone number 111 of the called party 114 against the RMS database 115, CLEC database 116, LNP database 118, MNP database 120, and external and remote Line Item database 121 (“LIDB”) and ON-NET database 122 to ascertain information regarding whether it is a LEC based number and to ascertain the geographic location of the telephone number 111. The LNP database 118 includes information for fixed lines that have been reassigned to another fixed line carrier, the MNP database 120 includes information for mobile phone lines that have been reassigned to another wireless carrier, the LIDB 121 is a nationally maintained database of all active telephone numbers in the North American Dialing plan, while the ON-NET database 122 is a billing clearinghouse specific database of area codes and exchanges for which billing agreements exist with the dominant/default local carrier. If the telephone number 111 of the called party 114 is not located in the CLEC database 116, RMS server 113 queries LNP database 118, MNP database 120, and external LIDB database 121 and ON-NET database 122. Upon verifying that the telephone number 111 of the called party 114 is not a LEC: billable telephone number (i e., not located in a CLEC database), the called party 114, in one non-limiting embodiment, may be required to provide an address, a credit card/debit card billing address and zip code to verify the geographic location of the telephone number 111 associated with the called party 114. In another embodiment, the called party 114 may be required to provide any form of proof of address to verify geographic location, for example, a copy of a telephone bill in the name of the called party 114 indicating address, a utility bill showing address of the called party 114, or other similar types of form of proof of address for positive address verification. The telephone number 111 of the called party 114 is also verified that it is located in the geographic location indicated by the called party 114. In other non-limiting embodiments, RMS server 113 receives call-setup information from a Common Channel Signaling System 7 (also called Signaling System Number 7) and determines whether the call is a forwarded call. The telephone call is terminated if RMS server 113 determines that it is a forwarded call. The RMS server 113 blocks the call if the information indicates it is a forwarded telephone call.
If the called party 114 elects to set up an account with the revenue management system 103, the called party 114 is routed to a revenue management system 103 representative. The called party 114 is greeted by RMS representative 119 who acquires account information from called party 114 in step 403 to create an account. The account information may include, in some non-limiting examples, a first and last name, a street address, a city, a state, a zip code, a country of residence, a social security number, a telephone number, a gender (i.e., male or female), a credit card number and associated expiration date, and a bank account number and associated bank routing code. RMS representative 119 enters the received account information into user database 117 as it is received from called party 114. Once all of the required information has been entered by the revenue management system 103 representative, the telephone number 111 of the called party 114 is checked in the Local Exchange Carrier (“LEC”) database, a LNP database, or a MNP database in step 405 to determine the geographic location of the called party. The telephone number is checked to determine whether the telephone number provided is a local number (i.e., an LEC billable number), or whether the telephone number has been reassigned to another carrier. Upon determining that the telephone number 111 is not an LEC billable number or has been reassigned, the RMS representative 119 request credit card billing address and zip code in step 407. The RMS representative 119, at this time, may determine whether to perform an online check of the address and zip code in step 409. If an online check is done, then in step 411, the address and zip code are utilized to verify that the credit card information provided is associated with the called party 114 and funds are entered into user database 117 through credit card provided. Alternatively, in step 413, the called party 114 is mailed a card to the address provided by the called party 114 during account setup. The card includes a toll free phone number (or activation telephone number) and code, which is used to activate the account. In step 415, the called party 114 calls the toll free phone number and provides the included code to confirm the address. Also, a calling number identification (also called caller id) is retrieved, upon making the call, to determine whether the called party 114 is calling from a telephone number that is in the same geographic location as the telephone number 111 of the called party 114 being registered in the new account that is being set up. Also, funds are credited into user database 117 through the credit card provided. The account is established upon performing the checks in step 417.
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