Patent ID: 8090343

Claim:
A method for processing a request for a prepaid outgoing call in a telecommunications network, comprising: receiving a signal indicative of a request for an outgoing call to a called party by a prepaid subscriber in the network; and processing the request for an outgoing call in accordance with a first detection point, the first detection point being armed in accordance with eligibility of the prepaid subscriber to complete the outgoing call, the first detection point being one of a plurality of detection points associated with making an outgoing call by the prepaid subscriber, the processing comprising suppressing others of the plurality of detection points; wherein the others of the plurality of detection points include a Collected Information Trigger Detection Point, wherein the processing further comprises: identifying, based on the first detection point, that the prepaid subscriber is eligible to complete the call without further instruction from a prepaid platform, the eligibility of the prepaid subscriber to complete the call being based on the prepaid subscriber's account balance being above a predetermined threshold.