Patent ID: 8150437

Claim:
A system for facilitating the monetization of inter-carrier dispatch communications comprising: an inter-working network facilitating communications between a plurality of different dispatch networks and comprising a plurality of interfaces, wherein the inter-working network includes a plurality of points-of-presence (POPs) configured to generate call detail records and usage data reports; an originating dispatch network operated by a first carrier and interfaced to at least one of the POPs via a first border gateway associated with the first carrier; a target dispatch network operated by a second carrier and interfaced to at least one other of the POPs via a second border gateway associated with the second carrier; a billing accumulator interfaced with the plurality of POPs, the billing accumulator including logic to collect and store dispatch call data records received from the plurality of POPs; and a settlement entity interfaced with the billing accumulator, the settlement entity including settlement logic for converting each stored dispatch call data record to a billing record for each of the originating and target dispatch networks.