Patent ID: 7567658

Claim:
A method for determining receipt of private pay telephone designation for a private pay telephone by an interexchange carrier, the private pay telephone having a processor with a programmable memory, a storage memory, and a communication device connected to a telephone line, the method comprising the steps of: programming at least one telephone number to an interexchange carrier into the storage memory of the private pay telephone; placing a call from the private pay telephone to the interexchange carrier over the telephone line using the at least one telephone number; receiving a response to the call from the interexchange carrier, the response indicating whether the interexchange carrier received the call from a private pay telephone having a status designated to receive dial-around compensation; determining at said private pay telephone, without manual intervention, the status designated by the interexchange carrier in the response; generating a record of the response from said determining step; storing the record of the response from said interexchange carrier in the storage memory of the private pay telephone; and communicating the stored record of the response to a corresponding private pay telephone provider.