System and method for pricing telecommunication transactions
CA 2198798 C · Owner: Mumick, Inderpal Singh · Inventors: Mumick, Inderpal Singh; Silberschatz, Abraham; Jagadish, Hosagrahar Visvesvaraya
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A system for rating and billing telecommunication transactions in real-time. In a preferred embodiment, a Real-Time Analysis Engine (RAE) updates customers' bills in real-time by applying customer specific data to Automatic Message Accounting (AMA) records. In a typical update a customer initiates a call that is, routed through a telephone network switch. The switch generates an AMA record for the call, and the record is passed to the RAE where the call is rated. The RAE then matches the rated call to the customer who initiated the call locates that customer's, billing data, and applies to the call any discounts to which the customer is entitled. After the call has been rated and discounted …
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- Filed February 28, 1997 and granted May 23, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 28, 2017.
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