Method and system for capturing and recording call information
CA 2271285 C · Owner: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Group, Inc. · Inventors: Desai, Nailesh B.; Schmidt, Richard C.
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A method and system of utilizing advanced intelligent network services for capturing and recording dial-around call information is provided. Dial-around calls are calls directed to a telecommunication services provider other than the services provider designated by the owner or operator of the originating telecommunications device, such as a pay telephone. When a public switched telephone network effects a "dial-around" of a prescribed telecommunication services provider at a pay telephone, accounting records generated by the local telecommunication services provider do not identify that the call originated at a pay telephone. Thus, important billing and asset management data are …
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- Filed October 31, 1997 and granted August 15, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 31, 2017.
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