CA2220894A1 - Method for counting pay per use feature activations in cpe - Google Patents

Method for counting pay per use feature activations in cpe

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CA2220894A1
CA2220894A1 CA002220894A CA2220894A CA2220894A1 CA 2220894 A1 CA2220894 A1 CA 2220894A1 CA 002220894 A CA002220894 A CA 002220894A CA 2220894 A CA2220894 A CA 2220894A CA 2220894 A1 CA2220894 A1 CA 2220894A1
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cpe
pay per
per use
use feature
counting
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CA002220894A
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French (fr)
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CA2220894C (en
Inventor
Ian R. Gordon
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Nortel Networks Ltd
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Northern Telecom Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/247—Telephone sets including user guidance or feature selection means facilitating their use
    • H04M1/2471—Configurable and interactive telephone terminals with subscriber controlled features modifications, e.g. with ADSI capability [Analog Display Services Interface]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/68—Payment of value-added services
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/01—Details of billing arrangements
    • H04M2215/0196—Payment of value-added services, mainly when their charges are added on the telephone bill, e.g. payment of non-telecom services, e-commerce, on-line banking

Abstract

Activities in an interactive subscriber telephone terminal including incoming and outgoing calls and including services such as Call Display are counted and stored in a memory in the terminal. The terminal may be queried by a remote server to cause the stored number to be transmitted to the remote server for billing, management or other purposes.
CA002220894A 1996-12-02 1997-11-12 Method for counting pay per use feature activations in cpe Expired - Fee Related CA2220894C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US08/753,880 1996-12-02
US08/753,880 US5822415A (en) 1996-12-02 1996-12-02 Method for counting pay per use feature activations in CPE

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CA2220894A1 true CA2220894A1 (en) 1998-06-02
CA2220894C CA2220894C (en) 2003-01-07

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EP (1) EP0845892A3 (en)
JP (1) JPH10224499A (en)
CA (1) CA2220894C (en)

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JPH10224499A (en) 1998-08-21
EP0845892A2 (en) 1998-06-03
CA2220894C (en) 2003-01-07
US5822415A (en) 1998-10-13
EP0845892A3 (en) 1999-12-08

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