SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRERATING COSTS FOR A COMMUNICATION EVENT

Patent №

US 6,704,563

Granted

2004-03-09

Filed 1999

Owner

BOSTON COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.

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Lab

AI components

1

kr

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

09371176

Systems and methods for prerating communication events, such as telephone calls, for prepaying customers are described. The systems and methods permit, at the beginning of a communication event, the determination of a time limit for the event based on the available balance in a prepayment account associated with the event.

Knowledge representationH04M 15/85H04M 15/00H04M 15/06H04M 15/41H04M 15/43H04M 15/62H04M 15/80H04M 15/82+20 more

AI classification

Knowledge representation0.60
AI hardware0.01
Planning0.00
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

BOSTON COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.

assignment · 109410133

XIUS HOLDING CORP.

namechg · 257410640

Assignors

SENN, PAUL, ERSKINE, THOMAS, COOPER, JOHN, SONBERG, KENNETH M.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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