Appeal No. 1999-0154
Application 08/553,201
call disposition messages. In response to validation of a
calling card call by a card issuing network, a billing detail
record is generated. After the call is completed, an operator
service record is generated which is then merged with the
billing detail record to form a merged operator service record
to which pricing information is added. The merged operator
service record is sent to a gateway coupled to the card
issuing network where it is reformatted to create a call
disposition message.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. In a telecommunications system having a card issuing
network, a card accepting network and a call disposition
messaging system, a method of generating call disposition
messages comprising the steps of:
a) generating a billing detail record in the call
disposition messaging system when a call is validated by the
card issuing network;
b) generating an operator service record in the call
disposition messaging system when the call is terminated in
the card accepting network;
c) matching the billing detail record with the operator
service record in the call disposition messaging system; and
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