System and method for providing emergency wireline telephone services to residences
AssigneeCenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
InventorsErik Geldbach, Kelsyn Donel Seven Rooks, SR., Mark Wilmoth, Shane M. Smith
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Abstract
A system and method for providing wireline telephone services may include providing wireline telephone services to a residence to enable a user to place telephone calls. In response to receiving an access code, the user may be enabled to place telephone calls. The user may be billed for placing the telephone calls on a per-usage basis.
Claims20
A method for providing wireline telephone services, said method comprising:
- providing wireline telephone services to a residence to enable a user to place telephone calls;
- enabling the user to place telephone calls in response to receiving an access code;
- and
- billing the user for placing the telephone calls on a per-usage basis.
A system for providing wireline telephone service, said system comprising:
- a storage unit;
- at least one data repository stored on said storage unit;
- and
- a processing unit in communication with said storage unit and configured to communicate with said at least one data repository, said processing unit further configured to:
- receive a call request from a user, the call request including an access code to enable the user to access a telecommunications network;
- and
- in response to determining that the access code is associated with a user as stored in said at least one data repository, enable the user to place a call.
A method for providing wireline telephone services, said method comprising:
- providing wireline telephone services to a residence to enable a user to place telephone calls;
- and
- billing the user exclusively for placing telephone calls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.