On demand real time telephone billing equipment

An on demand, real time billing equipment for radio telephones, including

• an unmodified radio telephone which is unable to provide a user on demand with immediate access to billing information,
• a telephone switching platform in communication with said unmodified radio telephone and a radio telephone transmitting system, a local telephone transmitting system, and long distance telephone transmitting system,
• said telephone switching platform including an unintelligent switch and a computer with memory and programed to monitor, control and rate telephone calls made by individual users to tally for each separate user and store in the memory billing information including the identification of each individual phone number called, the date of each individual phone number called, duration of each individual phone number called, and the cost of each individual call, and make available immediately on demand for each separate user said billing information, and
• an access terminal in communication with the computer that enables a user to access on demand in real time said billing information stored in the computer.

A method for billing on demand, in real time radio telephone calls, including

• providing
• (a) an unmodified, radio telephone which is unable to provide a user on demand with immediate access to billing information,
• (b) a telephone switching platform in communication with a radio telephone transmitting system, a local telephone transmitting system, and long distance telephone transmitting system,
• said telephone switching platform including an unintelligent switch and a computer with memory, said computer programed to monitor, control and rate telephone calls made by individual users to tally for each separate user and store in the memory billing information including the identification of each individual phone number called, the date of each individual phone number called, duration of each individual phone number called, and the cost of each individual call, and make available immediately on demand for each separate user said billing information, and
• (c) an access terminal in communication with the computer that enables a user to access on demand in real time said billing information stored in the computer, and
• making a telephone call using the unmodified radio telephone, with said call being switched through said platform to the radio telephone transmitting system to complete the call, said call being rated in real time by the programmed computer in the platform.