Method for providing telephone services for commercial classes of service
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorsTodd W. Antrim, Curtis M. Abrue
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Abstract
A method, such as a method for doing business. The method includes providing telecommunications dialing features for commercial classes of telephone service. The method may include providing the telecommunications dialing features for commercial classes of telephone service on dedicated phone lines, such as a T-1 circuit. The method may also include charging a customer for providing the telecommunications dialing features for commercial classes of dedicated telephone service. According to one embodiment, the method includes charging the customer a fee on a periodic basis for the dialing features.
Claims11
A method of providing an enhanced telecommunications dialing feature on a commercial class of dedicated telephone service, comprising:
- establishing a feature identification code (FID) for the dialing feature on the commercial class of dedicated telephone service;
- assigning a network access register (NAR) to a dedicated commercial telephone line, wherein the dedicated commercial telephone line is for at least one terminating piece of customer premises equipment that is in communication with a telecommunications service provider central office;
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- associating the FID with the NAR assigned to the dedicated commercial telephone line;
- wherein the enhanced telecommunications dialing feature is provided by the telecommunications service provider at the central office.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.