System and method for reconciling billing mismatch

A method for processing a telephone call taking place in a telephone network between a seller and buyer of services communicating on the telephone network, the telephone call having a calling code associated therewith, said method comprising:

• retrieving a first price breakout of telecommunication services, associated with the telephone call, from the seller of the services, said retrieving step being performed by a computer;
• retrieving a second price breakout of the telecommunication services from the buyer of the services;
• reconciling the first price breakout with the second price breakout to generate a final price for the telecommunication services;
• processing the telephone call between the buyer and the seller using the final price;
• obtaining estimated telecommunication traffic indicative of the telecommunication services for which the first and second price breakouts were retrieved;
• and
• calculating the final price of the telecommunication services using the obtained estimated traffic.

A system for processing a telephone call comprising a computer;

• and software that, when executed, is operable to:
• retrieve a breakout of telecommunication services, associated with the telephone call, from a seller of the services, the seller breakout including a plurality of seller calling codes and a plurality of respective prices;
• retrieve a breakout of the telecommunication services from a buyer of the services, the buyer breakout including one or more buyer calling codes and one or more respective prices;
• adjust the seller calling code breakout to provide a second seller calling code breakout that corresponds to the buyer calling code breakout;
• adjust prices for the calling codes in the second seller calling code breakout to match the buyer prices of the corresponding buyer calling codes;
• and
• process the telephone call for a given calling code between the buyer and the seller using the adjusted price.

A system for processing a telephone call comprising a computer;

• and software that, when executed, is operable to:
• retrieve a first price breakout of telecommunication services, associated with the telephone call, from a seller of the services;
• retrieve a second price breakout of the telecommunication services from a buyer of the services;
• reconcile the first price breakout with the second price breakout to generate a final price for the telecommunication services;
• process the telephone call between the buyer and the seller using the final price;
• obtain estimated telecommunication traffic indicative of the telecommunication services for which the first and second price breakouts were retrieved;
• and
• calculate the final price of the telecommunication services using the obtained estimated traffic.

A method for processing a telephone call taking place in a telephone network between a seller and buyer of services communicating on the telephone network, the telephone call having a calling code associated therewith, said reconciling mismatch in calling information between a buyer and a seller, comprising:

• retrieving a breakout of the seller's calling codes having a plurality of respective prices, said retrieving step being performed using a computer;
• retrieving a breakout of the buyer's calling codes, including one or more buyer calling codes having one or more respective buyer prices;
• and
• modifying the breakout of seller calling codes to provide a second seller breakout of calling codes that matches the breakout of buyer calling codes, whereby the prices for the calling codes in the second seller calling-code breakout to match the buyer prices corresponding to the buyer calling codes.