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US 8,913,725 B1Granted
Residence-based calling rates, system and method
AssigneeTelmate, LLC
InventorRichard Torgersrud
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Abstract
An exemplary embodiment provides for a computer-implemented method for rating telephone calls originating from a secure facility. The method includes receiving a destination number, of a called party, for a telephone call from the secure facility and determining, based on the destination number, if the called party is pre-verified wherein pre-verified includes at least a billing address of the called party. Next, a rate for the telephone call is then determined based on the billing address of the called party, if the called party is pre-verified.
Claims3
A computer-implemented method for rating telephone calls comprising:
- receiving a destination number, of a called party, for a telephone call;
- determining a first rate for the telephone call based on the destination number;
- determining a second rate for the telephone call based on a geotagged phone location of the called party;
- comparing the first rate to the second rate;
- and
- selecting the first rate or the second rate, based on the comparison, to be billed to the called party.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.