Destination device billing according to call recipient
AssigneePaypal, Inc.
InventorsMichael Wayne Brown, Joseph Herbert McIntyre, Michael A. Paolini, James Mark Weaver, Scott Lee Winters
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Abstract
A method, system, and program for billing for service provided to destination device according to the calling plan of the individual receiving the call. An authenticated identity for a callee answering a call placed to a destination device is received at an intermediary device. The intermediary device then accesses a billing plan for the authenticated identity of the callee and loads the billing plan for specifying charges for the call, such that telephone service billed to the callee is accessible at multiple destination devices.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a billing service communicatively connected through a data network to a destination device for a first subscriber, a biometric sampling comprising a first subscriber authenticated identifier for the first subscriber from the destination device during a data signal transmission between the first subscriber and a second subscriber, wherein the first subscriber authenticated identifier authenticates an identity of the first subscriber with an authentication service communicatively connected with the data network;
- accessing, by the billing service, billing specifications for the first subscriber using the first subscriber authenticated identifier;
- accessing, by the billing service, a payment request for a sale by the second subscriber to the first subscriber;
- and
- processing, by the billing service, a payment for the payment request from the first subscriber to the second subscriber using the billing specifications.
A system comprising:
- a non-transitory memory storing subscriber authentication information comprising a first subscriber authenticated identifier;
- and
- at least one hardware processors in communication with the non-transitory memory and configured to:
- receive, by a billing service communicatively connected through a data network to a destination device for a first subscriber, a biometric input comprising the first subscriber authenticated identifier for the first subscriber from the destination device during a data signal transmission between the first subscriber and a second subscriber, wherein the first subscriber authenticated identifier authenticates an identity of the first subscriber with an authentication service communicatively connected with the data network;
- access, by the billing service, billing specifications for the first subscriber using the first subscriber authenticated identifier;
- access, by the billing service, a payment request for a sale by the second subscriber to the first subscriber;
- and
- process, by the billing service, a payment for the payment request from the first subscriber to the second subscriber using the billing specifications.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-executable modules which when executed by at least one processors of a server are adapted to cause the server to perform a method comprising:
- receiving, by a billing service communicatively connected through a data network to a destination device for a first subscriber, a biometric input comprising a first subscriber authenticated identifier for the first subscriber from the destination device during a data signal transmission between the first subscriber and a second subscriber, wherein the first subscriber authenticated identifier authenticates an identity of the first subscriber with an authentication service communicatively connected with the data network;
- accessing, by the billing service, billing specifications for the first subscriber using the first subscriber authenticated identifier;
- accessing, by the billing service, a payment request for a sale by the second subscriber to the first subscriber;
- and
- processing, by the billing service, a payment for the payment request from the first subscriber to the second subscriber using the billing specifications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.