Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Leonard W. Pojunas, Jr., Esquire
  • Patent number: 6480591
    Abstract: In general, a call rating and debiting system provides a way of rating and debiting complex debit card calls. The system estimates the time when a subscriber's balance will expire by using total charges for all calls for a given time period. Estimation is performed by accounting for time already paid for, reserving a minimum continuation time for adding a new call, reserving time for all calls up to a latest paid for time, estimating remaining time before a subscriber's balance reaches zero, based upon a remaining balance achieved after the system accounts for time already paid for, reserving a minimum continuation time for adding a new call and reserving time for all calls up to the latest paid for time, and setting a time limit for all calls in accordance with any portion of the aforementioned. An alternative embodiment of the system allows a subscriber's account balance to be automatically increased after the balance decreases past a predefined minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Priority Call Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Penfield, Patrick J. MeLampy