Patents by Inventor Pamela A. Steinert

Pamela A. Steinert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for the billing of value-added communication calls
    Patent number: 5003584
    Abstract: A call billing method and apparatus specifies, on a call-by-call basis, the calling charges incurred by a caller during a call to a sponsor-provided value-added service. The method provides the sponsor real time access to rate tables to specify call billing parameters needed to rate calls made to a sponsor number. A billing number is determined and validated and used to identify the party to receive a billing record for the call. A separate billing record is created for each call to the sponsor's number which includes sponsor-specified charges determined using the call billing parameters. Another feature enables the caller or called party to provide call billing parameters for billing and identificaiton purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Irving Benyacar, Elizabeth V. Courte, Albert Friedes, Thomas P. Howe, David D. Kaufman, James R. Magura, Rachelle E. Rees, Pamela A. Steinert, Mohan Venkataramana, Yong Zhou