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Title:
A METHOD OF CREATING A CUSTOMISED BILL FOR TELEPHONY SERVICES AND A SYSTEM THEREFOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/057712
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method (300, 400) of creating a customised business bill for telephony services, the method (300, 400) including: accessing (304) an itemised bill (122) detailing telephone calls or other telephony services from a customer account to recipients, the itemised bill (122); accessing a pre-populated group recipient information database (106); comparing (308), via a comparison module, each identifier of the recipient in the itemised bill (122) against each member of the group recipient information database (106), thereby to determine whether or not the recipient matches a member; tagging (312), via a tagging module (210), a telephone call or other telephony service as business-related, in response to determination that: • there is a match; • the member is a business contact; and • the member has a name associated therewith; creating (314), via a customised bill module (212), a customised business bill which includes only telephone calls or other telephony services tagged as business-related, and costs associated therewith; and appending the name associated with each business contact in the customised business bill.

Inventors:
MNGADI NGEMA THEBENARE GLADSONE (ZA)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2012/055746
Publication Date:
July 11, 2013
Filing Date:
October 19, 2012
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MNGADI NGEMA THEBENARE GLADSONE (ZA)
International Classes:
H04M15/00; G06Q30/04; H04M15/06
Domestic Patent References:
WO1996032806A11996-10-17
WO2002001846A12002-01-03
WO2011067030A12011-06-09
Foreign References:
US20060089891A12006-04-27
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US6925160B12005-08-02
US20110028124A12011-02-03
US20090149154A12009-06-11
US20040081302A12004-04-29
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
DAVIES, James, Hasely et al. (PO Box 101, 0001 Pretoria, ZA)
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