A method, system, and program for billing a caller for use of an origin device are provided. Usage, of at least one measurable element of a telephony device by an identified individual, is tracked, where the identified individual is distinct from an owner of the origin telephony device. A tariff for the tracked usage is transferred to an intermediary device. The intermediary device charges the tariff according to a billing plan for the identified individual, such that the owner is compensated fo...

A method and a system for selecting and ordering broadcast programs uses an electronic program guide that may be broadcast to subscribers or posted on an Internet web site. The system allows national broadcasters to provide one or more channels of pay-per-view or subscription programming and to establish a mechanism for billing subscribers who access the programs. Subscribers may access the Internet and send a program request to a web site. An authorization is then forwarded to a billing center ...

An apparatus for automating billing reimbursement includes an electronic handheld processing device that displays patient demographic information, billing codes and guideline information. The physician selects patient information and is able to sort the patient information by different categories. The physician, after examination of the patient, inputs a billing code which is outputted to an interface device for distribution to an information system for providing medical bills.

An information network and method for providing a nationwide audio text network, including electronic billing, useful for a wide variety of applications is disclosed. The information network utilizes a telephone message delivery system coupled to phone lines, typically the "800" area code common carrier lines, to receive incoming calls, to interactively respond thereto as controlled by a computer and to communicate with the computer to provide information to and obtain information from a databas...

A multilayered document assembly for travel agencies yields a customer's invoice, itinerary and document jacket as well as the agency's file copy by carbonless or carbon means of copying through the assembly. A document pocket is transversely disposed across an end of a lower sheet of the assembly to allow graphic area for printing all output information from common major airline computer program reservation and ticketing systems with no unused areas to result in waste paper to be disposed of by...

A system and method for the mass customization of bills or invoices particularized to each client's preference is provided. The present invention is used to permit a provider of mass customization billing service to customize invoice/bill formats, layouts, and contents for service organizations as well as recipients of those services. Under the system and method of the present art, the invoice generation process is driven by a set of format specifications customized to an individual account or c...

A transaction record is received including transaction data corresponding to at least one telephone call placed by a subscriber. The transaction data is processed by a plurality of rate plans, each rate plan generating a toll amount corresponding to the telephone calls of the transaction record. The toll amounts from each of the plurality of rate plans are compared to determine a lowest toll amount. An amount x is deducted from the lowest toll amount to form a final toll amount. A billing record...

The present invention relates to a method for billing and a device thereof and more particularly relates to the method and the device for dividing the monthly charges of each subscriber into a personal-use portion and a business-use portion according to the predetermined criteria and divisionally billing each subscriber for the personal-use portion and the entity that will pay for each subscriber regarding the sum of business-use portion. The method for dividing charges of the present invention ...

A method of billing a variable bit rate communication between a first terminal and a distant terminal to a broadband subscriber permits changing billing parameters during a call in real time in response to user inputs including user requested changes in quality of service, changes in data rate and changes in preferred service provider. A variable bit rate communication to be billed has a variable quality of service related to the degree of utilization of a plurality of different networks. The bi...

A billing method and system include discounting a customer's billing for telephone calls completed in a wide area centrex/PBX network, which includes an abbreviated dialing plan. A service control point (SCP) determines a call type code based upon a calling station and a called station of a telephone call. The SCP determines whether the call type code is eligible for discounted billing. When the call type code is eligible, the SCP generates a unique billing record that is forwarded to a service ...