Frank Clifford Perkins

US Patent:

7747241, Jun 29, 2010

Filed:

Jan 14, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/013816

Inventors:

Michael Joseph Magnotta - Cincinnati OH, US
Derron Keith Newland - Cincinnati OH, US
Frank Clifford Perkins - Lake Mary FL, US
Joseph DiFonzo - Lake Mary FL, US

Assignee:

Convergys CMG Utah - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

H04M 11/00

US Classification:

455406, 455405, 455407, 455408, 379111, 379112, 379113, 379114, 379115, 725 1, 725 2, 725 3, 725 4, 725 5, 725 6, 725 7

Abstract:

A billing system comprising servers, routers, and processors programmed to provide reservation based prepaid billing is disclosed. The billing system is also programmed to concurrently process multiple billing events on a single, prepaid subscriber account.

US Patent:

20020009182, Jan 24, 2002

Filed:

Sep 24, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/961673

Inventors:

Frank Perkins - Longwood FL, US

International Classification:

H04M015/00

US Classification:

379/114010, 379/114060

Abstract:

A system and method for partitioning call detail records (CDRs) is disclosed. CDRs are grouped and routed based on one or more digits of the billable telephone number or the billable mobile identification number (MIN). In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the last two digits of the billable telephone number or MIN are used. Once partitioned, the CDRs may be distributed across multiple processes for additional processing. In addition, subscriber, rate, and other information that may be necessary for usage processing is routed to processes based on the corresponding billable telephone number or MIN. Partitioning of CDRs and related data based on digits of the billable telephone number or MIN results in statistically balanced loading due to the random nature of calls and telephone number assignments