Nancy T Lane

US Patent:

60724935, Jun 6, 2000

Filed:

Mar 30, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/050333

Inventors:

Dwight D. Driskell - Birmingham AL
Michael Greenspan - New York NY
Vivian C. Henley - Jackson MS
Nancy C. Lane - Birmingham AL
Lloyd MacFarlane - Mahopac NY
Betty J. Nielsen - St. Amant LA

Assignee:

BellSouth Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G06F 314
G06F 1760

US Classification:

345356

Abstract:

A system and method for providing and analyzing information regarding the association of services with elements of an organization. The system gathers information encoded in electronic form, organizes it into a services list, and correlates it with elements of an organization that are classified in an organizational hierarchy. A user of the system may examine a selected elements at any level of the organizational hierarchy and obtain information regarding all associated services, or vice versa. A user may further synchronize the services list and organizational hierarchy in such a manner that selection of an item from one displays corresponding data from the other.

US Patent:

61253545, Sep 26, 2000

Filed:

Mar 30, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/050721

Inventors:

Lloyd MacFarlane - Mahopac NY
Dwight D. Driskell - Birmingham AL
Vivian C. Henley - Jackson MS
Nancy C. Lane - Birmingham AL
Michael Greenspan - New York NY
Betty J. Nielsen - St. Amant LA

Assignee:

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

G06F 1760

US Classification:

705 34

Abstract:

A method and system for automatically adjusting charges billed to an organization by a service provider, so as to create an invoice of rebill charges. An organizational hierarchy, comprising a list of elements of an organization, is displayed on a display device. Services that have been provided to a selected element by one or more service providers are associated with the selected element. The billed charges for the services are then adjusted, so as to calculate the rebill charges. Adjustment of the billed charges is effected by applying reprice parameters and miscellaneous charges. The reprice parameters are used to adjust the billed charge by a desired percentage, by a fixed rate per time, or by a fixed charge per service. The miscellaneous charges are in addition to the billed charges. After adjustment of the billed charges, an invoice is generated based on the rebill charge.