IP Library Granted Patent US 8,588,384
Granted Patent B2
US 8,588,384 · App. 13/368,066 · Granted Nov 19, 2013

Destination device billing according to call recipient

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Patent No.
US 8,588,384
App. No.
13/368,066
Granted
Nov 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, system, and program for billing for service provided to destination device according to the calling plan of the individual receiving the call. An authenticated identity for a callee answering a call placed to a destination device is received at an intermediary device. The intermediary device then accesses a billing plan for the authenticated identity of the callee and loads the billing plan for specifying charges for the call, such that telephone service billed to the callee is accessible at multiple destination devices.

Claims (52)

1. A method for controlling an order via a telephony device, comprising:

receiving, by a billing service communicatively connected through a trusted telephone network to a destination telephony device for a callee, an authenticated identifier for a callee at said destination telephony device during a call within said trusted telephone network with a caller at an origin telephony device, wherein said authenticated identifier authenticates an identity of said callee with a callee voice authenticated identifier through a voice sample provided by said callee during said call from an authentication service communicatively connected with said trusted telephone network;

retrieving, by said billing service, billing specifications for said callee according to said authenticated identifier; and

automatically filling in an order form, by said billing service, with said billing specifications for an order placed by said callee, wherein said billing specifications specify at least one billing provider for fulfilling payment for said order from said callee to said caller.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting said order form to said callee at said destination device, wherein said callee is able to complete said order by a single authorization entry at said destination device to authorize said billing service to access said at least one billing provider with said authenticated identifier.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

accessing, by said billing service, said at least one billing provider with said authenticated identifier to request payment for said order from said at least one billing provider according to said authenticated identifier and not according to account numbers.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving said authenticated identifier by said billing service located outside said trusted telephone network and communicatively connected through said trusted telephone network through a signaling gateway, wherein an additional level of security verification is provided through said signaling gateway for said billing service to communicatively connect with said destination telephony device through said trusted telephone network.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by said billing service, a request by said callee at said destination telephony device to initiate said order to shift financial funds from said callee to said caller, where said billing service identifies an account provider for said caller;

prompting, by said billing service, said callee at said destination device to enter an amount to transfer and to select a particular billing provider from among said at least one billing provider specified in said billing specifications for said callee according to said authenticated identifier for said callee; and

requesting a financial transaction from said particular billing provider for said amount to said account provider for said caller according to said authenticated identifier for said callee.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by said billing service, a request by said callee at said destination telephony device to initiate said order to shift financial funds from said callee to said caller;

capturing, by said billing service, said authenticated identifier for said callee and a second authenticated identifier for said caller;

retrieving, by said billing service, caller billing specification for said caller according to said second authenticated identifier for said caller;

prompting, by said billing service, said callee at said destination device to enter an amount to transfer and to select a particular billing provider from among said at least one billing provider specified in said billing specifications for said callee according to said authenticated identifier for said callee;

prompting, by said billing service, said caller at said origin device to select a particular caller account provider from among at least one account provider specified in said caller billing specifications; and

requesting a financial transaction from said particular billing provider for said amount to said particular account provider for said caller according to said authenticated identifier for said callee.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

controlling, by said same billing service, billing for billable use of telephone services through said trusted telephony network and billing for financial transaction orders placed during a plurality of calls across said trusted telephony network.

8. A computer system for controlling an order via a telephony device, comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive, by a billing service communicatively connected through a trusted telephone network to a destination telephony device for a callee, an authenticated identifier for a callee at said destination telephony device during a call within said trusted telephone network with a caller at an origin telephony device, wherein said authenticated identifier authenticates an identity of said callee with a callee voice authenticated identifier through a voice sample provided by said callee during said call from an authentication service communicatively connected with said trusted telephone network;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to retrieve, by said billing service, billing specifications for said callee according to said authenticated identifier; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to automatically fill in an order form, by said billing service, with said billing specifications for an order placed by said callee, wherein said billing specifications specify at least one billing provider for fulfilling payment for said order from said callee to said caller.

9. The computer system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to transmit said order form to said callee at said destination device, wherein said callee is able to complete said order by a single authorization entry at said destination device to authorize said billing service to access said at least one billing provider with said authenticated identifier.

10. The computer system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to access, by said billing service, said at least one billing provider with said authenticated identifier to request payment for said order from said at least one billing provider according to said authenticated identifier and not according to account numbers.

11. The computer system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive said authenticated identifier by said billing service located outside said trusted telephone network and communicatively connected through said trusted telephone network through a signaling gateway, wherein an additional level of security verification is provided through said signaling gateway for said billing service to communicatively connect with said destination telephony device through said trusted telephone network.

12. The computer system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive, by said billing service, a request by said callee at said destination telephony device to initiate said order to shift financial funds from said callee to said caller, where said billing service identifies an account provider for said caller;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to prompt, by said billing service, said callee at said destination device to enter an amount to transfer and to select a particular billing provider from among said at least one billing 15 provider specified in said billing specifications for said callee according to said authenticated identifier for said callee; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to request a financial transaction from said particular billing provider for said amount to said account provider for said caller according to said authenticated identifier for said callee.

13. The computer system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive, by said billing service, a request by said callee at said destination telephony device to initiate said order to shift financial funds from said callee to said caller;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to capture, by said billing service, said authenticated identifier for said callee and a second authenticated identifier for said caller;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to retrieve, by said billing service, caller billing specification for said caller according to said second authenticated identifier for said caller;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to prompt, by said billing service, said callee at said destination device to enter an amount to transfer and to select a particular billing provider from among said at least one billing provider specified in said billing specifications for said callee according to said authenticated identifier for said callee;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to prompt, by said billing service, said caller at said origin device to select a particular caller account provider from among at least one account provider specified in said caller billing specifications; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to request a financial transaction from said particular billing provider for said amount to said particular account provider for said caller according to said authenticated identifier for said callee.

14. The computer system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to control, by said same billing service, billing for billable use of telephone services through said trusted telephony network and billing for financial transaction orders placed during a plurality of calls across said trusted telephony network.

15. A method for controlling an order via a telephony device, comprising:

receiving an authenticated identifier for a callee contacted during a call by a caller, wherein said authenticated identifier authenticates an identity of said callee with a callee voice authenticated identifier through a voice sample provided by said callee during a call from an authentication service communicatively connected with a trusted telephone network;

retrieving billing specifications for said callee according to said authenticated identifier;

automatically filling in an order form with said billing specifications;

transmitting said order form to said callee, wherein said callee is able to complete said order by a single authorization entry.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2015
From: EBAY INC.
To: PAYPAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 036169/0798 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2012
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: EBAY INC.
Reel/Frame 029536/0530 →