Kathleen J Russell

US Patent:

7269407, Sep 11, 2007

Filed:

Sep 19, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/247244

Inventors:

Betty Jane Carmon - Crystal Lake IL, US
Gay Lynn Nechvatal - Elgin IL, US
John Carmen Guido - St. Charles IL, US
Joyce T. Horiuchi - Hoffman Estates IL, US
Kathleen Russell - East Dundee IL, US
Ona I. Taylor - Hoffman Estates IL, US

Assignee:

Cingular Wireless II, LLC - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

H04M 11/00

US Classification:

455406, 455408, 37911403, 37911404

Abstract:

A method that provides improved invoice validation in a wireless telecommunication system comprises receiving billing input data for a circuit and indicating a discrepancy if a billed amount and a calculated amount differ by greater than a threshold amount, the billing input data including the billed amount. In addition the method includes indicating billing parameters used to create the calculated amount.

US Patent:

20040058669, Mar 25, 2004

Filed:

Sep 19, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/251221

Inventors:

Betty Carmon - Crystal Lake IL, US
Kathleen Russell - East Dundee IL, US
Joyce Horiuchi - Hoffman Estates IL, US
George Ondercin - Bay Village OH, US
Gay Nechvatal - Elgin IL, US
John Guido - St. Charles IL, US

International Classification:

H04B017/00
H04Q007/20
H04M011/00

US Classification:

455/406000, 455/424000, 455/408000, 455/067110, 455/423000

Abstract:

A method that provides improved tracking of credit associated with at least one circuit outage in a wireless telecommunication system comprising receiving outage data associated with the at least one circuit outage and receiving an expected credit amount associated with the at least one circuit outage. Furthermore, the method may include updating a database with the expected credit amount associated with the at least one circuit outage, the database configured to maintain an accumulated expected credit amount reflecting the sum of multiple expected credit amounts associated with multiple outages if multiple circuit outages occur. And finally, the method may include producing an invoice reflecting at least one of the expected credit amount associated with the at least one circuit outage and the accumulated expected credit.