A METHOD FOR ALLOWING A CALLED PARTY TO ALLOCATE CALL PAYMENT RESPONSIBILITY

摘要

A method provides a wireless subscriber with the capability ofselectively changing the assignment of the party that pays for a call for whichthe wireless subscriber is terminating terminal. The subscriber can registerwith a switching center and select an option that places the paymentresponsibility on a calling party. Then when a calling party initiates a call tothe wireless subscriber the switching center forwards a notice to the callingparty that the responsibility for paying for the call rests with the callingparty. The wireless subscriber can at any subsequent time elect to accept theresponsibility for calls to the subscriber.