TELEPHONE CALLS BETWEEN TWO SUBSCRIBERS BILLED TO THIRD SUBSCRIBER THROUGH WHICH THE CALL IS MADE

摘要

PCT No. PCT/SE95/01286 Sec. 371 Date May 1, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date May 1, 1997 PCT Filed Oct. 31, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/14706 PCT Pub. Date May 17, 1996A method and apparatus for forwarding and billing a telephone call, wherein a first subscriber telephone is connected to a second subscriber telephone via a standard telephone network and a third subscriber is billed for the call. The first subscriber dials a prefix followed by a subscriber number which leads to the third subscriber and also dials a subscriber number which leads to the second subscriber. The prefix causes the telephone network to connect the call via the telephone network to a computer unit that is associated with the third subscriber and that is connected to the telephone network. The prefix also causes the computer unit to forward the call to the second subscriber via the computer unit, to connect the first subscriber with the second subscriber. Detection of the prefix by the telephone network causes the network to bill the call between the first and the second subscriber to the subscription of the third subscriber.