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Real Time Billing Real time billing involves the authorizing, gathering, rating, and posting of account information either at the time of service request or within a short time afterwards (may be several minutes). Real time billing is primarily used for prepaid services such as calling cards or prepaid wireless. This figure shows a real time prepaid billing system. In this example, the customer initiates a call to a prepaid switching gateway. The gateway gathers the account information by either prompting the user to enter information or by gathering information from the incoming call (e.g. prepaid wireless telephone number). The gateway sends the account information (dialed digits and account number) to the real time rating system. The real time rating system identifies the correct rate table (e.g. peak time or off peak time) and inquires the account determine the balance of the account. Using the rate information and balance available, the real time rating system determines the maximum available time for the call duration. This information is sent back to the gateway and the gateway completes (connects) the call. During the call progress, the gateway maintains a timer so the caller cannot exceed the maximum amount of time. After the call is complete (either caller hangs up), the gateway sends a message to the real time rating system that contains the actual amount of time that is used. The real time rating system uses the time and rate information to calculate the actual charge for the call. The system then updates the account balance (decreases by the charge for the call). Real Time Billing System Diagram   This industry dictionary is powered by Althos Billing Dictionary    Add this Online Billing Dictionary tool to your web site In order to add this online Billing industry dictionary tool to your web site and give your visitors the way to lookup industry terms from more than 11,000 terms, acronyms, and definitions, just copy the HTML code below and put it into your web page where you want to provide access to your dictionary. <table align="center" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="0" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td><font style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Verdana;"><b>Find Billing industry <br>terms, acronyms, and definitions instantly:</b></font></td></tr> <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://www.BillingDictionary.com/aw_dictionary_widget_billing.asp" target="_blank"> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td><input type=hidden name="action" value="passcode"> <input type="text" value="" name="Term" size="30" maxlength="300"> <input type="submit" name="do_it_now" value="Lookup"> </td></tr></form><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td> <font style="font-size: 9px; font-family: Verdana;">This industry dictionary is powered by <a href="http://www.billingdictionary.com" target="_blank">Althos Billing Dictionary</a></font> </td></tr></table>

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