[asterisk-ss7] Operator biling differential charging

[Matthew Fredrickson]

Sriram wrote:
> Hi All
>  
> I am a premium IVR content service provider thats runs on premium rate 
> lines, my setup (currently on PRIs) is like customer dials the short 
> code (premium number) which gets forwarded on the PRIs  to my IVR. In 
> the normal world the customer is charged immediately the call is 
> answered by the IVR. On operator's new requirement - he wants me to 
> design the IVR in such a way that a customer will call on a number (Toll 
> Free/Premium Rate) but the billing will start only if his MSISDN is 
> present on a database (that he will give it to me) and upon accepting 
> his confirmation after playing a prompt...Is this sort of differential 
> charging on a single call possible in Asterisk ? If yes how and what 
> additional parameters do i need to get from him

Yeah, just don't Answer() (in extensions.conf) the call until you check 
the database for his MSISDN.  You can definitely do this with libss7, 
and I would presume it would be possibly with chan_ss7 as well.

Matthew Fredrickson
Digium, Inc.