[asterisk-users] Prepaid billing

[Zohair Raza]

Oh yes that will be more suitable but will still need to do it via AMI

Regards,
Zohair Raza


On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:35 AM, virendra bhati <virbhati at gmail.com> wrote:

> Batter is used DB to store intime of call then when ever currect used time
> is required then deduct from  intime - current time.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Zohair Raza <engineerzuhairraza at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I understand this, but I think there isn't any option that helps us to
>> reduce cost while call is in progress.
>>
>> One option that I was thinking is to check elapsed time by "core show
>> channel channel-id" and deduct the amount but we need to check it every
>> second or x seconds via AMI.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Zohair Raza
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:35 AM, virendra bhati <virbhati at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Zohair,
>>>
>>> By using only asterisk it's not possible. So used progremming languages
>>> and do realtime billing at your ends.
>>>
>>> like 1st caller will take complete amount ($5) and if 2nd call will come
>>> then deduct used amount and share remaining amount to others like that.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Zohair Raza <
>>> engineerzuhairraza at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I am writing a billing engine in AGI. My scenario is :
>>>>
>>>> One customer can have simultaneous calls and I need to hang up one
>>>> customer's all call when balance reaches 0
>>>>
>>>> If I set limit for each call using 'L' in dial command, lets say 5
>>>> minutes in accordance with remaining credit and connect the call, few
>>>> seconds later a 2nd call comes in and the first call is still in progress.
>>>> If I permit the same 5 minutes as per this formula and both calls remains
>>>> connected for the next 5 minutes then credit will go in minus which is not
>>>> acceptable.
>>>>
>>>> One option is to charge credit via AMI and as soon as the credit goes
>>>> 0, hangup all calls for this customer.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any other way to achieve this ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Zohair Raza
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> Thanks and regards
>>>
>>>  Virendra Bhati
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>>> Software Engineer
>>>
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>  Virendra Bhati
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