A method of reducing telephone usage charges billed by a telephone service provider
for connecting a source telephone to a target telephone by communicating to a computer
system the telephone number of the source telephone, and communicating to the computer
system the telephone number of the target telephone, with the computer system originating
a connection to the source telephone and originating a connection to the target
telephone. The computer system then connects the source telephone to the target
telephone. This connection is made such that a telephone service provider for the
source telephone interprets the source telephone as a receiving telephone and bills
the source telephone number at the discount rate for incoming calls for the telephone
call. The computer system for this system may include a PBX system and computers
capable of managing phone calls to and from the PBX system to accommodate both
two party and multiple party calls.
