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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120106721 | WIRELESS CALL ROUTING IN A COMMUNICATION PEERING GRID A peering grid component operates to facilitate connections of call traffic in a peering grid comprised of customers interconnected with peering partners. A switch is configured to receive call traffic from a customer, and a routing engine is configured to analyze param... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120039450 | DETERMINING COMMUNICATIONS CHARGING A system for determining a communication charge comprising a charging equation determiner, an inflection point determiner, and a charge determiner. The charging equation determiner for determining a charging equation based at least in part on a normalized set of inputs.... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120002795 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ANALYZE CALLS TO ADVERTISED TELEPHONE NUMBERS A system and method for analyzing information associated with voice calls placed during a telephone number advertising campaign is described. The system receives information characterizing voice calls to advertiser telephone numbers and information from advertisers such... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110299673 | CLOUD-BASED VIRTUAL TANDEM Peering partners register with a peering grid for direct broadband routing of call offers. The peering grid terminates call offers on behalf of peering partners, collecting call detail records, summarizing termination usage, and calculating a payment to be provided to t... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110280384 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING PHONE BILL The present invention discloses a method and a device for generating a phone bill, which is applied to a charging system in the communication field, wherein the method comprises a preprocessing process and a process of combining phone bills, wherein in the preprocessing... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110243314 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR TELECOM BILLING OUTSOURCING A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium for outsourcing telecom billing are disclosed for issuing one or more first billing statements and one or more second billing statements from a first telecom network; and transmitting at least the one or more first ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110235791 | PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR PAYING PEERING PARTNERS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Peering partners register with a peering network for direct broadband routing of call offers. The peering network terminates call offers on behalf of peering partners, collecting call detail records, summarizing termination usage, and calculating a payment to be provide... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110164736 | Methods, Apparatuses, System, Computer Program Product and Data Structure for Call Charge Indication (AOC) It is disclosed a apparatus including transmitting a request message including first information being different from credit control information, second information indicating absence of a need for credit control, third information indicating a need for call charge indi... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20100275011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATIONS The present invention provides a method and apparatus for a trusted service provider (TSP) which assists with the secure exchange of data across the public switched telephone network. Communications are routed via a TSP, which uses cryptographic techniques to conceal th... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100246572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER ACCESS VIA MULTIPLE PARTNER CARRIERS FOR INTERNATIONAL CALLS A method and apparatus for providing subscribers of a VoIP service provider to take advantage of wholesale arrangements made by the VoIP service provider with one or more international partner carrier network providers to one or more international countries are disclose... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100208875 | SERVICE DELIVERY PLATFORM DOCKING STATION A service delivery platform (SDP) docking station (DS) is part of a multiple layer service delivery platform implementation. The SDP DS adds a second SDP layer between the end user and the Core SDP. The Core SDP implements the process flows that enable, provision, and e... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100202600 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM A communication control device executes a call-out process of calling out a recipient telephone device while specifying an importance level via a telephone network in response to a request from a transmitter telephone device. A recipient received a call operates a mobil... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100128861 | DATABASE FAILURE DETECTION AND RECOVERY FOR CALL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products for managing calls using a call management system are described. The call management system can receive a call from a communication device and directs the call to a call database containing configuration informat... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100104077 | PUBLIC TELEPHONE FOR MANAGING AND PAYING SERVICES IN SITU AND OPERATION METHODS A public telephone for managing and paying services in situ, the public telephone consists of a microphone and auricular, at least one input device for input of selective information for services management function and for general functioning of telephone calls, at lea... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100104076 | REAL-TIME FLEXIBLE ACCOUNT SELECTION FOR COMMUNICATIONS A communications system (20) and method of operation thereof charges a call to at least one of plural customer accounts. A basic method comprises receiving a user identifier from a communications network in conjunction with a communications call or session, using... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100040214 | System and method for transmitting illusory identification characteristics Methods and systems for associating one or more fees with transmissions of one or more illusory identification characteristics are provided.... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100008483 | CHARGING METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR GROUP MAIN LINE SERVICE A charging method for group main line, GML, service is disclosed. For an outgoing call from an extension of the GML, the initiated call is identified by adding a prefix for group service before the called number. When an intelligent network, IN, finds that there is the ... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090304166 | System and method for determining and associating tariff rates for institutional calls A telecommunications method for call forwarding including storing information regarding a called party in at least one local database, where the information regarding the called party is stored in a user account and making a telephone call by dialing a telephone number ... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090234778 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURING BILLABLE TIME A method and system helps users capture billable time spent in writing an email and related tasks. A software program is provided that is integrated with an existing email program. The program tracks user time spent on each email and associates billing information with ... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090190506 | Method for Allowing Control of the Quality of Service and/or of the Service Fees for Telecommunication Services A method permitting the control of the service quality and/or service fees of telecommunication services in which several service nodes are involved. During the initiation and/or implementation of a communication service, an exchange of signaling data occurs between a c... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090136011 | TELEPHONE NUMBER-BASED ADVERTISING Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which a first telephone number is associated with a second telephone number, and a web-based advertisement is served for an advertiser that includes the first telephone number. A call placed to the... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090110163 | System and method for inbound call billing A system and method for billing an incoming communication. A code is received from a calling party during the incoming communication. Expenses of the incoming communication are allocated to an account of the calling party in response to receiving the code. An invoice is... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090086941 | Systems and Methods to Connect People for Real Time Communications Methods and apparatuses to present information to sellers/advertisers/advisors for connections to customers for real time communications. One embodiment includes: responsive to a request from a customer, determining a telephonic reference of the customer; presenting to ... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090086945 | Methods and Apparatus for Selecting a Service Provider on a Per-Call Basis Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting a service provider on a per-call basis A service provider is selected for a given call by receiving the given call from a caller; obtaining user preferences of the caller for the given call; matching the obtained user pre... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090060153 | METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT A customer is provided a telephone number to which a calling party incurs a charge to be connected. An account balance, which reflects funds deposited into the customer's account but not yet used by the customer, is increased in proportion to the incurred charge. Other ... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090016507 | Systems and Methods for Dynamic Pay for Performance Advertisements Methods and apparatuses to dynamically determine the performance event of a listing based on the progress levels of responses received in response to a presentation of the listing. One embodiment includes: providing a listing on behalf of an entity for presentation to a... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090010408 | Systems and Methods to Provide Information via Connections for Real Time Communications Between People Methods and apparatuses to connect people for real time communications to access diverse categories of information. One embodiment includes: storing data representing a privilege of a user during a predetermined period of time; responsive to a first request made via a p... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090003567 | System and Method for Telephone Directory Advertising A directory advertising system includes a user interface module, a database, and a control module. The user interface module displays a special telephone number for an advertiser in a directory advertisement. The database stores the directory advertisement, the special ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080287095 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION, REGISTRATION AND MOBILE PHONE BILLING OF A NETWORK-ENABLED APPLICATION WITH ONE-TIME OPT-IN A method of providing a service to a customer comprises receiving a request by a customer for an item of content, providing to the customer an option to subscribe to a service for a limited time, if the customer opts to subscribe, then providing the service for the limi... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080232574 | Flexible Communication Systems and Methods A method of initiating a telecommunication session for a communication device include submitting to one or more telecommunication carriers a proposal for a telecommunication session, receiving from at least one of the one or more of telecommunication carriers a bid to c... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080205612 | TRACKING TRUNK USAGE IN AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for tracking trunk usage in an enterprise network. In some implementations, a method for identifying trunk expenses includes aggregating data identifying telecommunication services associated with a plurality of ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080175362 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ALTERNATIVE BILLING OF VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VoIP) SERVICES Methods and apparatus for alternative billing of VoIP services are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving an indication at a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) device that a call placed from the VoIP user device is blocked, and sending a VoIP protocol message... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080159499 | USER EQUIPMENT TIMESTAMPS FOR OFFLINE CHARGING IN IMS NETWORKS Communication networks and associated methods are disclosed that provide offline charging in IMS networks. One of the methods includes receiving call signaling for a call from an access network serving user equipment for the call. The call signaling includes an access n... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080152107 | INTERRUPT PAYMENT SYSTEM An interrupt payment system (100) comprising means (100) for detecting an interrupt signal generated by a party to a call; means (102) for obtaining details of a payment to be made on detection of an interrupt signal; a payment processor (104... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080152106 | Flexible recharge system for prepaid telecommunications service This invention relates to a method and apparatus for handling prepaid recharge requests in a telecommunications network. If the prepaid recharge request results in exceeding a recharge cap, the requesting customer is provided with one or more alternative rewards, such a... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080130849 | PREPAYING USAGE TIME FOR ANOTHER COMMUNICATION DEVICE A method of prepaying for usage time for a communication device can include increasing an available balance of a prepaid account linked to a communication device of a first user by a designated amount responsive to a request from a second user (910) and allocatin... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080101568 | Accounting in a transit network An accounting function in a network between originating and terminating networks is disclosed. A transit network node is provided with an appropriate indication regarding its role in inter-operator accounting, for example if it should act as an intermediary node or not.... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080101567 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALL REVERSE A method (10) and system (200, 400, or 500) of call reverse can include initiating (12) a call by an originating party (204) to a terminating party (208), comparing (14) rate plans, and automatically reversing (26)... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080089498 | Methods, systems, and products for processing communications Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for processing communications. A communication is received that originates from a sender's communications address and that is addressed to at least one of a recipient's multiple communications addresses. The recipient's multi... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080080686 | Communication apparatus, communication program, and communication method A communication apparatus for calling a counterpart apparatus and communicating with the counterpart apparatus, includes: a request issuing section for issuing a communication request to the counterpart apparatus; a response receiving section for receiving a communicati... | 04/03/2008 |
