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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110171931 | Method and Apparatus for Supplying Billing Information a Communication Device According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, in a billing system, of supplying information to a communication device, comprising, in response to receiving a request, over a first network, to authorize a communication with the communicati... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110151832 | MOBILE PHONE AND SIM CARD OPERATION METHOD THEREOF A mobile phone includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) card control system to optimize usage of SIM cards thereof. A control method optimizes usage of the SIM cards by using the mobile phone. The control method sets a fee rate for each SIM card under each use status... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110086611 | MOBILE DEVICE LEASING WITH CUSTOMIZED OPERATIONAL FEATURES System(s), device(s), and method(s) are provided to supply a device that accesses and utilizes resources in a wireless network under a lease agreement. A system generates service unit bank(s) that enable service utilization and provides a customized operational profile ... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20100267362 | Systems and Methods to Process Transaction Requests Systems and methods are provided to facilitate on-site processing of transaction requests. In one aspect, a system includes a data storage facility to store an account identifier of a user and a phone number of the user and an interchange coupled with the data storage f... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100144312 | LIMITING DATA TRANSMISSION TO AND/OR FROM A COMMUNICATION DEVICE AS A DATA TRANSMISSION CAP IS APPROACHED AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR CONFIGURING SAME A data transmission cap represents a maximum amount of data that can be transmitted to and/or from a communication device during a subscriber billing cycle without incurring a penalty under a subscriber rate plan. To limit data transmission to and/or from the communicat... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100093309 | Mobile Device Notification With Options Notifying users of mobile communication devices, which may include providing options for response to notifications. A component of a communication service provider system receives an indication of a notification for a user of a mobile communication device. The notificat... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100069036 | INTEGRATED WIRELESS AND WIRELINE BILLING AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT Methods and systems are provided for integrating billing and services management systems across disparate telecommunications systems including wireless systems and local and long distance wireline systems. Wireless and wireline services may be charged to and billed unde... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100041368 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR ELECTRONICALLY DELIVERING A PREPAID CARD TO A MOBILE DEVICE Methods, systems, and computer readable media for electronically delivering a prepaid card to a mobile device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes receiving, at a merchant server, purchase information related to the purchase of an electronic prepa... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090325541 | MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION FEES THEREOF A system and method for managing communication fees of a mobile phone are provided. The system is implemented by the mobile phone, and is used to manage communication fees when a user of the mobile phone uses a mobile communication service. The mobile phone includes at ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090318113 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IMPLEMENT TELEPHONY BILLING TO INCENTIVISE SHARED PHONE USAGE Disclosed is a method and system to implementing telephony user account billing which incentivises shared phone usage. The owner of a phone, or other device capable of making telephony calls, would receive a credit to their phone account balance, from the telephone serv... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090286508 | PROVIDING A REAL-TIME COST OF A SESSION TO A USER Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a real-time cost for a session over a communication network to a user of a communication device. To provide the real-time cost, rate information for a session is determined, and the elapsed duration for the session is moni... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090276300 | Network Systems and Methods Utilizing Mobile Devices to Enhance Consumer Experience Network systems and methods for utilizing mobile devices to enhance customer experiences are disclosed herein. A first aspect of the present invention facilitates a customer to acquire a membership to a membership program and subsequently access benefits of the membersh... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090270069 | CHARGING IN AD-HOC COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Charging is enabled in ad hoc networks, without access to external infrastructure networks. For example, when a communication is initiated by a mobile communication device within an ad hoc network, a small initiation fee is stored securely on the device, typically on a ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090182768 | MULTI-MVNO WIRELESS SERVICE Systems and methods for determining an optimal range of frequencies of electromagnetic waves are described. In some embodiments, mobile voice communications devices measure average power received from certain ranges of such frequencies, each range associated with a comm... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090144151 | AUTOMATED RENTAL SYSTEM Automated rental system comprising: —an object for rent which is provided with an identification code, —an auxiliary element functionally associated with the object for rent and comprising a remotely activated activation/deactivation system, —a portable device, su... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090137226 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING ADVICE OF CHARGES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE The present invention provides a method and system for implementing an AoC supplementary service so as to conveniently provide the user with more enriched AoC information. The method comprises: an application server receiving a service request initiated by a user termin... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090098854 | Method of providing billing and payment service using settlement service function of mobile electronic wallet and system therefor Provided is a method of providing a billing and payment service using a settlement service function of a mobile electronic wallet, and a system therefor, which enables companies to charge customers for rates through their mobile devices, respectively, and enables the cu... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090081990 | Real-Time Balance On a Mobile Phone A system, method and prepaid payment mobile phone configured to display a current prepaid balance. The prepaid payment mobile phone receives a debit balance request from input on the mobile phone. After retrieving an encoded current balance, the mobile phone displays th... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090068982 | MOBILE WALLET AND DIGITAL PAYMENT The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates securing a wireless digital transaction. A terminal component can receive a portion of data related to a payment for at least one of a good or a service. A mobile device can include at least o... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090016538 | Delivery of Messages to A Reciever Mobile Device A system for delivering messages to a receiver mobile device and a method and memory storing instructions therefor are described. The system comprises a key server arranged to: transmit a first signal responsive to receipt of a message from a sender mobile device; trans... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090005003 | Methods and Systems for Providing In-Game Hot Spots Systems and methods for providing hot spots for mobile video games on mobile communication devices that receive hot spot information for mobile video games that operate on the devices. The hot spots may be hidden aspects of the game and promotional in nature, allowing g... | 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 |
| 20080287098 | Mobile Content Access and Transmission Method Using Hyperlink Message, and Mobile Terminal, Mobile Communication Provider Server and Content Provider Server For the Same Disclosed herein are a mobile contents access, transmission and reception method using a hyperlink message, the method allowing predetermined contents to be displayed or to be activated when a hyperlink of the hyperlink message is selected, the hyperlink message include... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080280590 | SELECTIVE CALLING PARTY PAYS VIA A SECURE SERVICE FEATURE Selective calling party pays via a secure service feature may be provided. A determination is conducted to decide if a called party's wireless communications service has entered a suspension state. Next, if the wireless communication service is in a suspension state, a ... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080254766 | Method and system for using an integrated subscriber identity module in a network interface unit Subscriber-associated authentication, authorization and policy control information is stored on a SIM (preprogrammed or user programmed) to facilitate an NIU at a location granting or denying access to a plurality of services when the programmed SIM or virtual SIM resid... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080242263 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CALCULATING COMMUNICATION FEES CORRESPONDING TO COMMUNICATION UTILIZATION FORMS An information processing system of the present invention comprises a storage apparatus for storing subscription information including information on a first subscription course which is one type of service for calculating a communication fee in the particular utilizati... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080200144 | System and Method for Providing Alerts Over a Network The present disclosure provides system and methods for providing real time alerts over a network. In one respect, transactional data including a card identifier is received by a transaction processor. At least one alert corresponding to the received transactional data m... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080182551 | System and Method for Enhanced Transaction Payment An infrastructure that leverages established wireless messaging paradigms (such as, possibly inter alia, Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, Wireless Application Protocol, IP Multimedia Subsystem, etc.) to provide, in new and creative ways, an enhanced le... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080167017 | MOBILE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT A method for managing mobile payments in a mobile phone. The method includes receiving data associated with a plurality of issuer specific payment services at a mobile phone, selecting one of the issuer specific payment services, and conducting a transaction using the p... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080132201 | METHODS, DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR TRACKING USAGE OF A NETWORK BY A PLURALITY OF USERS OF A MOBILE PHONE Methods for tracking usage of a network by a plurality of users of a mobile phone include associating a plurality of user accounts with the mobile phone, where ones of the plurality of user accounts correspond to ones of the plurality of users of the mobile phone. Usage... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080113647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOW COST TELEPHONE A wireless telephone includes a chipset that includes a controller and radio frequency electronics. A voice recognition module is ported to the controller. The input key cooperates with the voice recognition module to activate a set of functions of the telephone. The vo... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080076385 | Multi-mode wireless communication devices and systems for prepaid communication services There is provided a multi-mode wireless communication device. A cellular transceiver communicates over a cellular network in a cellular mode. A wireless transceiver communicates over a wireless network in a wireless mode. A selector makes a selection between operating i... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080064366 | Charging Efficiency A method for performing charging in a telecommunications system, comprising: storing at a subscriber information store subscription information including charging arrangement information indicative of the charging arrangement for a first communication terminal operating... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080032667 | Mobile Communication Terminal, Information Providing System, Program, and Computer Readable Recording Medium Information that is no longer valid due to the passage of time is not provided to a user. When a stock price information server acquires updated stock price information from a securities market network, a message that instructs that a predetermined application be starte... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080020731 | Accounting method and system in a communication system An accounting method in a communication system. In the accounting method, a base station (BS) allocates resources to a mobile station (MS) located in its own cell according to data that the BS will exchange with the MS, exchanges data with the MS over the allocated reso... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080009263 | Package billing for micro-transactions The invention relates to a method and system for billing a mobile device user for a services and/or products requested by the user, in which a message request is received from the mobile service that is directed to the mobile device user, and wherein the mobile phone us... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080003977 | Delivery of Value Identifiers Using Short Message Service (SMS) The present invention discloses systems and methods for managing the transfer of value to a third party using short messaging Services (SMS) communications. Methods for using SMS to transfer value to a third party comprises providing the payment card to a user; activati... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070298764 | Mobile Device Notification with Options Notifying users of mobile communication devices, which may include providing options for response to notifications. A component of a communication service provider system receives an indication of a notification for a user of a mobile communication device. The notificat... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070298763 | Mobile Device Notification with Options Notifying users of mobile communication devices, which may include providing options for response to notifications. A component of a communication service provider system receives an indication of a notification for a user of a mobile communication device. The notificat... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20060246870 | Mobile communications terminal and method for prepaying for communication charge in mobile communications terminal A mobile communication terminal and a method is provided to facilitate prepayment of a communication fee, whereby when a prepaid communication fee is depleted while using a mobile communication service, an alert signal and an announcement signal are generated and output... | 11/02/2006 |
