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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189751 | 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... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8170188 | Method and arrangement for providing a communication in a communication system First information and second information is stored in the communication system for a callback after a first communication terminal attempts a call to a second communication terminal in which the connection is not established. The first information allows the second ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8139735 | IMS gateway systems and methods IMS gateway systems and methods are disclosed for providing online charging for IMS sessions. An IMS gateway system described herein operates based on a state machine to provide charging triggers and IMS session control. For one charging trigger, the IMS gateway sys... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8059800 | Method for viral distribution of ringback media A method for the viral distribution of ringback media. A trigger is transmitted from a calling client station to a ringback server during the ringback period of call setup, whereby in response to receipt of the trigger by the ringback server, the subscriber associat... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7920683 | Method and testing device for verifying the charge invoicing for a communications connection according to time-unit intervals A testing device and a method for verifying the charge invoicing for a communications device according to time unit intervals is provided. A testing device, which can simulate at least one calling analog terminal and at least one called terminal, is connected to a n... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7804944 | Communication assistance system and method A communication assistance system provides access to information corresponding to a plurality of subscriber listings. The system includes a telephone switch for receiving calls from a plurality of callers desiring to access the information corresponding to the subsc... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7734025 | Methods and systems for providing on-line bills for use in communications services A communications system provides a bill for services provided to a user of the system, to a display device via a network. The display device may be a personal computer and the network may be the Internet, for example. A plurality of users may be parties to an accoun... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7724882 | Method for providing call intermediation services and system therefore Disclosed is a method and system for providing call intermediation services. The method for providing the call intermediation services allows a user to automatically make a call with a company if a user inputs only the telephone number on the web. After confirming t... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7715537 | Metering in packet-based telephony networks One embodiment of the present invention facilitates efficient metering in a packet network environment by providing a single metering message, which contains sufficient information to provide the complete call tariff model for a particular call. The media gateway re... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7616746 | Methods and apparatus for tracking and charging for communications resource reallocation Utilization of resources used to provide a service, and/or costs associated with providing system resources for a service, are tracked in a system where the available resources vary depending on a variety of conditions including resource utilization by other users. ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7590228 | General charging method A general charging method includes establishing a charging strategy and performing the charging according to the charging strategy. The charging strategy includes at least one priority each of which includes at least one time period and each of the time periods is p... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7548614 | Audible announcement played to calling party before establishment of two party stable call An audible announcement is played to a calling party, upon initiation of a call to a called party, before establishment of the call as a two party stable call between the calling party and the called party. The audible announcement comprises one or more of: a number... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7542556 | Apparatus and method for providing multiple line billing in telecommunications systems One or more application server components serve to associate one or more digit strings with one or more numbers available to one party of one or more parties to a call and to impose one or more charges on the one or more numbers available to the one party to the cal... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7492878 | Method for providing and billing for functionalities of a wireless identification module WIM in mobile communication terminals A method for providing and billing WIM functionalities in mobile communication terminals. The method is characterized in that the WIM internally counts each of the signatures initiated by the subscriber, wherein the signature function is blocked when a given number ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7480371 | Method and system for billing network access capacities shared between internet service providers For optimizing Internet access resources, a method and system for billing network access capacities shared across Internet service providers is disclosed. A Client Service Provider (CSP) may rent access on Points Of Presence belonging to a Master Service Provider (M... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7453997 | Wireless internet services billing Wireless internet services billing enables a telecommunications company to bill internet service events on a transaction level. In a described implementation, an internet service event, which occurs at least partially within an internet environment, is detected. An ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453996 | Billing method for telecommunication service based on fixed fee Provided is a billing method for telecommunication service based on fixed fee according to user's usage time. The method includes the steps of: estimating reference time according to user's usage time of the previous term; estimating guarantee time; reading user's u... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450703 | Acceptance of inputs from various interfaces to a telephony system A telephony system that accepts inputs, such as account codes, from a variety of devices and interfaces. The system includes a server with a telephony management software (TMS) unit, a telephony application programming interface (TAPI) unit, and an application unit.... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7437144 | Method of managing prepaid subscription information A method, a telecommunications system and a network node are provided for managing subscription information of a prepaid subscription in a telecommunications system. According to the present invention, a first time limit indicating when the subscription will expire ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428497 | Methods and apparatuses for pay-per-call advertising in mobile/wireless applications Methods and apparatuses to connect telephone calls and track information about the telephone calls resulting from advertisements on mobile/wireless media channels. In one embodiment, a method includes: assigning a telephone number to an advertiser, one of the teleph... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426263 | Destination device order billing according to call recipient A method, system, and program for billing for orders placed from a destination device according to the calling plan of the individual receiving the call. An authenticated identity for a callee answering a call placed to a destination device is received at an interme... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424442 | Method and apparatus to allocate and recycle telephone numbers in a call-tracking system In one embodiment, the invention provides a method. The method includes dynamically allocating a telephone number to an advertisement on a just-in-time basis; and if the telephone number is not called for a predefined period of time then unallocating the telephone n... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424101 | Methods and systems for making telephone calls Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for making a call. Such methods and systems may request the call using a network, initiate a first leg to a caller device based on the request, initiate a second leg to a receiver device based on the... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7406307 | System and method for providing interoperable and on-demand telecommunications service The present invention relates in general to the field of voice and data communications, and in particular, to a novel system for providing interoperable on-demand communications and services across otherwise incompatible narrowband voice and broadband systems. The s... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403602 | Internet-based message delivery with PSTN billing A global computer network message delivery service is disclosed. A sender enters a short message for delivery to a recipient's telephone. The sender also enters the recipient's telephone number. The sender may also enter the telephone number that he can be reached a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394893 | Origin device order billing according to caller A method, system, and program for billing for order places from an origin device according to the current caller billing plan are provided. A billing plan associated with an authenticated caller identity of a caller using an origin device is accessed by a vendor ord... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392036 | Monitoring and reporting service failures during handoff situations for adjusting subscriber billing A method in a communication system comprising at least one access network controller entity for controlling a plurality of service areas and a core network controller entity. The access network controller entity reports to the core network controller entity movement... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392214 | Systems and methods for trading The present invention is systems and methods for trading. In accordance with these systems and methods, a plurality of trader work stations that are connected to a central server may be provided. Through the work stations and central server, the systems and methods ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382868 | Telephony services system with instant communications enhancements An interactive telephony services system is provided with instant communications function. In accordance with some embodiments, presence information related to the availability of a called party to be contacted via instant communications affects the handling of tele... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376415 | System and method for offering portable language interpretation services Language interpretation for users includes a portable system for providing access to interpretation services, such as a prepaid, debit or credit card for the user. The prepaid card has a number of minutes of language interpretation service associated with it in addi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372947 | Message exchange and method for distributing messages in telephone networks A voice-controlled message exchange apparatus and method for receiving spoken messages, from a plurality of subscribers in a public switched telephone network via the telephone network. The voice controlled message exchange is used for storing the received messages,... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366494 | Billing method in electronic switch in a cellular network A billing method in an electronic switch in a cellular network. A call processor calculates the time period for which service is temporarily interrupted to include only a normal service time period in billing data, and sends the billing data to a billing processor. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366493 | System and method for analyzing wireless communication data In general, a system and method for analyzing wireless communication records and for determining optimal wireless communication service plans is disclosed. A transceiver is configured to receive billing information associated with a subscriber of a telecommunication... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363371 | Traffic flow management in a communications network Admission of rapidly varying traffic flows to a communications network is controlled by sampling the traffic flows each at an ingress, and sampling an aggregate flow of said flows at some or all of the resources used by the aggregate flow. From this sampling, a mean... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362853 | Cost negotiation for communication sessions A method of negotiating the sharing of a cost associated with a communication service between a plurality of participants. The method comprises sending a cost sharing request from a terminal 1 used by a first of the participants to the terminal 12,13 u... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359715 | Method and system for detecting a preferred wireless network for a mobile device A method and system for detecting a wireless network includes receiving at a mobile device a signal having data indicative of a location of the mobile device. A determination is made whether the mobile device is within the coverage area of a specified network based ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353014 | Universal portable unit In general, a portable unit and method are described for storing user information for subsequent recovering. For one embodiment, the portable unit comprises a casing, an antenna and logic employed within the casing. The logic may comprise a wireless transceiver coup... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352851 | Exchange and computer readable medium storing exchange control program An exchange is provided, the exchange receiving a number of a telephone terminal of a called party, selecting a network from a plurality of connectable networks including the Internet with the number and connecting to the network. In addition, the exchange calls the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343406 | Proactive call and contact center system A proactive call center which detects problems, resolves the problems, and then contacts the customers before customers initiate calls themselves. In the present invention, the workflow process is monitored to ensure that a transaction is completed without problems.... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340422 | Systems and method for managing and processing of telecommunications invoices A system and method for management and processing a plurality of types of telecommunication invoices at a user's site involving importing the plurality of types of telecommunication invoices to provide comparable telecommunication invoices and auditing the comparabl... | 03/04/2008 |
