Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160219 | Controlled three way calling An inmate calls a call processing system and provides two phone numbers to it. The first phone number is for a 2nd Party who will accept the inmate's collect call and who will agree to pay any additional charge for adding a third party to the collect call. The secon... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8139736 | Destination device billing according to call recipient A destination telephony device, responsive to detecting a call between a caller at an origin telephony device and a callee at the destination telephony device within a trusted telephone network, authenticates an identity of the callee with a callee voice authenticat... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8068590 | Optimizing profitability in business transactions Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for processing alternatively billed telephone calls, such as, for example, collect calls and third party calls. In some representative embodiments, a method for completing an alternatively bill... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8054957 | Origin device billing according to caller A trusted telephone network, including at least one service provider, receives a request for service from an origin device. The origin device is associated with a line number to be billed for according to a line subscriber billing plan. An identity of a caller reque... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7961858 | Systems and methods for account establishment and transaction management Disclosed are systems and methods which provide techniques providing account setup, management and transaction authorization determinations in real-time using transaction interrupt messaging. Embodiments preferably take into consideration the quality of one or more ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7881446 | Telephony system and method with enhanced validation Inmate communications systems provide a feature-rich platform with a high degree of flexibility and security employing call control facilities located off institutional premises. Authentication processes for calling and called party verification include biometric te... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876887 | Selectively adding a third party to a collect call Prior to establishing a collect call, the called party agrees to pay an additional fee for any three-way call that may be established during the proposed collect call. If during the collect call, the called party attempts to add a third party to the collect call, a ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7860226 | Systems and methods for account management using interrupt messaging Disclosed are systems and methods which provide techniques providing account setup, management and transaction authorization determinations in real-time using transaction interrupt messaging. Embodiments preferably take into consideration the quality of one or more ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7738642 | Reverse charging system, reverse-charging service control apparatus, call agent and reverse charging method A call agent (CA) connects a IP telephone and a public switching telephone on the basis of a called-destination telephone number which corresponds to received reverse-charging service number from the IP telephone; a reverse-charging service control apparatus causes ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7599478 | IMS gateway systems and methods for online charging in IMS networks Systems and methods are disclosed for providing online charging in an IMS network. An IMS gateway system receives a first message from a CSCF through a first interface for a call session, and processes the first message to determine whether to contact an OCS for onl... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7436942 | System and method for charging in a communication network The present invention relates in general to communication networks and more specifically to a system and a method for charging in a communication network, especially in an IP Multimedia network. The new charging system allows charging principles used in traditional ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7424102 | Charging for an IP based communication system There is disclosed a method for charging for services in a communication system supporting a Diameter IP protocol, comprising defining at least one attribute value pair to define sponsorship information. ... | 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 |
| 7403603 | Method of billing in an abbreviated dialing service A telecommunications service translates an abbreviated dialing code into a toll free number, routes the call to an interexchange carrier, and manages the billing associated with the call. A billing system processes the billing such that a subscriber of the abbreviat... | 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 |
| 7391855 | System and method for implementation of a called party prepayment plan A method and associated system are provided for processing data to complete a collect telephone call to a called-party that has prepaid an account to pay for the collect call. Data is received regarding a collect call from a caller to the called-party. Next it is de... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7289612 | Apparatus and method for ensuring a real-time connection between users and selected service provider using voice mail A method and apparatus are described for ensuring a real-time connection between users and selected service providers using voice mail. The system enables seekers of a wide array of services to select, contact, converse, and pay for a service provider using a commun... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289613 | Technique for selecting a profile to use to service a call A telephone call may have more than one identifier, e.g., a billing telephone number and a caller's telephone number, within its signaling stream. Each identifier may have an associated call servicing profile. The invention determines which of several call profiles ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7257208 | Method and system for providing billing capability for a service node in an advanced intelligent network environment Embodiments of the present invention relate to billing for services in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) environment. A first call is received at a service node from a service switching point located in the AIN. A second call is established through the service s... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257209 | Calling-party-pays call processing for cellular and paging An enhanced Calling Party Pays (CPP) or Paging Party Pays (PPP) system that enables 1) billing of calls originating from traditionally non-billable sources, 2) routing of incoming calls to voicemail if the caller does not wish to incur the additional charges, 3) all... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251317 | Methods and systems for making telephone calls Methods and systems are disclosed for making a call. In one embodiment, 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 request, connect t... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7228155 | System and method for remotely initializing a RF transaction The present invention relates to a process for providing a RF module configured to convert a nontraditional transaction device for traditional transaction completion. The RF module is placed in physical and logical communication with a microprocessor of a nontraditi... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218712 | Method and system for accounting of services Method and system for handling a service request from an originating station (ST-A) to a terminating station (ST-B) in a telecommunications system managing service logic for accounting information for payment of services. A service request is received from an... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7180994 | Method and system for operator services automation using an operator services switch A telecommunications system includes a front end automation system, an operator services switch, an automated operator, and an automation data server. The front end automation system interacts with a caller in order to recognize a request of the caller and determine... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167551 | Intermediary device based callee identification A method, system, and program for intermediary device initiated callee identification are provided. A trusted telephone network detects a call receipt connection from a destination device. The trusted telephone network then brokers a connection between the destinati... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164757 | Methods and apparatus to manage collect phone calling limits Methods and apparatus to manage collect phone calling limits are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises: determining if collect calls from one or more predetermined locations to a terminating phone number have exceeded a collect calls limit; and determining... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7158621 | Pre-paid calling and voice messaging services for inmates Inmates place free incoming calls to a call processing system and are prompted to choose between accessing a voice mail system and calling an outside party. If an outside party is to be called, an inmate provides a phone number and an outgoing call is placed to the ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155204 | System and method for billing calls over a wireless network A system and method that enables subscribers to transfer the airtime charge for the sending/receiving wireless telephone station to a toll free call provider to/from whom a wireless toll-free telephone call is placed. A communication network in accordance with the p... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155412 | Billing for use of a telephony device A method, system, and program for billing a caller for use of an origin device are provided. Usage, of at least one measurable element of a telephony device by an identified individual, is tracked, where the identified individual is distinct from an owner of the ori... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149296 | Providing account usage fraud protection A method, system, and program providing identification usage fraud protection are provided. A context for a use of an identification via a communication line is detected at a fraud protection service. The context for use of the identification is analyzed in view of ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136679 | Call category for a call that terminates at announcement server component An apparatus in one example comprises a call control component that sets a call category for a call to indicate that the call terminates at an announcement server component prior to connection with a called communication device. Upon receipt of an answer message fro... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7120237 | Systems and methods for collect call processing A method of processing a collect call. The method includes receiving a request for a collect call from a calling party and transmitting information required pursuant to a detariffing order to a called party. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116768 | Collect callback In an implementation of collect callback, a call-in service establishes a communication link with a caller and initiates a collect callback option for the caller. A switch receives callback data from the call-in service and utilizes the callback data to establish a ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110515 | Remembrance-promoted number receipt for call allowance A user is allowed to place a call to a target phone number upon receipt of one or more remembrance-promoted numbers and zero or more passwords, from the user, at an access phone number location. The one or more remembrance-promoted numbers comprise one or more of: a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110792 | Apparatus and method for increased security of wireless transactions A mobile communication device with security mechanisms is provided for enabling wireless personal information transfer with increased security. In another embodiment of the invention, a mobile communication device is used to confirm a transaction. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110513 | System and method for determining characteristics of international calls A system for providing termination information for an international telephone number includes a centralized database of terminating characteristics. The system may also include request processing logic that receives an international telephone number from a user. In ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7099652 | Originating a billed transaction for an origin telephony device A method, computer program product, and program for originating a billed transaction at an origin telephony device are provided. A request to originate a billed transaction is received from an origin device. The identity of a callee answering a call originated by th... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095832 | Method of billing in an abbreviated dialing service A telecommunications service translates an abbreviated dialing code into a toll free number, routes the call to an interexchange carrier, and manages the billing associated with the call. A billing system processes the billing such that a subscriber of the abbreviat... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092385 | Policy control and billing support for call transfer in a session initiation protocol (SIP) network A session initiation protocol (SIP) server adds billing and authentication information to conventional SIP messages used in establishing call transfers. This additional information is later verified by a SIP server and used to enable advanced billing and fraud prote... | 08/15/2006 |
