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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7406160 | Method and system for service control point billing The preferred embodiments described herein include a method and system for billing for the use of a service control point (“SCP”). In one presently preferred embodiment, an SCP receives a query from a service switching point (“SSP”) and accesses data in a da... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7369842 | Telephony service in event of link failure between mobile switching center and a home location register or a service control point A mobile switching center is configured with software instructions which allow it to continue to provide at least limited call termination and call origination services for mobile terminals in the event of a failure of a signaling link between the mobile switching c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7305073 | Rate modelling A method and apparatus are provided for generating a rate model (115) for use in determining a rate to be applied with respect to an instance of a product or service, system or process. The rate may relate for example to utilisation of a resource, for example... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7277397 | Method and system for handling a packet data service A method and system for handling a packet data service wherein, proceeding from the handling of a packet data service by a service network node of a packet data network to which communication terminal equipment is connected for the transmission of packet data, it oc... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7260195 | Call management service A system and method that enables a telecommunications consumer to define groups to be included in a monthly bill, and then periodically generate a bill in accordance with the consumer's specifications. In one embodiment, the invention includes a plurality of portabl... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7248681 | System and method for real-time fraud detection within a telecommunication network Real time detection of the fraudulent use of a telecommunications network is accomplished by analyzing data for each call that is occurring within the network. A signal protocol receiver is used to collect signaling protocol for each call that is occurring within th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7227935 | Bill payment configuration A method, system and apparatus for bill payment over a PSTN. The method can include processing a call in the PSTN to establish a telephonic connection between a caller and a call center configured to process bill payments. The method further can include resolving an... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7215750 | System and method for providing custom caller-ID messages Systems and methods for providing a message in Caller-ID information are described. In one embodiment of the present invention, an applications server, such as service control point (SCP), substitutes a message for Caller-ID information when a switch serving the cal... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7174008 | Method and system for managing the duration and cost of a telephone call A method for establishing a call between a calling party and at least one called party via a call switching network. The method includes calculating a call charge per minute rate based upon a number of rate-determining parameters, notifying the calling party of the ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7155205 | System and method for verifying subscriber data records in a telephone system A consistency verification tool performs a consistency check on subscriber data records stored in the cellular telephone system. One such consistency check analyzes subscriber data records in a home location register (HLR) and a billing system to determine the prese... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7133509 | Method and system for charging a set activation fee for pay telephone usage A set activation fee pay telephone permits a telephone customer to place a telephone call from a pay telephone if the customer presents valid billing information, and charges the customer a fixed fee for the call, plus any other applicable network charges. The set a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7110512 | Method and apparatus for providing prepaid local telephone services A system and method for providing prepaid dialtone services. The system includes a prepaid dialtone service center having an applications server that maintains a prepaid dialtone subscriber database including subscriber identification and service period information.... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7095837 | Intelligent network services In a telephone network, a service control point is called by a switching center, if a flag has previously been set by some event (e.g. call charges crossing a threshold or the leaving of a voice mail message) when a call is being established or terminated. The switc... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7072639 | System and method for determining optimal wireless communication service plans based on historical projection analysis In general, a system and method for analyzing wireless communication data for determining an optimal wireless communication service plans based on historical projection analysis is disclosed. A transceiver is configured to receive billing information associated with... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7058600 | Integrated proxy interface for web based data management reports An Intranet/Internet/Web-based data management tool that provides a common GUI enabling the requesting, customizing, scheduling and viewing of various types of unpriced call detail data reports pertaining to a customer's telecommunications network traffic. The Intra... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058388 | Method and system for presentation of content from one cellular phone to another through a computer network A cellular phone issues a request for content from a server. The cellular requests and authorizes the content for use by another cellular phone. When the content is received by the second cellular phone, the first cellular phone is billed. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042994 | Method and apparatus for making a long distance telephone call A method for making a long distance or international telephone call is disclosed. A subscriber calls an assigned telephone number to access a sign-up calling plan service billed to a home plan at the home plan rates, and responds to a service announcement by enterin... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043229 | System and method for determining tariffs for real-time calls involving ported directory numbers A system and method for determining a tariff for a real-time wireless service such as a prepaid service (PPS) for a wireless telephone call. A Local Number Portability Point (LNPP) provides an interface between service scripts in a Service Control Point (SCP) or app... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6978141 | Method and system for connecting wireless handsets with wireline switches A method and system for connecting a wireless handset to a wireline switch in an integrated wireline/wireless telecommunications network having a plurality of access controllers and wireline switches includes a wireless service processor operative to receive identif... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6965697 | Coding apparatus and method, decoding apparatus and method, data processing system, storage medium, and signal A coding apparatus for embedding second data into first data without deteriorating the first data includes a memory for storing at least partial data of the first data. An embedding coder embeds the second data into the first data by rearranging, according to the se... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6954458 | System and method for message transport and segmentation A node, and a system including a first node, supporting message transport and segmentation in a communications network having a plurality of nodes, comprising a memory including a database for storing a plurality of segmentation support capability test results, wher... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951009 | System and method for generating computer code to facilitate development of CDR management tools A computer code generation tool generates computer code to facilitate development of call detail record (CDR) management tools. The computer code generation tool inputs one or more raw CDR structures and creates a generic CDR structure therefrom. Given a generic CDR... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6931110 | System and method for implementing calling card security and secured calling card A computer implemented method, computer program product and system are provided for implementing calling card security. A telephone call request is received from a calling card user. A plurality of predefined options is checked to identify user selected options for ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928150 | Call charging notification An approach for providing charging information of a call established over a data network is disclosed. A communications system includes a user agent that initiates a call to another user agent according to an application layer protocol. The system also includes a ne... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922465 | Method and system for reporting events in telecommunication networks Methods and systems are provided for reporting to subscribers network events in a plurality of formats and languages depending upon the particular subscriber group to which a subscriber belongs. When a subscriber requests a call, a switching node in the network invo... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6912383 | Implementing method for adding monetary value of mobile prepayment service in different locations The invention discloses a method, which implements recharging at different locations for mobile prepaid service, based on intelligent network. The method sets SDP of intelligent network outside of SCP. All rechargeable card data of mobile prepaid service are stored ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6882862 | Method for interfacing a private branch exchange with a wireless communications network and also with the public switched telephone network The present invention provides a system and method for using a standard private branch exchange (PBX), such as e.g., the Lucent Technologies, Inc. DEFINITY® PBX, for interfacing with a wireless (e.g., cellular, etc.) communication network and the public switched te... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6782083 | ISN call interrupt A device and method of intercepting in-progress calls whose billing numbers have been marked fraudulent subsequent to the initial authorization and validation of the same in-progress calls. The device and method uses criteria to define certain calls as “suspect”... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6760417 | Charging method in telecommunications network A method and system for charging a subscriber (10) in a telecommunications network comprising nodes (11 and 12) connected to a mediator unit (14), whereby a billing unit (15) comprising the subscriber's (10) charging data ca... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6741685 | Billing systems and methods for communication networks providing differentiated services A preferred method for billing for utilization of a communications network includes receiving routing information corresponding to routing of data via the communications network. Thereafter, the routing information may be correlated with a transaction model and bill... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6718025 | System and method for toll notification when placing a call A system and method for alerting wireless telephone users whether a call is a toll call. This invention provides communication subscribers with a notification when placing a toll call to either other wireless or landline subscribers. The notification may be a toll n... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6697469 | Method and system for implementing calling-party-pays telecommunication services A calling-party-pays gateway operative for billing a surcharge for a telecommunication service to an account associated with a calling line number. The calling-party-pays gateway is configured for connection between a telephone system and a switch servici... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6636593 | Multiple system management point nodes using dynamically transportable logic for system configuration management A dynamic transaction network having multiple management stations, one or more terminals, and one or more databases is disclosed. The dynamic transaction network is capable of adding and removing network hosts (terminals, databases, and management station... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6625268 | Supporting supplementary services in an intelligent network Known intelligent network architectures do not comprise a mechanism by means of which it would be possible to notify a service control point (SCP) of a recurrent use of supplementary services or of the activation of the supplementary services at a service... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6611582 | Method and system for service control point billing The preferred embodiments described herein include a method and system for billing for the use of a service control point ("SCP"). In one presently preferred embodiment, an SCP receives a query from a service switching point ("SSP") and accesses data in a... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6570973 | System and method for toll notification when placing a call A system and method for alerting wireless telephone users whether a call is a toll call. This invention provides communication subscribers with a notification when placing a toll call to either other wireless or landline subscribers. The notification may ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6539082 | Billing system A billing system for a telecommunications network uses a monitoring software agent to monitor messages, indicative of individual calls on the network, passing between a service switching point and a service control point. Call record information is extrac... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6522734 | Transaction billing for special service telephone numbers A telecommunications network includes computing intelligence for billing call processing on a per transaction basis. In particular, a customer is charged separately for each usage of a remote computing resource that assists in call processing. The remote ... | 02/18/2003 |
