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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7606355 | Method and apparatus for ordering goods, services and content over an internetwork A billing system is provided that allows a consumer to order products from computers connected to the Internet, wherein the consumer is automatically billed for the ordered good or service by its telephone service provider. The billing system comprises a plug-in com... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7386112 | Arrangement for controlling SS7 message routing by selecting a signaling link selection field based on an affected destination An originating node is configured for generating a route management signaling message having a signaling link selection (SLS) value that is selected by the originating node based on an affected destination value. The affected destination value, distinct from a desti... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7352852 | Method and system for determining a least cost path for routing international communications traffic A method, system, and medium for determining a least-cost, international-routing path to communicate data across a telecommunications network are provided. The path implementation variables can be presented on a user interface or used to automatically generate a swi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340045 | Method of billing a communication session conducted over a computer network A method of billing a communication session between a user and a value-added service. A request is received from a user for a communication session, such as a circuit-switched call, a computer-network telephony call or a multimedia session, between the user and a va... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333596 | Casual usage alternate billing The present invention relates generally to a casual usage alternate billing. More particularly, the invention encompasses a method and an apparatus for casual usage alternate billing. The invention intercepts a call, especially a dial-around call, to either verify t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330832 | Mechanism for sharing of guaranteed resources A method for service allocation among a plurality of entities requiring service allocation in a communications or computing environment comprising the steps of initializing a supply of services of one or more holding entities, endowing one or more bidding entities w... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7321656 | Shared usage telecommunications billing system and method In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a telecommunications billing system that includes an interface, a customer database, a usage database and a billing module. The interface is configured to receive subscription data associated with a subscript... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7280645 | Method of associating multiple prepaid cards with a single account A set of multiple prepaid calling cards that are associated with a single account is disclosed. A predetermined amount of minutes is associated with the set of cards. Cards within the set can be used simultaneously and extract minutes from the account in predetermin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280817 | Network based archiving of user-specific information in a communication system User-specific information (e.g., call log information, contact information, etc.) normally stored within a mobile user device associated with a user is also maintained at one or more network storage locations within a communication system. The information may therea... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277532 | Call monitoring apparatus and method therefor In a signalling network employing the SS7 signalling protocol, it is known to use masks to mine CDR stores in order to obtain data for analysis in respect of a particular customer of a communications network associated with the signalling network. However, the use o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7222293 | Professional time tracking and reporting system An apparatus and a method for tracking time spent on one or more Internet sites. The tracked information may then be used to generate detailed records containing the Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) of the sites visited, the exact time spent on each site, and a reco... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7180990 | Prepaid telephone calling card with message recording capability System and method for recording at least one message to be associated with a prepaid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involve a data storage system for storing data corresponding to the prepaid telephone calling card and at least one message... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7151824 | Billing data interface for conferencing customers A billing data interface provides billing data to customers in an accurate and efficient manner. Billing data is processed to preserve client billing information and to meet a customer's individual data requirements. The billing data may be presented in such a way t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149288 | Rules based real-time communication system A rules-based real-time messaging system for groups of users, in which an availability status is maintained in association with each user. Clients are communicably coupled to a real-time messaging server, which maintains indications of the online/offline presence of... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7117202 | System and method for computer based searches using genetic algorithms A system for conducting a computer based search that includes a bidding bulletin board to post a user search query from a user, an agent that submits a bid to the bidding bulletin board in response to the query, where the agent is associated with a search result, an... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7092501 | 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.... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076038 | Methods and systems for enabling charging land-line long-distance calls to wireless subscriber's account Disclosed is a method of and apparatus employing the method for automatically enabling long-distance calls on the land-line public telephone switched network and debiting the wireless subscriber's account an amount for the long-distance call. The method includes the... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7054431 | Method and system for generating call data reports A method and system for generating customer reports based on station message detail recording (SMDR) data includes a service control point (SCP) in a public switched telecommunications network (PSTN). The service control point samples calling data from multiple serv... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7013001 | Method of billing a communication session conducted over a computer network A method of billing a communication session between a user and a value-added service. A request is received from a user for a communication session, such as a circuit-switched call, a computer-network telephony call or a multimedia session, between the user and a va... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6999572 | Automated call connection system A method and system are provided for automatic call connection. A call back request is initiated by a first user and then sent to a second user. After the call back request is received by the second user, the second user is given the option of accepting or rejecting... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993321 | Wireless telephone system with mobile instruments for outgoing calls A telecommunication system incorporates individual station instruments simplified by wireless operation, voice dialing, prepaid accounting and out-call operation, all enabled by cooperative system operation including supporting central equipment. Wireless operation ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6980635 | Methods and systems for automated prepaid service routing The present invention provides methods and systems for automatically routing a long distance call placed by a subscriber to a prepaid service provider. Six exemplary methods are discussed for allowing the prepaid subscriber to directly dial a called party's long dis... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6957059 | Method and device for registering and connecting collect calls with intelligent network services An effective possibility for making collect calls available is provided by a method for registering and connecting a collect call characterized in that a calling mobile station sends a USSD message concerning a desired collect call with another mobile station to an ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6944278 | Internet-activated callback service Techniques for using the Internet to establish an international telephone call using a callback service where there is a rate difference between the source and destination countries are disclosed. In one approach the customer sends the call information to the callba... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6917798 | Method for the real-time billing of telecommunication links when a subscriber is located outside his home network A method of real-time billing of telecommunications links when a subscriber is located outside his or her own network. The method is characterized in that the establishment of the telecommunications links and the control of the real-time billing are carried out thro... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6909779 | Method and system for a long distance conference call discount feature A method and system for providing a long distance conference call discount feature is disclosed. Call detail records for calls on a per call basis both in the wireline local and long distance setting and any wireless setting are assembled at a telecommunications ser... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6842511 | Parallel computer network and method for telecommunications network simulation to route calls and continuously estimate call billing in real time A telecommunications call routing and billing computer system includes a telecommunications network including a junction point including a call routing switching device, and including two call routing links meeting at the junction point and in communications with ea... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6704402 | Method and system for a multiple line long distance discount feature A method and system for providing a multiple line long distance discount feature is disclosed. Call detail records for calls on a per call basis both in the wireline local and long distance setting and any wireless setting are assembled at a telecommunica... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6678364 | System and method for cost estimation of a long distance call The cost of a long distance call on a telephone system from a first telephone station to a second telephone station is estimated. The first telephone station has a corresponding calling number and the second telephone station has a corresponding called nu... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6504920 | Method and system for initiating conversations between callers having common interests A system for initiating conversations between callers to a telephone receives calls from various callers, receives selections of various topics of conversation from the callers, and then establishes communication links between pairs of callers in accordan... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6404877 | Automated toll-free telecommunications information service and apparatus An automated toll-free telecommunications information service may be provided responsive to a user sending an E-mail request via the Internet or by a caller dialing a toll-free telephone number and announcing a voice request wherein the caller request com... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404869 | Preferred billing rate pre-paid telephone calling card System and a method for facilitating the use of a preferred, discount rate pre-paid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involved a data storage system for storing data corresponding to a pre-paid telephone calling card and at least o... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6381315 | Universal exchange for making least-cost non-local telephone calls A method and an apparatus for making least-cost non-local telephone calls. In accordance with this method, an identification code of a customer and a plurality of carrier codes associated with the identification code are stored in a memory which is access... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6307924 | Method of charging for services, network node, and gateway node The invention relates to a method of charging for services in a communications system consisting of two or more communications networks (KN1, KN2, KN3) of different network operators, and to network nodes (N3 to N5) and gateway nodes (GN1 to GN4) for such... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6009155 | Communication system and its accounting method Terminal equipment on a reception side comprises a telephone number detection section for detecting a calling subscriber's number transmitted from the communication network, a memory for storing specified calling subscribers' numbers, and control section ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6005925 | Bidding for telecommunications traffic over route segments Telecommunications switches route calls in accordance with economic incentives (e.g., least cost routing) resulting from a bidding process between participating telecommunications carriers (Carriers) by operation of a central processor, a computer referre... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5982864 | Telephone billing with customized billing information A method and system for automatically generating telephone bills that include customer defined or requested billing information. Customer specific data including billing parameters for a customer is stored. A record describing a telephone call between the... | 11/09/1999 |
