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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7599479 | Systems and methods for generating bills Systems and methods for identifying charges on a bill are provided. Each charge category is assigned an associated symbol. The associated symbol appears in proximity to the corresponding charge category on the bill. If a charge category includes charge subcategories... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7430286 | Method and system for generating a billing record A transaction record is received including transaction data corresponding to at least one telephone call placed by a subscriber. The transaction data is processed by a plurality of rate plans, each rate plan generating a toll amount corresponding to the telephone ca... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7398084 | Method and system of correlating dissimilar call records to a high level aggregated view A method of monitoring, and a system to perform the method of monitoring, a mobile network, the method including generating detail records of information transactions in the mobile network; correlating dissimilar detail records from different ones of the monitoring ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7372056 | LPP EUV plasma source material target delivery system An EUV light generation system and method is disclosed that may comprise a droplet generator producing plasma source material target droplets traveling toward the vicinity of a plasma source material target irradiation site; a drive laser; a drive laser focusing opt... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369651 | System and method for creating and accessing outgoing telephone call log Outgoing call log data associated with a call from a subscriber's terminal is provided by a system including a switch, which receives the call from the subscriber's terminal and launches a query in response to the call, and a service controller, which receives the q... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359503 | Method of and system for providing services in a communications network A system for providing services in a communications network includes a service processing function, a universal directory function, and a nodal resource manager. The service processing function receives service requests, formulates requests for interworking function... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7319744 | Unified messaging/call routing configuration using palmtop computer A method of routing telephone calls, emails and faxes using a palmtop computer. Using a date book forming a part of a personal information manager application of a palmtop computer, the user enters an appointment into the date book. Such an appointment has a startin... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319414 | Secure notification messaging systems and methods using authentication indicia Systems and methods are disclosed for notification or messaging systems that give confidence to the notification-receiving party that a notification concerning the travel status of a mobile thing is from a proper authorized source. One representative method, among o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7304984 | Methods and systems for creating, distributing and executing multimedia telecommunications applications over circuit and packet switched networks A service creation switch (114) supports both tightly coupled and loosely distributed application server (AS) (126) functions, with the tightly coupled AS (126) functions residing in the switch (114), and the loosely coupled AS (126 | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295829 | System, apparatus and method for managing telephone call records A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for communicating one or more telecommunication call records associated with a telecommunication system, the one or more call records are transmitted from a remote telecommunication device. The system includes a telecommun... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7272218 | Subscription-based billing methods and systems for shared network modem pools Methods of billing telephone calls in networks that utilize shared modem pools. A request from a user of the network is received along with user identifying data. The user identifying data is correlated with records in a database of user identifying data and if a ma... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272379 | Session-based accounting Improved billing accuracy in session-based communications is provided by separating session (or connection) billing from session processing. If two sessions (440, 442) on the same serving node are bridged, so the true stop time of the prior session (440 | 09/18/2007 |
| 7243143 | Flow probe connectivity determination An accounting system inserts flow probes into various locations within a network to measure certain parameters. The flow probes capture Internet Protocol (IP) packets and determines if the captured IP packets contain messages relating to error reporting. If the IP p... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231035 | Method and apparatus for entertaining callers in a queue One embodiment of the invention provides for receiving a call from a caller, the call being associated with a first merchant; placing the call in a queue; determining a second merchant; and establishing a connection, the connection enabling communication between the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216799 | Terminal providing system A plurality of terminals (40) that are provided to users, and a providing device (20) are placed at a providing place (2). The providing device includes a memory that stores information concerning the plurality of terminals (40). The prov... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7200150 | System and method for bypassing data from egress facilities An open architecture platform bypasses data from the facilities of a telecommunications carrier, e.g. an incumbent local exchange carrier, by distinguishing between voice and data traffic, and handling voice and data traffic separately. An SS7 gateway receives and t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191058 | Notification systems and methods enabling user entry of notification trigger information based upon monitored mobile vehicle location A vehicle monitoring and notification system includes a mapping application and a data manager. The mapping application receives data identifying a particular location and automatically translates this data into a set of location values. The mapping application then... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187760 | System and method for creating and accessing outgoing telephone call log Outgoing call log data associated with a call from a subscriber's terminal is provided by a system including a switch, which receives the call from the subscriber's terminal and launches a query in response to the call, and a service controller, which receives the q... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7167860 | Fault tolerance for network accounting architecture A system for collecting and aggregating data from network entities for a data consuming application is described. The system includes a data collector layer to receive network flow information from the network entities and to produce records based on the information... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167451 | User controlled audio quality for voice-over-IP telephony systems A call adaptation system tracks adaptation schemes used for transmitting audio packets in a Voice Over IP call. A user response to the Voice Over IP (VoIP) call is monitored. The call adaptation system then dynamically varies the adaptation schemes used for transmit... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152200 | Internet-based database report writer and customer data management system A database report writer and customer data management system and method provides a GUI type interface to allow users convenient on-line access, such as via the Internet, to customer billing and inventory data in the form of an on-line report. The present invention f... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149292 | System and method for creating a billing record with a called party's name A method and system are provided for creating a billing record with a called party's name. Providing the called party's name on the billing record facilitates the calling party's review of the billing record by reducing the amount of time and effort needed to determ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7130337 | Method and system for sample and recreation synchronization for digital transmission of analog modem signal A method and system for the synchronization of the transmission of digitally converted analog modem signals between two or more modems using either RF over-the-air or A/C power line communication channels. This invention provides for modem speed optimization my mini... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127046 | Voice-activated call placement systems and methods System and method for deriving call routing information utilizing a network control data base system and voice recognition for matching spoken word sound patterns to routing numbers needed to set up calls. Public access is provided to a common database via a common ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119716 | Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications Response systems and methods are disclosed for communications in connection with a computer-based notification system and a personal communications device (e.g., telephone, pager, computer, PDA, etc.) associated with a party. One such representative response method,... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113110 | Stop list generation systems and methods based upon tracked PCD's and responses from notified PCD's Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. A representative method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: monitoring travel data associated with a first personal communications device (PCD); initiating a notification comm... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7109503 | Systems for protecting internal components of an EUV light source from plasma-generated debris Systems and methods are disclosed for protecting an EUV light source plasma production chamber optical element surface from debris generated by plasma formation. In one aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, a shield is disclosed which comprises at least ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106840 | Method and system for generating a billing record A transaction record is received including transaction data corresponding to at least one telephone call placed by a subscriber. The transaction data is processed by a plurality of rate plans, each rate plan generating a toll amount corresponding to the telephone ca... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103346 | Satellite and cellular usage characteristics determination A network component of an apparatus in one example determines one or more usage characteristics of a mobile communication device for a cellular communications network and one or more usage characteristics of the mobile communication device for a satellite communicat... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103345 | Call information output in a telecommunication network A method of providing information relating to a telephone call, in a GSM cellular radio telephone network, to a data storage system. The method comprises receiving caller identity information at a Mobile Switching Centre (MSC) of the network during a call set-up pro... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7092398 | System, method and computer program product for charging for competitive IP-over-wireless service A system, method and computer program product are provided for charging for Internet Protocol (IP) usage utilizing a wireless network. Initially, call description record information is received from a wireless network in real-time. Such call description record infor... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089031 | Radio terminal with browser A terminal for providing an application using a browser. The terminal comprises a transceiver arranged to send radio packets to and receive radio packets from a server, and means for determining if the terminal and server are able to communicate. The terminal furthe... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089107 | System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle Generally, the present invention monitors and communicates travel data transmitted from vehicles being monitored by the system to users requesting travel information on a particular vehicle. A travel data storage unit receives and stores the travel data. When a user... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7072881 | Method and system for managing telecommunications reports A method for managing telecommunications reports comprises receiving customer data in a mainframe database system based on a plurality of customer submissions. A report is generated in the mainframe database system based on the customer data in the mainframe databas... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7064681 | Response systems and methods for notification systems Response systems and methods are disclosed for communications in connection with an automated computer-based notification system. One representative response method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: initiating a notification communication to a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7030781 | Notification system and method that informs a party of vehicle delay An advance notification system and method notifies passengers of the impending arrival of a transportation vehicle, for example, a school bus, at a particular vehicle stop. The system generally includes an on-board vehicle control unit for each vehicle and a base st... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027809 | Systems and methods for providing visibility to SS7 integrated on-line networks A system and method capture data from an SS7 network and pair each invoke message with its corresponding response message. Each message is stored in a daily file as well as in a table dedicated for that particular message type. A separate file is also maintained on ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013127 | Systems and methods for employing “pay-as-you-go” telecommunication services Telecommunication services systems and methods are disclosed. The telecommunication services systems and methods preferably enable the user and/or the responsible party to make payments as the user uses the telecommunication services. The systems and methods may als... | 03/14/2006 |
