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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7281263 | System and method for managing security access for users to network systems A network security system for managing access to a plurality of different network systems for a plurality of users. The network security system includes an enterprise directory system configured to process request messages from each of the network systems requesting... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7145989 | Pre-paid telephone calling card having an associated pre-recorded personal greeting System and a method for recording a personal greeting associated with a pre-paid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involve a data storage system for storing data corresponding to a pre-paid telephone calling card and a personal greeting. Also... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7080149 | Pet registration, search, and retrieval system with municiple licensing option A nationwide, web-based pet registration, search and retrieval system. The system is implemented with a host computer (10) that may be accessed by users operating user computers (12) via a communications network (14) such as the Internet. Pet ow... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6320946 | Information payphone A payphone or coin-operated telephone that functions as an information transmittal device that dispenses user-selected information audibly to the user via the speaker in the payphone handset. A variety of information is stored in an information storage un... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6243450 | Pay-per use for data-network-based public access services An apparatus for vending public multimedia services has a telephone, a multimedia terminal, a payment receiver for receiving an authorization to accept charges for enabling use of at least one of the telephone and the multimedia terminal, a file receiver ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6118860 | Public communications services vending method and apparatus An apparatus and method for vending public communications services. The apparatus includes a telephone, a multimedia terminal, and a payment receiver for receiving an authorization to accept charges for enabling use of at least one of the telephone and th... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5915005 | Method and system for toll charge and rate inquiry service for portable numbers A toll charge and rate inquiry service for portable numbers allows a telephone system user to access billing and toll telephone charge information prior to establishing a telephone call connection between the telephone system user and a called party. The ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5912956 | System and method for anonymously establishing telephonic connections A system and method for anonymously establishing telephonic connections includes a plurality of identification tags, a master control telephone calling card, a computer-executable program, a voice synthesizer and a telephone switch. The identification tag... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5734702 | Telephone card with commercial information and a telephone connection method therefor A telephone card has a part for storing the cumulative number of charged calls and a part for storing commercial information to be presented through a telephone set. The commercial information may be voice data to be played through a handset or speaker of... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5677945 | Account balancing and monitoring system for a telecommunications network A system and method provide prepaid telecommunication services using credit or debit cards in a telecommunication network including a central data base. The system monitors card balances while blocking multiple use of card balances and sends warning messa... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5661781 | Message notification system for card users Messaging service subscribers are automatically notified of newly arrived messages in their mailboxes when they initiate a transaction, such as a calling card (or credit card) call, or a withdrawal at an Automated Teller Machine (ATM). The mail arrival no... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5563934 | Pay phone call control apparatus for allowing calls using pre-paid cards A call control apparatus for a pay phone includes a reading unit, a calculating unit, and a call enable unit. The reading unit reads out value information of an inserted card. The calculating unit calculates a call time corresponding to a ratio of the val... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5483582 | Applications platform for a telephone system gateway interface A system is disclosed for providing enhanced call service and call routing functions from a centralized location on a telephone network line through gateway connections to service providers. A multiple function interface located between a paystation and a... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5436436 | IC card controlled system for selecting a language for a visual message display According to the present invention, an IC card terminal apparatus includes an IC card, an interface unit, a reading unit, a display control unit, and a display unit. Language identification information indicating a type of a language is stored in the IC c... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5287403 | Method and apparatus for processing telephone calls charged to credit cards When a telephone caller charges a call to a commercial credit card, an announcement which includes the name of the credit card issuer is supplied to the caller after the validation of the credit card. In a preferred embodiment, the issuer of the commercia... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5233647 | System for operating public modular telephones The systems consists of an intrinsic collaboration among a message concentrator unit, a center operating unit, several visual displays, printers, information storage devices including operating and management software, insuring that modular telephones and... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5134651 | Method and apparatus for providing answer supervision and an autonomous pay telephone incorporating the same A method and apparatus for telephone call answer supervision, capable of detecting the completion of both national and international calls, which employ different answer confirmation formats, and provide confirmation that a placed call has been answered i... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4945558 | Telephone set A telephone set having a base unit and a handset which is removable from a rest position on the base unit to make a telephone call and replaceable in the rest position following the call, and means for receiving a telephone enabling element which must be ... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4916731 | Device to monitor the content and/or duration of the display of advertisements The period for which advertisements are displayed on display screens is monitored by coupling the displaying time with the time of a telephone call from a public telephone booth near the display panel. Preferably, the call made from this booth is paid wit... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4768227 | Coil operated telephone A self-contained, pre-pay coin operated telephone wherein when the user removes a handset from a switchhook, a local dial tone is generated, prompting the user to enter a telephone number of a called party. Once the first digit of that telephone number ha... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4726056 | Shared flexible rating of telecommunications calls A method and apparatus for calculating charges for telephone calls in real time. The operator assistance switch connected to an originating telephone customer recognizes that a call is one which requires an immediate calculation of charges. Such calls inc... | 02/16/1988 |
