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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8031849 | Telephony system and method with enhanced fraud control 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... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7974395 | Detection of telephone number spoofing An apparatus and method are disclosed that enables detecting the spoofing of a telephone number. To validate the identity of a calling terminal, some techniques in the prior art rely on exchanging data that only the legitimate calling system and the called system kn... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7817791 | Method and apparatus for providing fraud detection using hot or cold originating attributes An approach provides fraud detection in support of data communication services. A list of single-event attributes (e.g., hot or cold attributes) is generated and includes a network address of an end user host originating a data call or a calling party identification... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7653188 | Telephony extension attack detection, recording, and intelligent prevention A system and method are provided for detecting extension attacks made to a communication enterprise, and taking appropriate remedial action to prevent ongoing attacks and future attacks. One or more attributes of a suspect call are analyzed, and a risk is associated... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7430287 | System and method for detecting unauthorized access using a voice signature A method for detecting unauthorized access is provided. The method includes receiving a voice input associated with a request to access an account. A request voice signature corresponding to the voice input associated with the request is generated. An authorized voi... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7388948 | AMA access over local audit analysis (AAOLA) A method of evaluating automatic message accounting records associated with telephony calls that originate at a local exchange carrier telephony office and that are routed over an inter-exchange carrier telephony facility is disclosed. The method comprises collectin... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386105 | Method and apparatus for fraud detection An apparatus and method for detecting a fraud or fraud attempt in a captured interaction. The method comprising a selection step in which interactions suspected as capturing fraud attempts are selected for further analysis, and assigned a first fraud probability, an... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376431 | Location based fraud reduction system and method Likelihood of fraud is reduced by having at least one of an identifier of a location from where a request is submitted or information that can lead to identification of the location, submitted with or in addition to a request. Then, determination is made to whether ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7366289 | Domestic origination to international termination country set logic A method and device for preventing fraud in international calls in a long-distance telecommunications system, where selected customers can avoid fraud control blocks and greater granularity is achieved in blocking international destinations. In the method and device... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353014 | Universal portable unit In general, a portable unit and method are described for storing user information for subsequent recovering. For one embodiment, the portable unit comprises a casing, an antenna and logic employed within the casing. The logic may comprise a wireless transceiver coup... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7327837 | Call routing method A call processing method is disclosed. A first station initiates a call to a second station. Call information associated with the initiated call is evaluated by comparing the call information with information in a fraud database. Completion of the call is prevented ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319987 | Tokenless financial access system The present invention shows a method and a device system for tokenless authorization of commercial transactions between a user and a seller. The user registers at least one registration biometric sample, and at least one user financial account. The seller registers ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315824 | Internet printing by hotel guests Printing over a network, such as the Internet, by uploading, via the network, to a printing service provider, print data information and location information, determining identification information based on the uploaded location information, correlating, at the prin... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313545 | System and method for detecting fraudulent calls Systems and methods for evaluating transactions to determine if suspicious activities are possibly present. Various methods include providing a reference designator list with information associated with one or more suspicious activities. Using the reference designat... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7264154 | System and method for securing a credit account A system and method is disclosed for verifying a commercial transaction between a card-holder, a merchant, and a credit card company. The card-holder makes a purchase with the merchant using a full credit card number. The merchant submits a transaction approval requ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7242922 | Toll free calling account recharge system and method A calling account recharge system, method, and device are provided. The device has an associated stored-value calling account, and typically includes a selector, a communications program configured to communicate with a recharge service via a communication network, ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239700 | Radiotelephone An electronic radiotelephone comprising: a first housing; a second housing releasably attachable to the first housing to meet with the first housing around the periphery of the radiotelephone; and retaining means comprising a cover for holding the electronic compone... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7224786 | System and method for detecting unauthorized access using a voice signature A method for detecting unauthorized access is provided. The method includes receiving a voice input associated with a request to access an account. A request voice signature corresponding to the voice input associated with the request is generated. An authorized voi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7203109 | Device and method for detecting corruption of digital hardware configuration A device for verifying hardware in a circuit arrangement that includes one or more configuration elements (106) operable to configure hardware elements (108) that are electrically coupled by one or more electrically-conductive pathways (110). Th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7187928 | Call delivery systems for roaming prepaid subscribers The invention provides systems and methods that operate to provide seamless roaming to a prepaid subscriber in as many markets as possible. To that end, the systems of the invention include a location register (LR) that can determine the type, or class, of serving m... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7162220 | Prepay telecommunications system The prepay telecommunications system (60) includes a prepay call, management, platform (50) which is directly coupled to a telecommunications carrier switch (24). A customer database (116) is coupled to the prepay call management platform... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162019 | System and method for privacy screening A communications network-based system and service is disclosed. The service permits subscribers to control and manage incoming telephone calls. Subscribers can establish preferences for how calls will be handled by a communications network if the calls are received ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158622 | Self-learning real-time prioritization of telecommunication fraud control actions A predictive model system is used to detect telecommunications fraud. Call records (CDRs) provided by telephone companies are evaluated against specified rules. If one or more rules are matched, the system generates an alert. Pending alerts for a customer form a cas... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152045 | Tokenless identification system for authorization of electronic transactions and electronic transmissions A tokenless identification system and method for authorization of transactions and transmissions. The tokenless system and method are principally based on a correlative comparison of a unique biometrics sample, such as a finger print or voice recording, gathered dir... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7142651 | Fraud detection in a distributed telecommunications networks Methods, apparatuses and systems for detecting a fraud event on a distributed network are disclosed. A fraud event is indicated if data analysis reveals that there is a lack of consistency between elements in the network. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7127233 | Technique for controlling fraudulent use of a telecommunication service including information assistance The phone number used by a caller accessing a telecommunication service is derived. For example, this phone number may be used to look up in a first database the name of the user registered with the service, and in a second database the name of the subscriber assign... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127055 | Internationally accessible communications A call processing system that is configured to communicate with a plurality of remote processors, wherein the call processing system comprises a routing system configured to receive signaling for a call wherein the signaling indicates a called number including an in... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123698 | Automatic payment system and method System and method for enrolling in an automatic payment plan using an electronic signature and for granting an account benefit based on the enrollment. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113299 | Printing with credit card as identification Printing over a network by inputting print data to be printed and associated credit card information at a host terminal, uploading a print job comprising the print data to be printed and the associated credit card information to a print data storage server, inputtin... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106843 | Computer-based method and apparatus for controlling, monitoring, recording and reporting telephone access A method and apparatus for managing institutional telephone activity utilizing a computer-based telephony management unit to connect institutional telephones with outside telephone lines. The unit provides institutional users with fully automated, direct dial and co... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7089197 | System and method for verification of customer information entered via an Internet based order entry system A method for the verification of customer information entered via an Internet based order entry system, including the steps of generating an order list containing a plurality of call records corresponding to Internet based customer requests for a plurality of fulfil... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079635 | Domestic origination to international termination country set logic A method and device for preventing fraud in international calls in a long-distance telecommunications system, where selected customers can avoid fraud control blocks and greater granularity is achieved in blocking international destinations. In the method and device... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069250 | Check based online payment and verification system and method A method and system for verifying a check that is being used for an on-line transaction, utilizes a hash code value either printed directly on the check, or obtained from an insert card provided by a check printer. To conduct an on-line transaction using a check, th... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7046777 | IVR customer address acquisition method A method of automatically acquiring and/or updating a customer address within an interactive voice response system including establishing a telephony connection with a customer and identifying a telephone number associated with the customer. A directory assistance d... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043001 | Methods and systems for detecting and mitigating call routing arbitrage in a telecommunications network Methods and systems for detecting and mitigating call routing arbitrage in a telecommunications network are disclosed. A network routing node, such as a signaling gateway (SG), intercepts call setup signaling messages. An arbitrage detector/processor examines parame... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042992 | Systems and methods for account establishment and transaction 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 ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036649 | Auto-bill-dispensing machine An auto-bill-dispensing machine is provided. The auto-bill-dispensing machine comprises bill receiver having a plurality of security hooks positioned axially between two positioning plates formed on the two sides of the upper chassis of the bill receiver, and the se... | 05/02/2006 |
