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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8027440 | System and method for facilitating call routing A telecommunications system utilizes a central database to determine characteristics for international calls, to facilitate call routing for international calls, or both. The central database includes termination information for telephone numbers in multiple nations... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8009816 | Arranging subscriber billing in telecommunication system The invention relates to a method and a system implementing the method for arranging subscriber billing in a multi-provider environment wherein a subscriber desiring a service uses both a first network (A) and a second network (T). In order to bill the subscriber, e... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7602891 | System and method for determining characteristics of international calls A telecommunications system utilizes a central database to determine characteristics for international calls, to facilitate call routing for international calls, or both. The central database includes termination information for telephone numbers in multiple nations... | 10/13/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7363359 | Element management system with automatic remote backup of network elements' local storage An element management system that can itself be used to perform automatic remote backup of the network elements. A backup procedure is launched on a programmed schedule, to maintain a centrally located copy of the local data stored in the network elements (or their ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7305229 | Providing services in communications networks This disclosure is concerned with systems and methods for network communications. In one example, a cellular telecommunications network includes a radio access network with multiple geographically distributed cells, and further includes a core network for providing ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7190781 | Message transfer part point code mapping method and node A method and network node are presented to route a signaling message in a SS7/C7 national telecommunication network between a Border Node within a first licensed operator network and a destination node within a second licensed operator network. The first and second ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190780 | Method of operating a virtual private network A method of operating a virtual private network includes the steps of: (a) dialing a custom number; (b) receiving the custom number at a switch (20) of a first carrier; (c) routing the call to a switch (18) of a second carrier based on having received ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184754 | Method and apparatus for cellular telephone directory assistance A directory assistance service for cellular telephone numbers, which may be used with the existing directory assistance infrastructure, queries an aggregated database of public cellular telephone listings for all cellular telephone service providers, queries each of... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7110513 | System and method for determining characteristics of international calls A system for providing termination information for an international telephone number includes a centralized database of terminating characteristics. The system may also include request processing logic that receives an international telephone number from a user. In ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096223 | Process and system for managing and reconciling field documentation data within a complex project workflow system A process for prepopulating a data array, e.g., an electronic field document, in a complex workflow system is provided. The field document may document a portion of the performance of a complex project. The process begins by selecting an archived data array storing ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7058165 | Charging in a communication system A method for charging for services in a communication system comprising a charging entity and at least two connection support entities for providing resources to support connection in the communication system. the method comprising: detecting initiation of a connect... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043227 | Data conversion in telecommunication systems A method and system for receiving data from a telecommunication service provider. Validation rules for analyzing data items in a first format and population rules for converting the data items into a second format are specified. A set of data items in the first form... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6847707 | Communication charge calculating apparatus, control method for the same, and medium in which program for the communication charge calculating apparatus has been recorded A model reader reads out provider models from a provider model file on the basis of the types of carriers read out by a type reader. A module reader reads out, in units of planes, charge calculation modules that provide settlement items uniquely set for each carrier... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6611587 | Methods for identifying service processing of telephone calls The present invention comprises methods for efficiently identifying international outbound calls, in the telecommunications network (TN) of the outgoing country, which should be screened as possibly requiring processing according to a Global Virtual Netwo... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6587552 | Fraud library A system for analyzing fraud in a telecommunications system, where the system comprises at least one processor, software and calling records stored in a database. The at least one processor has input that receives a user selection of a revenue source and ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6404867 | Apparatus and method for collecting data from a remote point of presence A point of presence with data collecting means (24; 43) arranged for collecting predetermined data and having a first output for outputting said predetermined data at a first transmission rate, the point of presence having forwarding means (22, 28(1), 28(... | 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 |
| 6134307 | Call conversion process for a business system for a global telecommunications network The present invention provides a method for converting call events. The method includes receiving a plurality of call events from a plurality of sources in a global telecommunications network; converting the plurality of call events a plurality of call ev... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6097798 | Electronic surveillance in a public switched telephone network Telephone network surveillance is provided for targeting subscriber terminals that receive service through an office lacking a switch with surveillance capability. A foreign exchange line is relied upon to connect the target's line to an office having tha... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5966431 | SS7 gateway The present invention telecommunications system provides validation of authorization codes input by a user for placing a call from a service area of a first telecommunications service provider with a calling card issued by another telecommunications servi... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5903638 | Telecommunications system for international call routing using traffic allocation A telecommunications system for international routing processes international calls directed to a multi-carrier country. A network control system provides the intelligence needed to weigh all of the applicable information and, based on International Traff... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901208 | Method and system for combing modular availability projections in a telecommunication system A system and method for characterizing actual availability of a long-haul path in a telecommunications network. The present invention subdivides the long-haul path into distinct modular components and determines availability for each modular component of ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5892822 | Method of and system for call routing compliant with international regulatory routing requirements A method of and system for routing switched termination telephone calls in accordance with international routing requirements and with consideration of available network capacity. A call is received at a switch of an international carrier. The switch send... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5768353 | Data processing system for communications network An inter-network call accounting system for use in a communication network such as the public switched telephone network in Britain allows call records to be sorted according to the network operator to be charged in respect of the calls, prior to being pr... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5764749 | Carrier direct calling The processing of telephone calls is described herein. A telephone call is initiated over a public telephone line using a carrier direct telephone number having a carrier specific identifier. The carrier specific identifier designates the international ca... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5506894 | System for processing calling party information for international communications services A system for delivering originating country information for international calls to a subscriber includes three separate processes. In a first process, the country code is extracted from either billing/routing data forwarded by the caller's national teleph... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5333185 | System for processing calling party information for international communications services A system for delivering originating country information for international toll-free calls to a subscriber includes three separate processes. The country code is extracted from billing and routing data forwarded by the caller's national telephone network t... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5046085 | Interfacing system for an international-type pay-telephone An interface unit for coupling an international-type pay-telephone to a land-based or cellular telephone system. The interfacing unit of the invention has a microcomputer, and an associated EPROM in which is stored the exchanges of the telephone numbers t... | 09/03/1991 |
