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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144850 | Logging calls according to call context A method, system, and program for logging calls according to call context are provided. A context for a call is detected, where the context include information such as the parties to a call, whether a backup party is accessed, where the call is on behalf of another,... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7606356 | Method and system for implementing charging communication services A method for implementing charging communication services is provided, wherein, the charging system includes a charging module and an expression analyzer; the charging module first determines a plurality of basic expression factors, and a user configures expressions... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7443970 | Logging calls according to call context A method, system, and program for logging calls according to call context are provided. A context for a call is detected, where the context include information such as the parties to a call, whether a backup party is accessed, where the call is on behalf of another,... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440557 | System and method for auditing a communications bill A computer-assisted system and method for auditing a communications bill wherein billing information is collected, reformatted and stored for use in a set of automated audits. The system and method for auditing a communications bill further collects data from other ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7359715 | Method and system for detecting a preferred wireless network for a mobile device A method and system for detecting a wireless network includes receiving at a mobile device a signal having data indicative of a location of the mobile device. A determination is made whether the mobile device is within the coverage area of a specified network based ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349530 | Methods and systems for providing usage pattern service for telecommunications customers Methods and systems are disclosed for providing a usage pattern for a customer of an intelligently-switched telecommunications system. The usage pattern provides historical information concerning the customer's use of the telecommunications system. One embodiment in... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7184749 | System and method for analyzing wireless communication data In general, a system and method for analyzing wireless communication data for determining an optimal wireless communication service plan is disclosed. A transceiver is configured to receive billing information associated with a subscriber of a telecommunications ser... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7068996 | Banded billing system for telecommunication service A banded billing system for telecommunication service is disclosed. A carrier's billing system maintains in data storage a banded-pricing schedule that divides a continuum of minutes of use into a series of contiguous, mutually-exclusive minute-ranges and that speci... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6976017 | Method and apparatus for context based querying This invention provides methods and apparatus for context based querying to more efficiently provide directory services. In particular, methods and apparatus for querying a database to resolve contact information, e.g., a phone number, based on the context of the qu... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6954631 | Apparatus and method for telecommunications services One embodiment disclosed relates to a modular apparatus for telecommunications services. The apparatus includes at least a network interface, a service logic program, and a plug-in module. The network interface exchanges signals with a telephony network, and the ser... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951009 | System and method for generating computer code to facilitate development of CDR management tools A computer code generation tool generates computer code to facilitate development of call detail record (CDR) management tools. The computer code generation tool inputs one or more raw CDR structures and creates a generic CDR structure therefrom. Given a generic CDR... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6937710 | Methods and systems for providing usage pattern service for telecommunications customers Methods and systems are disclosed for providing a usage pattern for a customer of an intelligently-switched telecommunications system. The usage pattern provides historical information concerning the customer's use of the telecommunications system. One embodiment in... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6836540 | Systems and methods for offering a service to a party associated with a blocked call In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method of offering a service to a user. The method comprises receiving a dialed number from a request to initiate a collect telephone call from an origination source; processing the dialed number to determine... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6760324 | Method, system, and computer program product for providing voice over the internet communication A method, system, and computer program product that provides voice over the Internet communication. A Voice over the Internet (VoIP) system includes a gateway server that handles calls received from a public switched telephone network and a packet-switched network, ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6731729 | Method and a system for settlement of trading accounts A method settling accounts of buyers and sellers of telecommunications services by an online exchange system includes storing data representing a financial account of at least one seller and at least one buyer, wherein the financial account includes at least one of ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6535593 | System and method for billing communications services provisioned on demand in converging telecommunications network System and method for facilitating consolidated billing within a converging telecommunications network. The system and method include and involve a network resource control facility communicating with and controlling a plurality of network resources withi... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6473499 | Dynamic individual phone rates A system for determining an individual phone rate for a user from an originating device to a destination device comprises a user calling pattern information module, a destination gateway provider module, a margin multiplier calculator module, and an indiv... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6453032 | Method for creating and modifying similar and dissimilar databases for use in dialing plan configurations for telecommunication systems This invention uses a computer program to mine preexisting dialing plan data located in a variety of preexisting source dialing plan databases. The computer program either creates a new dialing plan database from parts of existing dialing plan databases o... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6335967 | Buffer for connection data A device, a system and method for storing connection data transmitted by a telephone exchange (11) in an agent unit (19), where the agent unit is part of a subordinate means in a supervising system. A superordinate supervising means (24) is formed of one ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6317490 | Method and apparatus for real-time billing account query A telecommunications service billing administrator for providing real-time billing query functionality. The billing administrator has a billing system with a processor coupled to a billing information data repository. The billing information data reposito... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6298125 | Frequency-based discount system for host-system within a communication network Method and apparatus provide a frequency discount for host payable calls provided by a communication network. Call information, including the customer's telephone number and the dialed telephone number, is processed to determine whether a particular call ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6222914 | System and method for administration of an incentive award system having a delayed award payment using a credit instrument A system and method for administration of an incentive award program wherein award points are earned in response to certain actions by the Participants and then credited to the Participant's credit card, but only after a predetermined time delay. Furtherm... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5953398 | Prepaid long-distance telephone service system with flexible operating parameters A long-distance telephone service system provides for accounting and flexible, customizable control of long-distance telephone usage by customers, especially prepaid long-distance service customers. The system maintains a set of global operating parameter... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5809120 | Telecommunications network circuit usage measurement A system and method is provided for using underused or unused local telephone company local loops to subscriber premises for providing to such premises a connection to an alternate service provider. The use of the local loop is leased to the ultimate serv... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5802156 | Method for billing and controlling fraud in providing pay information services A group conferencing arrangement for a counseling service permits the simultaneous connection of two or more service representatives to a call-in caller, i.e. without the need for one service representative to add-on the second service representative conf... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5774535 | Telecommunication-time metering device utilizable for prepayment of information transfers between information transferring devices within a telecommunication network The present invention provides a method and apparatus for prepayment of telecommunication connections between first and second telecommunication devices operably associatable with the telecommunication lines of a telecommunication switching network. In ge... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5768352 | Generalized statistics engine for telephone network Data incorporated in call detail records (CDR), obtained from network switches, are subjected to processing by a statistics engine which maintains separate counts for CDR events relating to certain calls, such as 800 number and 900 number calls. Such even... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5729597 | Service and information management system for a telecommunications network A system for service control and operations for a telecommunications network. In particular, an architecture and method for a service control and operations element system. The system communicates with a plurality of interconnected telecommunications netw... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5675607 | Method and apparatus for facilitating the making of card calls Encumbrances on making calls charged to a card can be reduced by a) storing information so that an association is created relating a card number and at least one calling telephone station, from which card calls charged to the associated card are to be mad... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5583918 | Credit card-based accounting service system for a network Data terminal equipments placed in a rental company and a mass retailer are interconnected via a data transfer network over an intelligent network for rendering an accounting service. The intelligent network accommodates a credit accounting service manage... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5570417 | System for automatically providing customer access to alternative telephony service providers A telecommunications network including a plurality of local exchanges or switching systems, each local switch supporting at least one customer line accessed by customer premise equipment (CPE) such as telephone station sets or multimedia stations. The loc... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5559871 | Call charge control and notification A limit is placed on charges to be incurred on a telecommunications call. Normally, this limit is specified by the caller. The telecommunications network maintains a running tally of the charges being incurred and notifies the caller when the charges appr... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5515425 | Telecommunications system with active database Interexchange carriers make their rate information for long-distance service available in a database. PBXs and telephone central offices access that rate information using ISDN and/or SS7 signaling and use it as a basis for determining which carder to use... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5511114 | Telephone pre-paid calling card system and method A pre-paid calling card system enables customers to access a telephone network and obtain long distance telephone service. The system includes four main functional components: a plurality of calling cards, a host computer, a plurality of on-site activatio... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5506893 | Telecommunication network arrangement for providing real time access to call records A facility is provided in a telecommunications network so that a record containing details about an associated call may be delivered to a customer in real time during the progression of the call and/or immediately after the call has been terminated.... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5481600 | Instant calling card provisioning system Calling card subscribers are allowed to charge telephone calls to calling card numbers before the calling card issuer's billing system is updated to include account records containing subscriber-specific information associated with those card numbers. Bil... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5440621 | Apparatus for prepayment of telecommunication connections in a telecommunication switching network without utilization of rate schedules and call cost computations The present invention provides a method and apparatus for prepayment of telecommunication connections between first and second telecommunication devices operably associatable with the telecommunication lines of a telecommunication switching network. In ge... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5425084 | Computer-controlled telecommunications system A method and apparatus for providing the lowest available telecommunications charge to a user is described. The lowest available charge is provided by locating switches in different telecommunications charge zones, determining which switch will provide th... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5406555 | Charging in LAN for only packets used by subscribers In order to individually charge subscribers of a local area network (LAN) or LAN's, a charging apparatus is used in the LAN or in bridge apparatus interconnecting the LAN's to accumulate charges by counting subscriber packets transmitted therethrough as t... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5359508 | Data collection and retrieval system for registering charges and royalties to users Self-organizing data-base that charges users who find data in it and pays users who supply the data found. Has a built in feedback mechanism, called the Pay-off Meter (POM), that tells users what data needs supplying based on the number of request for tha... | 10/25/1994 |
