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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8054958 | Universal SMDR buffer The present invention provides a highly flexible system that can receive SMDR messages in many different formats and process these messages to produce useful reports and control information. The system can collect data via a LAN/WAN connection from PBX systems with ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7924993 | Method for charging in one number links you service A charging method in One Number Links You (ONLY) service includes: delivering information of simultaneous ringing numbers bonded with an ONLY number to a Service Switching Point (SSP) by a Service Control Point (SCP) of an Intelligent Network when the SCP receives a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7860227 | Telephone exchange apparatus, telephone exchange system, and accounting method If a call is originated from a DKT, a first node being a calling party prepares a call identifying information item using a call number and a Node ID, and transmits the information item to a second node being a called party. If the first node and the second node rec... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7809122 | System and method for generating call records based on account codes A telecommunications service implements an account code reporting feature by storing an account code associated with a subscriber at a service control point (SCP) in the public switched telephone network (PSTN). When a call is initiated from the subscriber's termina... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7720206 | System and method for intelligent data extraction for telecommunications invoices A system, method and computer program product for extracting information from a telecommunications invoice is provided. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method may include: receiving a telecommunications invoice data stream in a first... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7609826 | System and method for preparing telecommunications call record data for quantitative analysis A system and method for processing gathered call data from a network monitoring system to prepare the call data for analyzing call routing across a network, not limited to call data associated with the transit portion of a call path. The system and method include co... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7583794 | Method and apparatus for providing end-to-end call completion status The present invention enables a method for following the state of a call and generating defects as function of call completion success as opposed to discrete events that happen at individual network elements during the call. In one embodiment, the invention uses Cal... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7570750 | AMA access over local audit analysis (AAOLA) A system of evaluating automatic message accounting records associated with telephony calls is disclosed. The system includes correlation logic to collect originating AMA records having an originating call code to identify a record of an originating long distance ca... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7529356 | Billing for telecommunication calls over decentralized packet networks A system for billing Internet protocol (IP) telephony, or other telecommunication calls transmitted over data packet networks, is provided. Calls may be routed over networks of different types, e.g., H.323 networks or IP voice networks. Different types of network de... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7508926 | Method and system 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... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7496185 | System and method of collecting, correlating and storing telecom data as call detail records Systems and methods for collecting, correlating, and storing telecom data as call detail records (CDRs) are described. A computer system collects real-time call data from a plurality of sources and stores the data in different memory locations. A real-time buffer is... | 02/24/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7424103 | Method of telecommunications call record correlation providing a basis for quantitative analysis of telecommunications call traffic routing A method of identifying arbitrage includes determining whether originating and terminating call detail records (CDRs) are correlated and obtaining correlated candidate pairs from the determined CDRs; establishing whether a correlated candidate pair of the obtained c... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420978 | Method and apparatus for billing voice calls over an internet protocol network according to bandwidth criteria A telecommunication service charges for voice calls entering a network over a particular time period, such as a billing period. A parameter or parameters related to the number of information units (e.g., packets, bytes or bits) used to transmit the plurality of voic... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7373136 | Method and system for data rating for wireless devices A method and system for rating a data communication session between a network and a wireless device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method monitors a series of events, namely, a setup event, a begin event and an end event, which take place during a com... | 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 |
| 7369842 | Telephony service in event of link failure between mobile switching center and a home location register or a service control point A mobile switching center is configured with software instructions which allow it to continue to provide at least limited call termination and call origination services for mobile terminals in the event of a failure of a signaling link between the mobile switching c... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7333921 | Scalable, concurrent, distributed sensor system and method A sensor system and method for collecting and analyzing sensor data transmitted by various distributed sensors in a secure, scalable, and efficient manner. Sensors having sensor data to transmit establish concurrent connections with a central server that is configur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324502 | System and method for mapping a PSTN trunk to a packet network endpoint A system for mapping dissimilar communication protocols is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises user communication information that spans at least two dissimilar communication networks, a first communication protocol associated with a first communicati... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324634 | Telecommunications systems A telecommunications network includes a management system for analyzing call detail records (CDR's) from terminating switches. The management system recovers CDR's by polling through switch managers which poll dependent exchanges. CDR's indicating a call clear occur... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7302045 | System and method for monitoring time-related connection data detected by a network node A method and system for verifying the connection-related communications data registered by a network node, where the connection-related communications data are used for the calculation of charges includes establishing at least one predetermined test communication co... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7292592 | Home network-assisted selection of intermediary network for a roaming mobile terminal Home network-assisted selection of an intermediary service network for a roaming mobile terminal is disclosed. The selection is based on a list of desired intermediary service networks generated using information associated with the mobile terminal's home service ne... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286647 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing configurable telecommunications detail record adapter Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a configurable telecommunications detail record adapter are disclosed. In one method, a user defines input data formats and output data formats via a graphical user interface. The text entered by the user... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283619 | System and method for end-to-end communications tracing A method for tracing communications includes receiving trace criteria from a first remote element and determining whether a call signaling message matches the trace criteria. The method includes attaching a trace tag to the call signaling message, if the call signal... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280533 | System and method for presence-based routing of communication requests over a network A system, apparatus, and method for routing communication requests based on user presence information. A network entity subscribes to the presence information of a user, and receives notifications of the users' presence information when the user has registered with ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277532 | Call monitoring apparatus and method therefor In a signalling network employing the SS7 signalling protocol, it is known to use masks to mine CDR stores in order to obtain data for analysis in respect of a particular customer of a communications network associated with the signalling network. However, the use o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272217 | Telecommunications call time slicing system and method A telecommunications system and method provides a time slicing capability whereby alternate services, such as advertising, can be provided to a party while being kept on hold. Thus, charges associated with portions of the call during which alternate services are pro... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263180 | Telecommunication services reporting system A system and method for processing a plurality of call detail records (CDRs) each indicative of a call transaction on a telecommunications network. The method includes receiving the plurality of CDRs at a first controller, wherein each of the CDRs include a data str... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260195 | Call management service A system and method that enables a telecommunications consumer to define groups to be included in a monthly bill, and then periodically generate a bill in accordance with the consumer's specifications. In one embodiment, the invention includes a plurality of portabl... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254109 | Fault tolerant correlation engine method and system for telecommunications networks A system for monitoring information real-time through a network. The system has a plurality of network elements Each of the network elements comprises an interface device. The plurality of network elements are configured to route a call from a source to a destinatio... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248678 | Methods and apparatus for routing and accounting of revenue generating calls using natural language voice recognition Techniques and systems for routing and information collection for telephone calls are described. Upon initiation of a revenue generating call, a data management module creates a call interaction record, including a unique call identifier and information generated by... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245609 | Apparatus and method for voice over IP traffic separation and factor determination A system for identifying calls traversing a packet network. The system includes an analysis device that receives first signaling information from a packet network and second signaling information from a circuit network. The analysis device correlates the first signa... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239692 | Method and system for distributing outbound telephone calls A method and system is provided for the distribution of outbound telephone calls. This method and system includes dialing devices receiving call records and providing telephone calls to one or more agents. Interfaced with the dialing device is a distribution module ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231024 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for selecting or generating a single call detail record (CDR) from a plurality of CDRs associated with a call having a plurality of legs Methods, systems, and computer program products for selecting or generating a single call detail record (CDR) from a plurality of CDRs associated with a call that includes a plurality of legs are disclosed. According to one aspect, a CDR selection/consolidation func... | 06/12/2007 |
