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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112063 | Method and a system for minimizing roaming cost in a mobile communication network The present invention deals with a method and system for routing a call in a mobile communication network. The method comprises receiving a message by a caller prevailing network corresponding to a caller from a callee home network corresponding to a callee, if the ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103244 | System and method for control of television usage Usage of televisions or other media devices is controlled, including controlling access to content on such devices. Access to multimedia content is controlled. Multimedia content to be accessed is identified, a viewer of the content is identified, data for the ident... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103245 | Systems and methods for session records correlation A billing mediation system for use within a communications network that correlates session records pertaining to usage of network resources is disclosed. The billing mediation system includes a record receiver, a record correlator, a look ahead cache, a set of buffe... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099076 | Method and device in a telecommunications system for setting up and billing a roaming communications connection The invention relates to a method and a device for setting up and billing a roaming communications connection between a first calling subscriber of a first communications network and a second called subscriber of the first and or another communications network who i... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099077 | Customer identification and authentication procedure for online internet payments using mobile phone This invention shows a mobile terminal device (3) having a memory unit (3a) and an interface device (3b) which is releasably connectable to a multiple partner system (7, 9, 15) and capable for a communication therein, wherei... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095110 | Method for a device to perform a function in response to a command from a printer A method is disclosed of controlling a function of a device. The device is operative to perform the function in response to a command from a printer. The method starts by printing a control interface containing information relating to the function and coded data. Th... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095109 | Charging of GPRS traffic for roaming mobiles by performing traffic counting at the user terminal The application relates to charging of traffic from terminals and in particular of charging of traffic from GPRS mobile terminals which are roaming in a visited PLMN (not claimed). According to the applicant's acknowledged prior art, either the traffic passes the ho... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090346 | Controlling a shutoff/restart of mobile virtual network operations prepaid services This invention relates to a feature for controlling resellers of telecommunications services. A service provider may freeze the accounts, and therefore service, for all customers of a reseller if that reseller is behind on payments to the service provider. In one pr... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086271 | Network architecture for mobile communication network with billing module for shared resources A mobile communication network includes an antenna site shared by two or more telecommunications service providers. The antenna site includes a shared resource, such as an antenna, telecommunications equipment, or bandwidth, used by multiple service providers and co... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078142 | Prepaid charging in communication network A method and apparatus for charging against prepaid credit in a communication network. When a first terminal requests establishment of a call to a second terminal, the network ascertains whether prepaid credit is involved. If so, accounting sessions are established ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078141 | Systems and methods for collecting and processing satellite communications network usage information A system and method provide the ability to collect, store and transmit information statements concerning satellite communication system use. The satellite system may collect billing information, such as roaming data, network use in terms of both total time and total... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073424 | System and method of managing contactless payment transactions using a mobile communication device as a stored value device A method handling payment transactions in a system using mobile communication devices as stored value devices is disclosed. A transaction operations server receives multiple records of the transaction from the stored value device—one via a communication channel th... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068810 | Systems and methods for monitoring “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... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064876 | Systems for use with multi-number cellular devices Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to a multi-number cellular communication system that allows a single mobile device to use more than one telephone number. This cellular communication system assigns more than one telephone number to a mobile device. Whe... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064877 | Charging method and network system thereof, packet data network gateway and charging system thereof A charging process method, relating to communication network, is disclosed according to embodiments of the present invention. The method includes receiving a charging request containing a type of a second method when the method for a user equipment to access a packe... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060057 | Pre-paid wireless interactive voice response system with variable announcements A wireless communications system providing interactive voice response is disclosed. The system is menu-driven, and can accept information and requests from customers. In response to one type of request, the system can provide the customer with information regarding ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055239 | Communication control device, location-dependent charge control system, and location-dependent charge control method A communication control device (500) is capable of communicating with both a portable telephone terminal (100) and a location management device (400) that specifies the location of the portable telephone terminal (100). The communication ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055238 | Prepaid handset credit activation A system is provided for prepaid handset credit activation. The system includes a prepaid handset, a subscriber identity module, and a server. The prepaid handset is associated with a prepaid handset identifier. The subscriber identity module is associated with a su... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045956 | System and method of managing contactless payment transactions using a mobile communication device as a stored value device A method handling payment transactions in a system using mobile communication devices as stored value devices is disclosed. A transaction operations server receives multiple records of the transaction from the stored value device—one via a communication channel th... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036637 | Billing in a packet data network A method for billing in a packet data network (WISP1) comprising at least one user's terminal (MN), comprising the steps of: forming a data link between the terminal and the packet data network; requesting a user identity from the terminal;... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036908 | System and method for the assembly of programs Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for the assembly of a program having one or more methods. In an embodiment, one or more sequences for the methods of the program are determined based, at least in part, on data format informa... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036635 | System and method for providing service in a communication system A system and method for providing a service in a communication system are provided, in which upon receipt of a request for provisioning of the service with a requested QoS class from an MS, a service server transmits a QoS information request message to an interface... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036636 | Access gateway record suppression A method of operating a communication system is disclosed. An access gateway sends an authentication request to an authentication server. The access gateway receives an authentication response from the authentication server that includes a suppress record attribute.... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032113 | Value added transaction gateway for video clips Users are allowed to download information from a cellular network, but are charged for the download. A part of the charge for the download goes to the creator of the information and download. A device determines how many downloads each user-created item has received... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027660 | Architecture for managing prepaid wireless communications services The present invention is directed to a system and method for managing a prepaid wireless account for voice and data communications services. According to one embodiment the communications system, having a prepaid architecture for managing a plurality of prepaid wire... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027661 | Traffic shaping of cellular service consumption through modification of consumer behavior encouraged by cell-based pricing advantages Changes in wireless service user behavior are encouraged and produced to shape utilization patterns among cells within a rate plan region by using shaping rules which define potential discounts from a standard charge rate under certain cell-specific utilization cond... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023925 | System and method for receiving and transferring a telephone directory from one cellular telephone to the same or another A cellular telephone, system and method are provided which are capable of transferring a portion of or an entire telephone directory consisting of a plurality of telephone numbers to another cellular telephone via a remote central station. The remote central station... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023926 | Offline charging for sessions over a 3GPP network and a WLAN access network Communication networks and methods are disclosed for providing offline charging in a 3GPP network for sessions over a wireless local area network (WLAN) access network. A AAA server in the 3GPP network provides offline charging messages for a session to an offline c... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019319 | Charging of a short message transmission The invention relates to charging of a short message transmission in a telecommunications network. The invention provides a mechanism for refunding the subscriber for an already charged short message in the event of a failure during the delivery of that short messag... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019320 | System and method of managing contactless payment transactions using a mobile communication device as a stored value device A method handling payment transactions in a system using mobile communication devices as stored value devices is disclosed. A transaction operations server receives multiple records of the transaction from the stored value device—one via a communication channel th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014753 | Distributed base station test bus architecture in a wireless network A distributed test architecture of transmitting boundary scan Test Access Port (TAP_signals over a serial channel is disclosed. The architecture facilitates the system testing and remote field update of distributed base stations in a wireless network. The distribute... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014755 | System and method of managing contactless payment transactions using a mobile communication device as a stored value device A method and apparatus handling payment transactions in a system using mobile communication devices as stored value devices are disclosed. A transaction operations server receives multiple records of the transaction from the stored value device—one via a communica... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014754 | Method and system for location-dependent billing for services A method for location-dependent billing for a service available to a user with a mobile terminal having an identification module. Via a wireless interface of the identification module, a local communication connection is set up to at least one external location tag ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010081 | Auditing system for wireless networks Independently evaluating the performance of the billing systems of wireless carriers. Devices are provisioned with a collection profile that enables the devices to capture event data at the devices that corresponds to billable events. The collected data is uploaded ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010080 | Predictive payment suggestion in a telecommunication system A method and system for managing subscriber payments is disclosed. When a subscriber account reaches a threshold state, the subscriber may be directed to a payment platform that requests the subscriber to make a payment in order to continue using telecom service. As... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005457 | Method and system for verifying network resource usage records A system and method for enabling verification of billing data received from an operator of a network resource access gateway by a billing service provider. An access gateway device is coupled to a network user device and to a billing service provider's system. The n... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000679 | Business method for providing wireless communication services and network and system for delivering same The present invention is directed to an improved business method for a wireless communication system. The improved business method, operations method, network and system of the present invention includes the steps of delivering cellular services to the mass market, ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991384 | Method for charging multimedia message service The present invention discloses a method for charging Multimedia Message Service (MMS), where a corresponding relationship between a Mobile Station International ISDN Number (MSISDN) of a receiver and a Recipient Multimedia Message Service Center (Recipient-MMSC) th... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991385 | System and method for network charging using policy peering A method for optimizing service-based billing in a network environment is provided that includes interfacing, by a home policy server residing in a home network of an end user, with a visited policy server in a visited network and with an application server, the app... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986936 | Method for managing wireless telecommunication bills A method manages wireless telecommunication bills for end user subscribers. The method includes complete bill management for the wireless subscribers including, for example, establishing a baseline report, receiving and analyzing a subscriber bill, and requesting an... | 07/26/2011 |
