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7392036 |
Monitoring and reporting service failures during handoff situations for adjusting subscriber billing
A method in a communication system comprising at least one access network controller entity for controlling a plurality of service areas and a core network controller entity. The access network...
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7382868 |
Telephony services system with instant communications enhancements
An interactive telephony services system is provided with instant communications function. In accordance with some embodiments, presence information related to the availability of a called party to...
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7376415 |
System and method for offering portable language interpretation services
Language interpretation for users includes a portable system for providing access to interpretation services, such as a prepaid, debit or credit card for the user. The prepaid card has a number of...
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7372947 |
Message exchange and method for distributing messages in telephone networks
A voice-controlled message exchange apparatus and method for receiving spoken messages, from a plurality of subscribers in a public switched telephone network via the telephone network. The voice...
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7366495 |
Prepaid reservation-based rating system
A billing system comprising servers, routers, and processors programmed to provide reservation based prepaid billing is disclosed. The billing system is also programmed to concurrently process...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7340045 |
Method of billing a communication session conducted over a computer network
A method of billing a communication session between a user and a value-added service. A request is received from a user for a communication session, such as a circuit-switched call, a...
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7330711 |
Method for avoiding double charging of a service in a telecommunication system
In a telecommunication system wherein both a first layer charging function and a second layer charging function are able to attend to the processing of the charging data of the first layer, there...
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7319855 |
Method for charging internet services via a mobile telephone
A method is provided for a mobile telephone users to pay small individual fees for certain content when surfing the Internet using a mobile telephone terminal, for example, a WAP-enabled terminal....
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7317715 |
Wireless local area network authentication method
The present invention describes an authentication method applied in a Wireless LAN. In accordance with the present invention, it is not necessary for the user to register on the Internet supply...
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7313230 |
General charging method
The present invention provides a general charging method applicable to a charging system in the communication field, comprising steps of establishing a charging strategy and performing the charging...
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7310511 |
Monitoring and management of roaming users
Roaming usage management apparatus for managing roaming mobile devices connected to roaming networks. The management apparatus includes a data gathering application for gathering roaming activity...
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7310414 |
Prepaid phone card service using speech recognition
A method for placing a telephone call from a caller using a prepaid phone card includes the steps of connecting a caller with a caller interface having a speech recognition application, receiving...
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7308087 |
Enhanced communication platform and related communication method using the platform
A method of providing pre-authorized communication services and/or transactions via a plurality of networks, including accepting and processing a request from a user to provide at least one of a...
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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...
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7292841 |
Call routing apparatus
The present invention relates generally to telecommunications, and in particular to systems and methods for routing and placing telephone calls. In one embodiment, a call manager system is...
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7290009 |
System and method for allocating resources using spot market and derivative market techniques
A network computer server system for controlling a plurality of network access lines to provide subscriber access to a computer network comprising an access line interface for partitioning the...
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7289612 |
Apparatus and method for ensuring a real-time connection between users and selected service provider using voice mail
A method and apparatus are described for ensuring a real-time connection between users and selected service providers using voice mail. The system enables seekers of a wide array of services to...
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7289489 |
Method for billing IP broadband subscribers
A method of billing a variable bit rate communication between a first terminal and a distant terminal to a broadband subscriber permits changing billing parameters during a call in real time in...
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7283624 |
Idle detection for answer supervision
A network device has the capability of monitoring voice over data networks calls. The network device includes a voice activity detector that detects voice activity on a voice channel. If no voice...
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7280816 |
Techniques for monitoring mobile telecommunications for shared accounts
The present invention provides techniques for monitoring mobile communications. In one aspect, a method of monitoring mobile telephone usage is provided. The method comprises the step of relaying...
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7272218 |
Subscription-based billing methods and systems for shared network modem pools
Methods of billing telephone calls in networks that utilize shared modem pools. A request from a user of the network is received along with user identifying data. The user identifying data is...
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7269408 |
Method and system of alerting callers to surcharges
Method and system of alerting callers of surcharges associated with making phone calls. The method and system relating to calls made between affiliated and non-affiliated providers wherein the...
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7260192 |
Internet user finder
Specialized telecom network users who burden the network, such as high-volume users of Internet services, are identified by analysis of network traffic data to identify addresses (e.g. telephone...
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7257209 |
Calling-party-pays call processing for cellular and paging
An enhanced Calling Party Pays (CPP) or Paging Party Pays (PPP) system that enables 1) billing of calls originating from traditionally non-billable sources, 2) routing of incoming calls to...
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7254388 |
System for MS-assisted location trigger, and service methods thereof
Disclosed is a location trigger system for a location-based service comprising a mobile station in which a LAT detecting the location trigger is embedded; an LBS platform transmitting location...
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7251696 |
System and methods enabling a mix of human and automated initiatives in the control of communication policies
A system and method for identifying communication channels and appropriate timing of communications that facilitate enhancing or maximizing the utility of a communication between communicating...
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7251317 |
Methods and systems for making telephone calls
Methods and systems are disclosed for making a call. In one embodiment, methods and systems may request the call using a network, initiate a first leg to a caller device based on the request,...
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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...
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7239895 |
Phone number replace code system and method
A processor-implemented method of placing telephone calls includes determining if a phone call initiated to a phone number has connected. If the phone call did not connect, then the processor...
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7239873 |
Shared information system in network
A terminal A which is an owner of contents transmits a request to share contents downloaded from a contents provider with terminals B and C to an Application Service Provider (ASP). The ASP obtains...
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7236768 |
Systems and methods for a carrier-independent calling-party-pays system
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing a carrier-independent calling-party-pays system. In one embodiment, upon having a call routed to a mobile switching center from a calling party, the...
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7233784 |
Method for selecting wireless path of portable communication terminal, portable communication terminal and wireless communication system for use thereof
A wireless communication system comprises a portable telecommunication terminal and a server unit possessed by the communication service provider for the portable communication terminal. The...
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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...
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7224975 |
Procedure and system for setting up a telecommunication connection
In the inventive system, a telecommunication network includes a calling subscriber's terminal equipment, a called subscriber's terminal equipment, a home location register of the calling...
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7224958 |
Method and system for managing accounting information in an MSC
The present invention relates to method and system for managing accounting information in a mobile switching center (MSC) configured to prevent abnormal termination of calls in progress and loss of...
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7221747 |
Telephone providing automatic tracking of calling plan charges
The invention is directed to a telephone that provides for automatically and accurately tracking calling plan charges using carrier plan rules, for informing a user of accrued charges on request,...
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7218711 |
Communication assistance system and method
A billing system is provided for a communication assistance system that provides access to information corresponding to a plurality of subscribers. The billing system and communication assistance...
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7206570 |
Method for providing price information to subscribers of a digital mobile communication network
The invention relates to a method for providing price information to subscribers of a digital mobile communication network. The aim of the invention is to inform the subscriber of the cost of a...
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7203478 |
Network support for mobile service plan minute exchange by category
One embodiment of the present method is for allowing a mobile subscriber to negotiate via a mobile terminal a trade of minutes by category according to a predetermined exchange rate as set forth by...
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7203290 |
Monitoring usage of telecommunications services
Call detail records are generated for usage of a telecommunications service established in a telecommunications network, by monitoring messages in a signalling system for co-ordinating operation of...
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7174008 |
Method and system for managing the duration and cost of a telephone call
A method for establishing a call between a calling party and at least one called party via a call switching network. The method includes calculating a call charge per minute rate based upon a...
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7158821 |
Node and onboard station for setting up at any time a call involving a passenger on a vehicle
Passengers on board a vehicle make and receive calls via a satellite network. That network sees each passenger involved in a call as a temporary dummy subscriber of the satellite network. Thus the...
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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,...
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7155203 |
Method and apparatus for billing for usage-based group communication between wireless devices
A method and apparatus for billing for the usage of direct group communication services, such as push-to-talk services. A direct group communication service provider sets up an account for each...
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7154997 |
Subscription-based billing methods and systems for shared network modem pools
Methods of billing telephone calls in networks that utilize shared modem pools. A request from a user of the network is received along with user identifying data. The user identifying data is...
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7151824 |
Billing data interface for conferencing customers
A billing data interface provides billing data to customers in an accurate and efficient manner. Billing data is processed to preserve client billing information and to meet a customer's individual...
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7149293 |
System and method for controlling data sessions in a wireless network
A system and method for controlling data session in a wireless network are described. One exemplary method includes detecting a request to establish a data session between a first client device and...
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