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8422652 Device and method for managing communication credits associated to use of services by a terminal  
This client device (20) is able to use a service on a telecommunications network (1). It includes means (21) for storing a call credit (C_S1, C_S2) associated with that service and means (30) for...
8351932 Method and system for international roaming and call bridging  
Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among...
8340264 System and method for providing segmented applications  
The invention provides systems and methods in which an incoming call port is looped back at a switch and, under control of a call segment controller, is directed to applications and/or other...
8325885 Call diversion for telephony applications  
A method of initiating outbound calls through a telephony interface. The method accepts an inbound call from a user, authenticates the inbound call against a predetermined user identity, accesses...
8315372 Unified call centre system for multiple service providers  
In accordance with a first aspect of the invention there is a unified call center system for multiple service providers comprising at least one server; and at least one database in communication...
8311194 Method and system for establishing communications  
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for establishing a communication between a first party and a second party, comprising: a data receiving subsystem for...
8307057 Methods for identifying and recovering non-revenue generating network circuits established outside of the united states  
A method includes issuing a retrieval instruction, such as a database query, to retrieve from a database system a datum associated with a network circuit established outside of the United States....
8295458 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...
8280018 Systems and methods to provide information via connections for real time communications between people  
Methods and apparatuses to connect people for real time communications to access diverse categories of information. One embodiment includes: storing data representing a privilege of a user during a...
8223936 Method and system for providing pay-per-call services  
A method and system are provided for connecting consumers and merchants. In accordance with one or more embodiments, the method includes (a) providing data on a plurality of merchants and one or...
8218741 Telephone number-based advertising  
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which a first telephone number is associated with a second telephone number, and a web-based advertisement is served for an...
8180028 System and method for called party controlled message delivery  
Disclosed are systems and methods which allow a calling party to store messages for a called party even if the called party does not already have message storage facilities, provided the calling...
8175231 Toll-free directory assistance with automatic selection of an advertisement from a category  
The current invention is a system for providing telephone directory assistance service in which a telephone user calls to the system and the system will, based on the requested number or type of...
8160219 Controlled three way calling  
An inmate calls a call processing system and provides two phone numbers to it. The first phone number is for a 2nd Party who will accept the inmate's collect call and who will agree to pay any...
8150009 Method and apparatus for providing dynamic international calling rates  
A method and apparatus for enabling VoIP service providers to dynamically adjust international calling rates as a function of adjustments made with partner carrier arrangements that VoIP service...
8144847 Telephone number assignment method  
Various example embodiments are described. According to one example, a method may include maintaining a database of a plurality of direct inward dial telephone numbers, including a subset of the...
8144848 System and method for telephone directory advertising  
A directory advertising system includes a user interface module, a database, and a control module. The user interface module displays a special telephone number for an advertiser in a directory...
8140392 Methods and apparatuses for pay for lead advertisements  
Methods and apparatuses for advertising where the performance is determined via tracking the communication leads generated from the advertisements. One embodiment includes: providing an...
8131256 Generating and providing access and content charges for different services to a user device in a communication system  
A user device (20) is provided with information relating to a service wherein content is communicated to the user device via an access system provided by a communications network (22). In the...
8126429 Distributed wireless online access system  
A method for providing wireless online access comprises: establishing a wireless access signal space wherein a wireless communications link is established between a secondary wireless unit and at...
8126128 Life cycle management of user-selected applications on wireless communications devices  
Tools and techniques for performing life cycle management of user-selected applications on wireless communications devices are described herein. In part, the tools provide machine-readable media...
8121261 Systems and methods for providing interpretation services  
A communications platform provides communication services for parties communicating in different languages. The communications platform may receive a language interpretation request from a first...
8117358 Revenue management system and method utilizing database backup  
A real-time customer relation management system is disclosed. The system can provide increased availability, reduced internal latencies, and reduced data processing and transfer. The system can...
8107602 Directory assistance with data processing station  
The current invention is a system for providing directory assistance service in which a user sends a request to the system and the system will, based on the request, return advertisements, which...
8102980 Revenue management systems and methods with bill and account suppression  
A revenue management system for telecommunication systems is disclosed. The revenue management system can have multiple integrated modules. The modules can include a revenue generation module, a...
8073117 Rating communications and special communities  
A number of communication entities can be associated to provide one or more special communities. A special rating can be applied to certain communication events of users associated with a special...
8064905 Method and system for international roaming and call bridging  
Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among...
8019627 Medical payment system  
A medical payment system is described in which a provider of medical goods and/or services submits, via telephone or other communications medium, a request for payment amount determination for a...
7995723 Methods and systems to connect consumers to information  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for specifying and obtaining services through audio commands, resulting in a live conversation between a user and a selected service provider...
7974393 Prepaid services with security provisions to protect against unauthorized use  
A method and apparatus for providing a telecommunication service is disclosed wherein a call associated with a first prepaid services account identifier is received from a user. An offer is...
7940909 Method and system for rewarding ring back tone, donor platform, and custom ring back tone platform  
The present disclosure describes a method for rewarding an RBT, including selecting an RBT and initiating an RBT reward via a third-party platform in which a donator exists; processing an RBT...
7924992 Method of ensuring call processing for intelligent user  
A method of ensuring call processing for an intelligent user, including: upon receiving a call, judging, by a first Service Switching Point (SSP), whether traffic between the first SSP and a...
7876887 Selectively adding a third party to a collect call  
Prior to establishing a collect call, the called party agrees to pay an additional fee for any three-way call that may be established during the proposed collect call. If during the collect call,...
7860225 Method and apparatus for selectively providing messages in telecommunications systems  
A telecommunications advertising means is disclosed. The telecommunication advertising means includes an advertisement database coupled to a processing means. The advertisement database stores...
7852995 Method and apparatus for selectively providing messages in telecommunications systems  
A telecommunications advertising means is disclosed. The telecommunication advertising means includes an advertisement database coupled to a processing means. The advertisement database stores...
7831031 Method and system for operator services automation using an operator services switch  
A telecommunications system includes a front end automation system, an operator services switch, an automated operator, and an automation data server. The front end automation system interacts with...
7813487 System and method for billing telephone calls  
A method and system are provided for use in billing a toll-free telephone call over a telephone network, the telephone call corresponding to a first toll-free telephone number and initiated by a...
RE41803 Operations method of providing wireless communication service and network and system for delivering same  
The present invention is directed to an improved operations method for a wireless communication system. The improved business method, operations method, network and system of the present invention...
7773735 Route information message for delivery of prepaid flexible alerting call  
A plurality of route information messages that correspond to a plurality of telecommunication devices are sent to a prepaid service control point for delivery of a prepaid flexible alerting call.
RE41472 Communication method of supplying information in intelligent network and apparatus therefor  
A communication method for providing information in an intelligent network includes a step of entering by a user a connection number of the user terminal, a connection number of an information...
7751837 Method and system for processing a message  
A method and system are provided for processing a message, which is being delivered from one mobile network to another. A request to send routing instructions of the message to a store-and-forward...
7734289 Delivery of network services  
A network element includes at least one input to receive communications from a plurality of terminal devices and a plurality of network elements, a processing unit and logic to classify the...
7702084 Toll-free directory assistance with preferred advertisement listing  
The current invention is a system for providing telephone directory assistance service in which a telephone user calls to the system and the system will, based on the requested number or type of...
7688957 Information service system, information service method, and information service program  
There is provided an information service system, an information service method, and an information service program, the information service system comprising an interactive system 31 that...
7657249 Distributed wireless online access system  
A method for providing wireless online access comprises: establishing a wireless access signal space wherein a wireless communications link is established between a secondary wireless unit and at...
7643816 Messaging system for managing communications resources  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a messaging system for managing communications resources and are particularly suitable for providing a means for subscribers of a telecommunications...
7644121 Method and system for online session tracking  
Computer implemented methods of tracking client device activity on a web site are provided. Certain embodiments of tracking methods allow client device activity on one communication network (e.g....
7593714 Communication services payment method and system  
A method (10) of payment of communication services includes determining (14) if a request (12) for services is an essential service or non-essential service, determining (19) if a device and/or...
7573992 Telecommunications service provisioning utilizing group subscription plan  
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for providing telecommunication services based on customer groups. A customer group is offered a service plan that provides an incentive to early subscribers in...
7567658 Method to verify designation of pay telephone with an interexchange carrier  
The method to verify designation of pay telephone with an exchange carrier determines receipt of private pay telephone designation for a private pay telephone (PPT) by an interexchange carrier...
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