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7627305 Systems and methods for adding information to a directory stored in a mobile device  
In one aspect, the present invention provides systems and methods for adding information to a directory stored in a mobile device.
7616741 System and method for facilitating a custom ring in connection with a call  
A system and method are disclosed for facilitating a custom ring in connection with a call. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an electronic...
7606926 System and method for providing on-line advertising and information  
A system and method are disclosed in which an initiating caller using a station connected to a data network receives advertisement information while waiting for a call to complete between the...
7587365 Controlling expenditures by applying rules specified for categories of purchased items  
A monetary account, such as a prepaid account or credit account, that is used as payment for purchases is divided into categories of purchased items. When a purchase is attempted, a request to...
7577433 Method and system for managing delivery of communications  
Method and system for managing delivery of communications such as advertisements to mobile telephone subscribers where delivery to roaming subscribers is prevented or blocked when the subscriber is...
7561679 Message delivery using a voice mail system  
Voicemail systems and methods can provide a user with means for receiving categorized messages from parties. The categories can be independent of the intended recipients of the messages, such that...
7555106 System and method for automatically assigning an extension number to a telephone number to enable precise, efficient and scalable tracking of the origin of a telephone call from a prospect to an advertiser within a performance advertising multi-advertisement, multi-publisher framework  
A system and method for automatically dynamically creating an extension number associated to an assigned telephone number to enable precise, efficient and scalable tracking of the origin of a...
7525955 Internet protocol (IP) phone with search and advertising capability  
A software platform in an Internet Protocol (IP) phone having the ability to be used with different communication infrastructures such as broadband, wireless communication and Plain Old Telephone...
7523166 Method and device for message broadcasting enabling the recipient to retrieve at least partly a message  
In an interactive method for restoring messages in an automated message broadcast system, the automated message broadcast system comprises at least a message storage system ( 10 ) storing messages...
7519169 Systems and methods for management and dissemination of information from a controlled environment facility  
Systems and methods for the dissemination of information from a controlled environment facility employ facility information management functionality managing resident information and facility...
7515918 On demand multicast messaging system  
An on-demand message system includes a profile proxy server and a plurality of message servers coupled to a wireless network for sending messages to mobile users under conditions specified by the...
7499533 System and method for caller controlled time demarcation  
A method and system for providing a caller-controlled demarcation service is described. An embodiment of the present invention is advantageously implemented as an advanced service in an intelligent...
7489768 Method and apparatus for telecommunications advertising  
A telecommunications advertising means is disclosed. The telecommunication advertising means includes an advertisement database coupled to a processing means. The advertisement database stores...
7466805 Technique for effectively providing a personalized information assistance service  
A user may utilize a communication device, e.g., a wireless phone, mobile device or personal digital assistant (PDA), to contact an information/call center where an operator provides personalized...
7453998 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...
7428221 Arrangement for providing network prefix information from attached mobile routers to a clusterhead in a tree-based ad hoc mobile network  
Mobile routers establish a tree-based network topology in an ad hoc mobile network, the tree-based network topology having a single clusterhead and attached mobile routers. Each attached mobile...
7428497 Methods and apparatuses for pay-per-call advertising in mobile/wireless applications  
Methods and apparatuses to connect telephone calls and track information about the telephone calls resulting from advertisements on mobile/wireless media channels. In one embodiment, a method...
7424442 Method and apparatus to allocate and recycle telephone numbers in a call-tracking system  
In one embodiment, the invention provides a method. The method includes dynamically allocating a telephone number to an advertisement on a just-in-time basis; and if the telephone number is not...
7400711 System and technique for dynamically interjecting live advertisements in the context of real-time isochronous (telephone-model) discourse  
A method, system and program storage device are provided for interjecting messages into a real-time isochronous discourse (such as a telephone call) between a plurality of callers wherein the...
7395048 Unsolicited wireless content delivery and billing apparatus and method  
A wireless communication system ( 10 ) provides unsolicited content ( 40 ) to a wireless device ( 12 ) by using a network element ( 14 ) that contains logic circuitry that sends unsolicited content...
7389106 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...
7376223 Method and system for connecting a subscriber to an advertiser prior to call completion  
A method and system are provided for connecting a subscriber to an advertiser prior to call completion in an intelligent telecommunications network. A subscriber telephone line is provisioned to...
7366111 Arrangement for providing optimized connections between peer routers in a tree-based ad hoc mobile network  
Mobile routers in a tree-based network topology with a single clusterhead in an ad hoc network establish connectivity based on each attached mobile router sending a neighbor advertisement message...
7343317 Real-time wireless e-coupon (promotion) definition based on available segment  
Advertising messages are provided to mobile terminals of those users identified by user information as meeting certain criteria, such as users fitting particular user profiles and/or users located...
7343005 Method and apparatus for voice-over IP services triggered by off-hook event  
The present invention is drawn to a method and apparatus for taking advantage of the always-on nature of a broadband VoIP network connection to provide enhanced services triggered by the off-hook...
7292683 Ad ringer  
A method and system are provided for playing an advertisement to a telephone subscriber prior to call completion in a telecommunications network. A subscriber telephone line is provisioned to...
7248689 Display device  
This invention provides a display device that can be updated via a communications network. In an improved version the advertising material used to update the device depends upon a called number...
7227929 Telecommunication system using message presentation during a ringing signal period  
Marketing of goods and services on telephone lines and during a period from the commencement of a telephone call to the receipt and acceptance of that call (quiescent period) when the recipient of...
7224781 Method and system 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...
7212615 Criteria based marketing for telephone directory assistance  
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...
7184532 Dynamic ringback services  
A method for providing dynamic ringback services can include receiving a connection signal from an originating device and determining a receiving device specified by the connection signal. The...
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...
7158621 Pre-paid calling and voice messaging services for inmates  
Inmates place free incoming calls to a call processing system and are prompted to choose between accessing a voice mail system and calling an outside party. If an outside party is to be called, an...
7149294 Alternative means for public telephone information services  
A method is described to provide an alternative telephone information service implemented by a service provider other than the telecommunication service used in the connection of the call. This...
7136470 Ad ringer  
A method and system are provided for playing an advertisement to a telephone subscriber prior to call completion in a telecommunications network. A subscriber telephone line is provisioned to...
7130386 System for providing commercial advertising to a telephone user on hold  
A method and apparatus for providing information to a telecommunications customer who has been placed in the hold state by a telecommunications network providing a call connection to said customer....
7130392 System for providing commercial advertising to a telephone user  
A method and apparatus for providing advertising information to a caller of a telecommunications call. The advertiser provides data for the advertising message to a database and the message is...
7120235 Method and apparatus to provide pay-per-call performance based advertising  
In one embodiment, the invention provides a method. The method includes assigning a unique telephone number to an advertiser; providing an advertisement on a media channel on behalf of the...
7006608 Software algorithm and method enabling message presentation during a telephone ringing signal period  
A software based algorithm and associated method for generating and delivering to a caller or a recipient, or both, a message generated over a telephone link during a normal telephone ringing...
6977997 Telephone communication system and method, and server for providing advertisement information  
A telephone communication method and system for retrieving and providing advertisement information that matches a communication terminal user's preference as to advertisement information. The...
6947531 System and method for advertising supported communications  
A system and method for advertising supported communications in a telecommunications network are described. One exemplary method includes receiving a call request to connect a call from an...
6892387 System and method for compensating viewer for viewing of designated channel with reduction of telephone charges  
Disclosed is a system for compensating a viewer for viewing of a designated channel with reduction of telephone charges. The system comprises a signal input port to which image signals from a...
6857024 System and method for providing on-line advertising and information  
A system and method are disclosed in which an initiating caller using a station connected to a data network receives advertisement information while waiting for a call to complete between the...
6856673 Targeted advertising in a telephone dialing system  
A system and method for providing targeted advertising to telephone callers in mid-dial. The invention monitors the dialing activities of a caller. When a caller enters a partial desired telephone...
6785363 Voice message delivery method and system  
A voice message delivery method and system for delivering voice messages from a Sender to a Receiver, where neither the Sender nor the Receiver are required to be Subscribers to the system. The...
6606376 Method for entrance telephone communication utilizing public subcriber telephone networks  
A method for entrance telephone communication utilizing public subscriber telephone networks, in which at least part of the subscribers connected to the entrance telephone system are arranged...
6603844 Advertised ring back in a telecommunication switching system  
Transmitting by a public service provider an audio message to the calling party instead normal ring back tones when a call is placed by a calling party to a called party. This audio message is an...
6577717 Broadcasting of different tariff periods in a telephone system  
Broadcasting of different tariff periods in a telephone system. Subscribers of a telecommunication system are advised of service charging tariffs of services to said subscribers. In the...
6546086 Process for placing and reading an advertisement  
The invention concerns a process and a system for placing and reading an advertisement. In order to place and read advertisements without undue delay and to reach the largest possible group of...
6493437 Advertising-subsidized PC-telephony  
A system subsidizes telephone calls over a network. The system includes a service provider 120 that establishes a telephone call between a calling party terminal 130 and a called party terminal...
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