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7333596 |
Casual usage alternate billing
The present invention relates generally to a casual usage alternate billing. More particularly, the invention encompasses a method and an apparatus for casual usage alternate billing. The invention...
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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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7280645 |
Method of associating multiple prepaid cards with a single account
A set of multiple prepaid calling cards that are associated with a single account is disclosed. A predetermined amount of minutes is associated with the set of cards. Cards within the set can be...
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7269251 |
Method and system for billing subscribers in a telecommunication network
The invention relates to a method of changing a balance of a subscriber (MS 1 . . . MS 6 ) belonging to a subscriber group (G 1 , G 2 ) of a telecommunication network. The invention comprises...
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7218712 |
Method and system for accounting of services
Method and system for handling a service request from an originating station (ST-A) to a terminating station (ST-B) in a telecommunications system managing service logic for accounting information...
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7215942 |
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,...
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7184530 |
Prepaid billing support for simultaneous communication sessions in data networks
A method and system for providing prepaid billing for two concurrent communication sessions is accomplished by a first-network-access device, such as a WIN SCP, receiving from a prepaid-user...
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7174155 |
Charging in communication systems
The present invention relates to charging of communications using chargeable resources of a first communication system and a second communication system wherein at least one of said communication...
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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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7145995 |
Method for server-assisted data processing for a plurality of clients
A method for server-assisted data processing on a plurality of clients connected at least temporarily to a server. The server manages a defined quantity of processing resource, the clients reserve...
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7092501 |
Method and apparatus for providing prepaid local telephone services
A system and method for providing prepaid dialtone services. The system includes a prepaid dialtone service center having an applications server that maintains a prepaid dialtone subscriber...
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7039440 |
Wireless rechargeable money card
A method, computer program product and system that may be used to limit the funds that are available through the use of a business transaction card by having a business transaction card first place...
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7013125 |
Replenishment of prepaid accounts during multimedia sessions
Prepaid accounts are replenished during multimedia sessions using the prepaid accounts without interruption of the multimedia sessions. A prepay server monitors and adjusts prepaid account balances...
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7010103 |
Methods for providing prepaid telephony service via an internet protocol network system
Methods are disclosed for providing prepaid telephony service via an Internet protocol (IP) network system. A first method provides controlling at least one media agent or call routing...
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6963636 |
Valuable cipher information issuing system and issuing method, telephone charge settlement system and telephone charge settlement method, and charge settlement system and charge settlement method
An object of the invention is to realize a valuable cipher information issuing system that is entirely free of a risk of theft during the course of distribution. To this end, a valuable cipher...
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6947723 |
Postpay spending limit using a cellular network usage governor
The usage limited postpay service, for mobile wireless communication customers, utilizes a governor platform that estimates all appropriate usage charges and applies those charges in substantially...
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6934529 |
Replenishment of pre-paid wireless telephone accounts using short message service (SMS)
A method for replenishing a pre-paid telecommunications account utilizes the short message service (SMS). When an account balance is low, a pre-paid service control point (PP-SCP) sends a message...
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6931110 |
System and method for implementing calling card security and secured calling card
A computer implemented method, computer program product and system are provided for implementing calling card security. A telephone call request is received from a calling card user. A plurality of...
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6907239 |
Charging for telecommunications download services
A method, system and computer program product for prepayment of a service includes informing the user of the availability of a plurality of different services. An indication and request of a...
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6907116 |
Time balance based prepaid subscriber database and reporting
A time remaining determination module is implemented in a prepaid service to maintain and/or report subscriber account information based on accurately determined time remaining, even in light of...
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6889059 |
Multi-card device for telecommunications, and process for automatically managing telephone communications
A multi-card cellular telephone apparatus includes a central processing unit and a plurality of SIM cards connected to the central processing unit through slots. The plurality of SIM cards are...
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6856674 |
Platform for prepaid calling card calls
The present invention is a method and apparatus for providing prepaid card service to customers for placing telephone calls without relying on a post-service billing model. A service management...
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6826269 |
Professional services billing personal identification number
A system, and methods for billing clients of services providers are presented. Calls to the services providers are received at a prepaid calling center where the clients are prompted to provide an...
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6785534 |
Prepaid/postpaid automatic change of payment option
A prepaid/postpaid reconfiguration logic module in a service control point (SCP) of a wireless network allows a subscriber to a prepaid wireless service to change payment options between prepaid...
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6741687 |
System and method for providing prepaid communications
A system and method for prepaid supported communications in a telecommunications network are described. One exemplary method includes establishing a data communication session between a first...
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6741686 |
Controlling setup or continuation of a call charged from a pre-paid group account
In a prepaid group service, a number of subscribers belonging to a group share one common prepaid group account. In order to minimize the risk of an improper call release, an undercut of the...
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6735290 |
Method and system for pre-setting long distance call charges
A method and system for allowing a user to dynamically pre-determine the duration and/or cost of a domestic or international long distance call is provided. For a selected outbound originating long...
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6700961 |
Prepaid calling with warning announcement
A method and arrangement for providing prepaid calling card services to a calling party is disclosed. Near the end of value of a prepaid calling card account, the calling and called parties to a...
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6694000 |
Prepaid real-time web based reporting
Near real time Internet access of prepaid call history and replenishment data is provided via an Internet browser separate from the prepaid device to a user (e.g., the subscriber), allowing a...
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6665387 |
Method and apparatus for performing a charging limit control
A method and apparatus for performing a charging limit control in a telecommunication switching network is disclosed, wherein a charging limit tile is provided comprising a plurality of...
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6597774 |
System and method for providing an alert during communications
The present invention provides an alert to a user after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed for a particular communication. The timing for the alert may be set by the user at the beginning...
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6567657 |
SCP and MSC fault recovery process and signaling node failure reporting mechanism
A method and system for automatically adjusting charges to a pre-paid account in a telecommunications or distributed processing network following a failure in the network. After a service that is...
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6535593 |
System and method for billing communications services provisioned on demand in converging telecommunications network
System and method for facilitating consolidated billing within a converging telecommunications network. The system and method include and involve a network resource control facility communicating...
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6532282 |
Method and system for accumulating call prepayment
Subscribers in a mobile communications system are provided with a bundle of call time each billing period, against which standard call types are rated. If, at the end of one billing period, a...
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6526273 |
System and method for automated pre-paid wireless replenishment with notification
A system and method for providing pre-paid wireless telephone customers notification that a wireless telephone account has been replenished. The present invention delivers a confirmation notice...
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6507644 |
Pre-paid telephone calling card linked to a stored value account
Systems and methods for facilitating the use of a pre-paid card linked to a stored value card account (e.g., a debit type card associated with an available, remaining money value, etc.). The system...
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6463139 |
Combination pre-paid and calling card
Subscribers ( 12 1 -12 n ) may receive combined pre-paid and calling card service offered via a telecommunications network ( 20 ) by dialing a telephone number ( 32 ) of a platform ( 26 ) within...
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6453029 |
Debit card system without centralized server
A system and method having a number of call processors and servers which provide prepaid or debit card calling service to local areas is disclosed. The servers are linked via a wide area network...
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6445780 |
Method and system for ensuring the security of telephone call management centers
The invention concerns a method an a system enabling a centre managing telephone calls ( 30 ) to different suppliers of services ( 40 ), to identify safely and rapidly the customers ( 11 ) of the...
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6438220 |
Method and apparatus for internet-based telephone access to prepaid card and pin systems
A method for providing a pre-paid telephone calling card services to a calling party initiating a voice-based connection to a called party telephone using an internet-based IP Phone process running...
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6430275 |
Enhanced signaling for terminating resource
An internetwork (such as the Internet) telephony system and method incorporating architecture and methodology which facilitates a high degree of scalability. The scalability provides improvement...
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6424706 |
Method and system for transferring telecommunication-time units among accounts and exchanging same for goods or services
A system and method for accessing the value associated with a pre-purchased amount of telecommunication-time for making telephone calls and for uses other than making telephone calls is provided....
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6404870 |
Method and apparatus for authorization based phone calls in packet switched networks
A call authorization system moves state maintenance for authorization based phone calls from a central authorization server to different gateways in a packet switched network. A simple...
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6404865 |
Domestic to country call intercept process (CIP)
The invention includes a system and method for detecting fraudulent calling card calls to predefined high fraud countries including a call-intercept system capable of verifying call identities in...
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6396915 |
Country to domestic call intercept process (CIP)
A call intercept process (CIP) for calling card calls originating from an international country and terminating to high fraud domestic USA, and Canada locations. When a call is placed via a calling...
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6377670 |
Method and system for ensuring the security of the supply of services of telecommunication operators
The invention concerns a method and a system enabling a telecommunication operator ( 12 ) to identify rapidly and to debit in complete security the accounts of subscribers of a telephone network....
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6373930 |
Method and system for monitoring telecommunications traffic
A method and system for monitoring telecommunications traffic is disclosed. When a switch receives a call request, the switch sends a query message to a service controller. The service controller...
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6337903 |
Call setup for prepaid services
The invention relates to the provision of prepaid services for the customers of a telecommunication network operator in a wired and/or mobile telephone network. The invention makes it possible to...
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6333976 |
Method and apparatus for providing prepaid telecommunications services
Instead of requiring a customer to carry around one or more prepaid telephone calling cards (such cards are effectively functioning as limited, fixed amounts of money), a communications...
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6295344 |
Telephone travel card system under the control of its customers
A telephone system for travel card users where the users may program a switch processor so that it completes, re-routes, or refuses to complete calls as predetermined by the customer. Data is...
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