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7391855 |
System and method for implementation of a called party prepayment plan
A method and associated system are provided for processing data to complete a collect telephone call to a called-party that has prepaid an account to pay for the collect call. Data is received...
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7391854 |
Method, system and computer program product for online charging in a communications network
The invention is intended to create a online charging method for an end user session comprising at least one first charging session and at least one second charging session. The invention is based...
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7376419 |
Call triggering to one or more service nodes upon receipt of initial trigger response
An originating mobile switching center of an apparatus in one example handles one or more calls. A serving mobile switching center for a communication device on a call of the one or more calls...
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7369842 |
Telephony service in event of link failure between mobile switching center and a home location register or a service control point
A mobile switching center is configured with software instructions which allow it to continue to provide at least limited call termination and call origination services for mobile terminals in the...
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7356327 |
Enhanced recharge card management system with reseller users' security and accessibility
A method and apparatus for allowing a reseller to securely access and manage scratch cards at a recharge card management system that is maintained by the service provider. The service provider and...
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7346154 |
Customizing prepaid service
A method for customizing a prepaid service in a telecommunications system is presented. The method includes maintaining subscriber information on at least one prepaid subscriber, defining at least...
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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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7324816 |
Alternative wireless telephone roaming using prepaid services
A method and system are provided for registering and operating a wireless telephone in a roaming service area in which the wireless telephone is not registered for roaming services. When a wireless...
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7324641 |
Activating telephone-based services using a POS device
A method of providing telephone response unit (TRU)-based services includes receiving from a point-of-sale (POS) device a request at a host computer system to activate TRU-based services. The...
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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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7295659 |
Method and system for prepaid communications credit
A method and system for prepaying credits to a user account for communications services provided. If a system detects a predefined condition associated with a communications connection, the system...
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7286655 |
Service accounting system and method
The present invention is related to a service accounting system containing one or more classified service accounts, in particular for mobile/cellular services. More specifically, a service...
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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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7280644 |
Transaction processing platform for faciliating electronic distribution of plural prepaid services
A transaction processing platform capable of facilitating the distribution to consumers of various types of prepaid products is disclosed. The transaction processing platform is configured to...
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7274925 |
Methods and apparatus for flexible communication device usage attribution
A technique for providing flexible communication device usage attribution is provided. Identification information of a user of a communication device is received from the communication device at a...
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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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7260194 |
Method and system for providing long distance service
A system and method of providing long distance service products to users. Post-paid debit calling cards are purchased on-line by a customer or user and the user is billed monthly, along with other...
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7257388 |
Pre-paid mobile phone with temporary voice mail
The present invention provides systems and methods for allowing access to a voice mailbox associated with a pre-paid mobile phone subscriber's account after the expiration of the subscriber's...
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7257207 |
Method and system for paying prepaid communications credit
A method and system for prepaying credits to a user account for communications services is provided. A system receives an origination number and a code. The code corresponds to a predefined payment...
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7255268 |
System for purchase of prepaid telephone services
A system and method for electronic purchase of prepaid telephone services is provided. An initiating terminal receives input of a customer's request to purchase a specified amount of prepaid...
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7254222 |
Method and apparatus for implementing a pre-paid card service
A pre-paid telecommunications card service in which the card-holder can register the card with a service provider in such a way that the card account becomes associated with the customer's home...
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7239862 |
Method of and system for processing prepaid wireless data communications
A prepaid communications system includes a wireless call handling device for receiving wireless calls from wireless customers, a packet data serving node for receiving wireless packet data calls...
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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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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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7194073 |
Method for automatically replenishing pre-paid calling units within a telematic unit
In a system including a telematics unit and a data center, a method for automatically replenishing pre-paid calling units within the telematics is based on an occurrence of a trigger event as...
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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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7180990 |
Prepaid telephone calling card with message recording capability
System and method for recording at least one message to be associated with a prepaid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involve a data storage system for storing data...
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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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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...
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7156300 |
System and method for dispensing of a receipt reflecting prepaid phone services
A system and method for electronic purchase of prepaid telephone services is provided. An initiating terminal receives input of a customer's request to purchase a specified amount of prepaid...
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7149500 |
Charge-all mode for calls in telecommunication network
A telecommunication network and method of billing a first subscriber associated with a first party to a call for variable call charges normally billed to a second subscriber associated with a...
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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...
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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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7145989 |
Pre-paid telephone calling card having an associated pre-recorded personal greeting
System and a method for recording a personal greeting associated with a pre-paid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involve a data storage system for storing data...
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7133509 |
Method and system for charging a set activation fee for pay telephone usage
A set activation fee pay telephone permits a telephone customer to place a telephone call from a pay telephone if the customer presents valid billing information, and charges the customer a fixed...
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7133393 |
Prepaid service in a packet-switched mobile communication network
A method and system for implementing a prepaid service in a packet-switched mobile communication network, in which information requested by a mobile station is delivered to the mobile station so...
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7127264 |
Mobile originated interactive menus via short messaging services
Two-way interactive short message system with personalized messaging menus that provide WAP like services at less cost than CSD. Mobile Originated Interactive Menus are implemented as a feature of...
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7123703 |
Differentiated threshold value behavior in prepaid services
The invention relates to a method for threshold value relates control of at least one service in a data or telecommunication system, comprising the following steps: a) defining at least one...
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7120419 |
Generating one or more triggered operations to prepaid service node based on connection with intelligent peripheral component
A mobile switching center of an apparatus in one example generates one or more triggered operations to a prepaid service node based on a connection with an intelligent peripheral component.
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7110512 |
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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7107039 |
Mobile network content based charging and access control system
The invention provides an accurate, effective, and efficient system for content based charging, access barring, and network browsing, for pre-paid and post-paid subscribers of a wireless mobile...
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7092697 |
Method and system for reduced-latency prepaid mobile messaging
A method and system for facilitating prepaid mobile messaging. Mobile messages are forwarded to their intended one or more destinations before the debit account of the one or more prepaid mobile...
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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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7072455 |
Online method and apparatus for the interactive creation of custom prepaid virtual calling cards
A prepaid virtual calling card, specifically for providing users (consumers and business affiliates) with an on-line method and apparatus to create custom prepaid calling cards for immediate use...
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7065339 |
Method and system enabling prepaid service in an All-IP network
The invention relates to a system and method for enabling prepaid service in a packet-based communications system, in particular in an All-IP network which comprises one or more subscriber...
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7065195 |
Systems and methods relating to multipurpose cards
A multipurpose card serves as an effective marketing tool in today's competitive marketplace. The multipurpose card includes a main portion and a key ring portion. The key ring portion may be...
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7050554 |
Payment to charities with prepaid card
The balance or a portion of the balance associated with a prepaid card with or without a microcircuit is paid into a balance portion collection server, as a donations to charities, after setting up...
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