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7272217 |
Telecommunications call time slicing system and method
A telecommunications system and method provides a time slicing capability whereby alternate services, such as advertising, can be provided to a party while being kept on hold. Thus, charges...
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7155204 |
System and method for billing calls over a wireless network
A system and method that enables subscribers to transfer the airtime charge for the sending/receiving wireless telephone station to a toll free call provider to/from whom a wireless toll-free...
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7095832 |
Method of billing in an abbreviated dialing service
A telecommunications service translates an abbreviated dialing code into a toll free number, routes the call to an interexchange carrier, and manages the billing associated with the call. A billing...
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7082300 |
Roaming virtual long distance
The invention provides a system and a method for connecting an out-of-market customer to a desired telephone number. The method comprises receiving a customer validation request from a foreign...
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7072454 |
Methods and systems for billing and routing local toll-free calls
A system routes local toll-free calls dialed to a toll-free number via local switches and network onto interconnecting local providers with local access settlement rates, thereby allowing a local...
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6681008 |
Automated toll-free telecommunications information service and apparatus
An automated toll-free telecommunications information service may be provided responsive to a user sending an E-Mail request via the Internet or by a caller dialing a toll-free telephone number and...
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6522734 |
Transaction billing for special service telephone numbers
A telecommunications network includes computing intelligence for billing call processing on a per transaction basis. In particular, a customer is charged separately for each usage of a remote...
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6404869 |
Preferred billing rate pre-paid telephone calling card
System and a method for facilitating the use of a preferred, discount rate pre-paid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involved a data storage system for storing data...
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6330315 |
Apparatus and method for routing blocked calls
The present invention provides a blocked call routing apparatus and method that allows a caller to access a blocked number, such as a 1-8YY paging service, from a restricted device. The blocked...
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6320950 |
Communication control unit having a free dial and collect call function by utilizing caller ID signals
In a communication control unit, CPU judges whether a telephone number of a caller is included in caller ID signals and communicating section starts communicating with the caller when the CPU...
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6222912 |
Method and system for billing toll-free calls from public telephones
A system and method for storing Responsible Organization data corresponding to toll free telephone calls provides Payphone Service Providers (PSPs) with the data for billing or auditing Per Call...
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6167124 |
Bidding for 800 telecommunications traffic
The herein disclosed auction service stimulates competition between service providers to carry 800 Customers' traffic and facilitates the 800 Customer's ability to make economic choices between...
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6137877 |
Method and apparatus for routing a dialed telephone number
A method and apparatus are provided for selectively routing a dialed telephone number. The apparatus intercepts a dialed telephone number having a plurality of digits and prevents the dialing of...
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6104704 |
Methods and apparatus for gathering and processing billing information for internet telephony
A billing method and server for gathering and processing billing information for Internet telephony connections. Originating and terminating clients and Internet Service Providers ("ISPs") are...
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6026151 |
Network based determination of cost effective access
A system and method to access an information or electronic service uses a single access telephone number. The telephone number is used to access a particular service provider no matter where the...
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5960069 |
Method of billing a multiple service representative conference call
A group conferencing arrangement for a counseling service permits the simultaneous connection of two or more service representatives to a call-in caller, i.e. without the need for one service...
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5898766 |
Method for enabling a transaction between a terminal user and a server
The invention relates to performing a transaction between a user and a server. It relates to a method that comprises setting up a call (A3-A5) between a user and the server via an exchange, and...
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5894510 |
Multiple service representative conferencing apparatus and method
A group conferencing arrangement for a counseling service permits the simultaneous connection of two or more service representatives to a call-in caller, i.e. without need for one service...
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5875236 |
Call handling method for credit and fraud management
Prior to completing a telephone call, a database is accessed within a telecommunications network to determine whether the call should be completed. The billing number to which the call is to be...
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5850432 |
Method and system for capturing and recording information associated with a dial-around call
A method and system of utilizing advanced intelligent network services for capturing and recording dial-around call information is provided. Dial-around calls are calls directed to a...
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5764740 |
System and method for optimal logical network capacity dimensioning with broadband traffic
A general dimensioning method and system for allocating limited transmission resources to virtual networks given offered traffic for virtual paths on the virtual networks. The N-layer virtual...
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5757894 |
Virtual foreign exchange service
In a virtual implementation, intelligent processing permits use of selectively switched connections and selective billing procedures to emulate a foreign exchange service. On outgoing foreign...
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5751798 |
Passive information access system
The apparatus and method of the present invention provide passive information access for use in a service subscription system having a service provider and at least one subscriber unit. The passive...
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5751792 |
System and method for providing a message system subscriber with a roaming mailbox
An adjunct message system, coupled to a global telecommunications network, provides a roaming subscriber with roaming access to messages left at the subscriber's home mailbox by transferring such...
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5563933 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating the completing of telephone regional toll-free calls from outside the region
Calls to geographically limited toll-free telephone numbers, when originated from outside the predefined geographic region, are completed, but not at the called party's expense, by a) indicating to...
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5550909 |
International toll-free calling process
A telecommunications method is disclosed for processing calling party information so that an "800" or toll-free telephone number or a value-added service telephone number made up of a special...
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5537464 |
Method and apparatus for the billing of value-added communication calls
New use of the existing PSTN for capturing data to charge enhanced service provider (ESP) fees on phone bills of numbers terminating calls originated by dialing seven digit 555 numbers. The local...
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5517560 |
Call billing and measurement methods for redirected calls
A call processing and billing method where the two billing records generated for a redirected call are transmitted to the same billing center or to the same network of interconnected billing...
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5485507 |
Integrated commissary system
A commissary system for receiving and processing commissary orders using a premise-based telephone system of an institution such as a jail or correctional facility without accessing a PSTN....
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5448632 |
Call monitoring system for intelligent call processing
Increased reliability for intelligent call processing systems is provided by collecting information from communications between the network database, the subscriber database, and the network...
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5438615 |
Method of providing message service for pinless limited access telecommunications
The present invention method provides a limited access massage service to a plurality of end-users and uses existing telecommunication lines with a switching network and a computerized central...
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5432845 |
Post answer telephone call redirection or rerouting
Calls made to an 800 service subscriber are routed to the subscriber's primary location via a telephone network switch operating in conjunction with a specially configured adjunct processor. The...
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5425090 |
System and method for providing advanced intelligent network services
In a telephone network, customized advanced intelligent network (AIN) services are provided to standard IN/1 "800" service customers. An IN/1 service switching point (IN/1 SSP) receives a call...
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5276444 |
Centralized security control system
A central security control system (security system) interfaces between a plurality of requesters and a plurality of destinations such that it receives from the requesters requests for access to the...
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5146491 |
Telephone billing method
A method of telephone billing comprise providing a toll-free number to a customer to access a provider in a toll-free call from an originating customer telephone number, receiving the originating...
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4757267 |
Telephone system for connecting a customer to a supplier of goods
A telephone system automatically connects a potential customer with a nearby dealer who can provide the goods or services desired by the potential customer. The potential customer first dials an...
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4191860 |
Data base communication call processing method
A method is disclosed for processing call data among telephone switching offices and a remotely situated data base system for deriving call service information needed to complete special service...
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