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7386106 |
Method, system, and database for providing a telecommunication service
A database for a telecommunication service includes a first record for a first number having a predetermined NXX, and a second record for a second number having the predetermined NXX. The first...
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7340045 |
Method of billing a communication session conducted over a computer network
A method of billing a communication session between a user and a value-added service. A request is received from a user for a communication session, such as a circuit-switched call, a...
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7292841 |
Call routing apparatus
The present invention relates generally to telecommunications, and in particular to systems and methods for routing and placing telephone calls. In one embodiment, a call manager system is...
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7054430 |
Method and apparatus to validate a subscriber line
A method is described of providing validation data associated with a subscriber line of a telecommunication network using a validation system. The method includes obtaining line data of the...
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6904136 |
Secure method of payment
A process for a transfer of funds for payment for goods and/or services in which a purchaser of the goods and/or services requests that a financial services organization generate a financial...
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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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6597776 |
Method and system for allowing extended connections to content providers via prepaid content provider accounts
A method and system for connecting a caller to a content provider who provides a service to the caller over the telephone system is disclosed. In accordance with the invention, a transaction...
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6353663 |
Method and apparatus for screening telephone calls
Callers to a number subscribing to a screening application are prompted that a fee will be charged for the connection to be completed. The prompting can occur at the initiation of the call, prior...
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6298126 |
Method and apparatus for controlling rating of calls to pay services
A telecommunications toll network system employs a central database computer to provide routing and calling rate instructions to toll switches. To allow sponsors of pay services, such as 900 number...
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6298125 |
Frequency-based discount system for host-system within a communication network
Method and apparatus provide a frequency discount for host payable calls provided by a communication network. Call information, including the customer's telephone number and the dialed telephone...
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6282276 |
Method of billing a value-added call
A method of billing a telephone call between a caller and a value-added service. A request is received from a caller for a telephone call between the caller and the value-added service. Information...
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6259777 |
Billing system and method for database-queried communications services
A communications system is designed to create a sub-account AMA record for each transaction requested by a caller within a single 900-number call after an initial transaction has been processed....
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6240402 |
Charge allocation in a multi-user network
A communication network includes a communication monitoring point arranged to monitor user identifiers in source/destination identifier fields to determine a charging scheme.
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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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6134306 |
Method and device for variable, current rate signalling of in-based value-added services
A method for the variable, service-specific rate signalling of value-added services by a called destination subscriber (B) who is offering IN (Intelligent Network)-based services in a...
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6104793 |
Facility modem-to-modem application
The present invention comprises a 900 modem to modem application using the AT&T MultiQuest® Vari-A-Bill® feature designed in an effort to enhance an existing "charge free" medical credentials...
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6085171 |
Order entry system for changing communication service
A system for processing an order to change communication service includes a client that receives order data and an authorization image associated with a customer that desires to change...
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5978577 |
Method and apparatus for transaction processing in a distributed database system
A subscriber management system includes at least one Data Directory Server (DDS) located between one or more transaction generators and one or more data servers. The DDS efficiently routes...
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5960070 |
Pay as you communicate call center
During a telephone call to a call center, in a first portion of the call is placed in a call queue, and the call center apparatus generates a pre-answer signal which is interpreted by a central...
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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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5864610 |
Interactive and information data services telephone billing system
Billing for information and/or interactive services provided to a user over the Internet by an information service provider (ISP) is arranged by the user by placing a virtual billing telephone call...
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5845267 |
System and method for billing for transactions conducted over the internet from within an intranet
A system and method is disclosed for performing centralized billing for transactions conducted by a user on a terminal (101) connected on an Intranet (103) with an Internet Service Provider (ISP)...
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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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5661458 |
Electronic house arrest monitoring system with automatic fee collection feature
An EHAM system consists of a central monitoring system (CMS), a field monitoring device (FMD), an electronic detection circuit that generates a detection signal upon the occurrence of a...
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5568541 |
System and method for adding a surcharge to the cost/call for telephone solicitations
A method for placing a surcharge on telephone solicitations including the steps of providing a local telephone number to a customer for accessing a call from an originating caller and identifying...
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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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5369699 |
Adaptable personnel supervisory system with automatic fee collection
A supervisory system and method automatically tracks and reports the status, e.g., current address, employer, telephone number, etc., of a group of enrollees, and automatically collects a fee for...
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5333186 |
Telecommunication call billing method and apparatus
A sponsored-call service feature enables callers to obtain network-provided telecommunication services toil-free or at a subsidized rate. The sponsored-call service permits a third party sponsor to...
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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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5187710 |
Method and apparatus for the billing of value-added communications calls
A call billing method and apparatus establishes an ISDN connection between the network and a called location which enables the called location to specify call billing information to the network,...
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5148474 |
Interactive value-added telecommunications system and method
A interactive value-added telecommunications system including automatic billing at a value-added rate controllable in real time is realized through in-place network carrier system utilities...
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4850007 |
Telephone toll service with advertising
There is disclosed a system for providing an economical telephone toll service in which a telephone subscriber selects the economical service by, for example, sending an appropriate signal, and...
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