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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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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