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7627100 Method for providing virtual private network services  
The present invention discloses a method for providing a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service. The method comprises the steps of: after receiving a call request from a user terminal, a Service...
7623636 System for generating service-oriented call-charge data in a communication network  
A system generates service-oriented call-charge data for at least one service in a communication network, the system having in at least one first area (charge metering domain), network elements for...
7606351 Telephone number change notification method and telephone number change notification system  
A telephone number change notification method is provided in which a calling party is reliably identified when a new telephone number of a called party is notified to the calling party when the...
7577241 Network support for call detail record suppression  
A method is provided for supporting a call record suppression feature in a telecommunications network ( 30 ). The method includes: handling a call for an end user terminal ( 10 ) served by a...
7573831 System and method for analyzing transmission of billing data  
The present invention generally relates to a method for analyzing billing packets transmitted from a billing collector to a billing converter. A first packet of data transmitted from a billing...
7562037 Mass customization billing engine  
A system and method for the mass customization of bills or invoices particularized to each client's preference is provided. The present invention is used to permit a provider of mass customization...
7515696 Centralized communications network charging methods and apparatus  
Centralized billing is provided by processing requests for pre-paid and post-paid services at a service control point that is configured to prepare one or more associated event records. Event...
7512222 Methods and systems for automated prepaid service routing  
Methods and systems for automatically routing a long distance call placed by a subscriber to a prepaid service provider. Methods are discussed for allowing the prepaid subscriber to directly dial a...
7502455 Billing for toll free calls terminating with a secondary telecommunications carrier  
A telephone call is billed that originates in a primary carrier telecommunications network and terminates in a secondary telecommunications carrier network. The call is billed by generating...
7493102 Method for determining charges in real time for value-added services in a telecommunication network  
A method for determining charges in real time for value-added services in a telecommunication network, having an intelligent network structure, in which a caller selects a value-added service by...
7480371 Method and system for billing network access capacities shared between internet service providers  
For optimizing Internet access resources, a method and system for billing network access capacities shared across Internet service providers is disclosed. A Client Service Provider (CSP) may rent...
7454192 Postal address validation using mobile telephone location information  
A system is provided for postal address validation using mobile device location data. The system includes a location system operable to determine mobile device location information. The system also...
7443969 Methods and systems for billing and routing local toll-free communications  
A system routes local toll-free communications to a toll-free communications address via local switches and/or local network onto interconnecting local providers with local access settlement rates,...
7440553 Apparatus and method for checkpointing a half-call model in redundant call application nodes  
An Intelligent Network (IN) switch for use in a communications network. The Intelligent Network (IN) switch comprises N call application nodes capable of executing a plurality of primary-backup...
7406160 Method and system for service control point billing  
The preferred embodiments described herein include a method and system for billing for the use of a service control point (“SCP”). In one presently preferred embodiment, an SCP receives a query...
7403602 Internet-based message delivery with PSTN billing  
A global computer network message delivery service is disclosed. A sender enters a short message for delivery to a recipient's telephone. The sender also enters the recipient's telephone number....
7394895 Methods and systems for 1+ prepaid routing service  
The present invention provides methods and systems for automatically routing a long distance call placed by a subscriber to a prepaid service provider. Six exemplary methods are discussed for...
7392035 Consolidated billing in a wireless network  
Consolidated billing in a wireless network is achieved by employing a processing node having storage capabilities for facilitating service creation and/or negotiation, and billing for those...
7389106 Traffic shaping of cellular service consumption through modification of consumer behavior encouraged by cell-based pricing advantages  
Changes in wireless service user behavior are encouraged and produced to shape utilization patterns among cells within a rate plan region by using shaping rules which define potential discounts...
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...
7363403 System and method for processing high speed network data  
The present invention relates generally to a method and system for processing data. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving data to be processed from a network communication...
7359499 Method and apparatus for eliminating unwanted telephone calls  
In accordance with the principles of the present invention, unwanted calls may be prevented. In particular, information about a particular destination is stored in a registry at a clearinghouse...
7310511 Monitoring and management of roaming users  
Roaming usage management apparatus for managing roaming mobile devices connected to roaming networks. The management apparatus includes a data gathering application for gathering roaming activity...
7295829 System, apparatus and method for managing telephone call records  
A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for communicating one or more telecommunication call records associated with a telecommunication system, the one or more call records are transmitted...
7283624 Idle detection for answer supervision  
A network device has the capability of monitoring voice over data networks calls. The network device includes a voice activity detector that detects voice activity on a voice channel. If no voice...
7277397 Method and system for handling a packet data service  
A method and system for handling a packet data service wherein, proceeding from the handling of a packet data service by a service network node of a packet data network to which communication...
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...
7260193 Method and system of rating in a charging system  
A method and system for determining rating data for services in a communication network, wherein an incoming charging request is received from a service element ( 105, 106 ), data such as a...
7257208 Method and system for providing billing capability for a service node in an advanced intelligent network environment  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to billing for services in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) environment. A first call is received at a service node from a service switching point...
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...
7227935 Bill payment configuration  
A method, system and apparatus for bill payment over a PSTN. The method can include processing a call in the PSTN to establish a telephonic connection between a caller and a call center configured...
7221929 Handling charging information in interworking structure of mobile communication and wireless local area networks  
When interworking two or more networks, such as a wireless local access network (WLAN) and a mobile communication network, user billing and service charging should be accurately collected and...
7203290 Monitoring usage of telecommunications services  
Call detail records are generated for usage of a telecommunications service established in a telecommunications network, by monitoring messages in a signalling system for co-ordinating operation of...
7170982 Call authorization and billing message routing capability  
A method and apparatus for routing billing request and response messages to a billing server for serving calls by a particular subscriber. When the subscriber originates a call, an original billing...
7167699 Method for tracking wireless telephone minutes used and providing an alert  
A method for tracking allotted wireless telephone minutes used and providing an alert before overage charges are accrued. Information about allotted minutes used and days to refresh are obtained...
7155205 System and method for verifying subscriber data records in a telephone system  
A consistency verification tool performs a consistency check on subscriber data records stored in the cellular telephone system. One such consistency check analyzes subscriber data records in a...
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...
7136468 Internet-based message delivery with PSTN billing  
A global computer network message delivery service is disclosed. A sender enters a short message for delivery to a recipient's telephone. The sender also enters the recipient's telephone number....
7123702 Methods and apparatus for billing conference calls  
Methods and apparatus for billing communications services through the use of AIN functionality are described. Billing information is communicated to a service control point by placing one or two...
7120237 Systems and methods for collect call processing  
A method of processing a collect call. The method includes receiving a request for a collect call from a calling party and transmitting information required pursuant to a detariffing order to a...
7113579 Method of conference calling supplemental service using intelligent peripheral in intelligent network  
A method of providing supplemental service for conference calling using an intelligent peripheral in an intelligent network is disclosed. By using a specific resource of an IP, various good quality...
7103345 Call information output in a telecommunication network  
A method of providing information relating to a telephone call, in a GSM cellular radio telephone network, to a data storage system. The method comprises receiving caller identity information at a...
7103346 Satellite and cellular usage characteristics determination  
A network component of an apparatus in one example determines one or more usage characteristics of a mobile communication device for a cellular communications network and one or more usage...
7095833 System and method for generating call records based on account codes  
A telecommunications service implements an account code reporting feature by storing an account code associated with a subscriber at a service control point (SCP) in the public switched telephone...
7076039 Call charging method and related network elements  
The present invention relates to a Call charging method for charging user agents in a next generation network for network resources used for data-transfer. The next generation network comprises a...
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...
7058600 Integrated proxy interface for web based data management reports  
An Intranet/Internet/Web-based data management tool that provides a common GUI enabling the requesting, customizing, scheduling and viewing of various types of unpriced call detail data reports...
7050788 Methods, systems, and storage mediums for facilitating a billing point of interconnection in a telecommunications environment  
Exemplary embodiments of the invention include methods, systems, and storage mediums for facilitating a billing point of interconnection in a telecommunications environment. The method includes...
7046775 Method and system for preserving telephone numbers  
The present invention allows a global telephone number be assigned to a first outbound-only telephone line connected to a first service switching point (SSP) to be also assigned to a second...
7002952 Usage-based billing for voice over packet communications  
A communication system is disclosed that provides usage-based billing for voice communications transmitted over a packet system. The communication system is comprised of a packet billing system...
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