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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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