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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...
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...
7366289 Domestic origination to international termination country set logic  
A method and device for preventing fraud in international calls in a long-distance telecommunications system, where selected customers can avoid fraud control blocks and greater granularity is...
7280652 Handheld electronic device having improved phone call log, and associated method  
An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide an improved call log that presents information relating to logged phone calls in a collapsed manner, meaning that for each...
7272218 Subscription-based billing methods and systems for shared network modem pools  
Methods of billing telephone calls in networks that utilize shared modem pools. A request from a user of the network is received along with user identifying data. The user identifying data is...
7257209 Calling-party-pays call processing for cellular and paging  
An enhanced Calling Party Pays (CPP) or Paging Party Pays (PPP) system that enables 1) billing of calls originating from traditionally non-billable sources, 2) routing of incoming calls to...
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...
7236768 Systems and methods for a carrier-independent calling-party-pays system  
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing a carrier-independent calling-party-pays system. In one embodiment, upon having a call routed to a mobile switching center from a calling party, the...
7224784 Subscriber service management  
A method, system and apparatus for service management. A service management system can include a name resolution adapter disposed in a PSTN. The name resolution adapter can be communicatively...
7221748 Method for linking call log information to address book entries and replying using medium of choice  
A method for utilizing the caller identification information stored in call logs to retrieve address book entries stored in a database, enabling a reply to each call in the call log using the...
7190772 Methods and systems for automatically and accurately generating call detail records for calls associated with ported subscribers  
Methods and systems for generating accurate call detail records in networks that utilize number portability are disclosed. A number portability reconciliation (NPR) monitoring system receives...
7184526 Telephone-based selection, ordering, and billing of digital content delivered via a network  
A content delivery system for delivering digital multimedia content to a premise appliance of a user comprises an intelligent voice response (IVR) unit which is responsive via a public switched...
7174007 Method and apparatus providing caller identification telephone service with a real time audio message  
An Audio Caller ID service is provided which permits the calling party to speak a real time audio message that can be received and played by the called party's Caller ID equipment while his...
7155203 Method and apparatus for billing for usage-based group communication between wireless devices  
A method and apparatus for billing for the usage of direct group communication services, such as push-to-talk services. A direct group communication service provider sets up an account for each...
7154998 Method and system for presenting billing information according to a customer-defined hierarchal structure  
A service for presenting billing information to a customer according to a hierarchal structure defined by the customer. The customer assigns telephone numbers to company units and defines how each...
7154997 Subscription-based billing methods and systems for shared network modem pools  
Methods of billing telephone calls in networks that utilize shared modem pools. A request from a user of the network is received along with user identifying data. The user identifying data is...
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....
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...
7079635 Domestic origination to international termination country set logic  
A method and device for preventing fraud in international calls in a long-distance telecommunications system, where selected customers can avoid fraud control blocks and greater granularity is...
7076050 Information correlation system  
A communication system comprising a routing system configured to receive a called number from a calling system and responsively transfer a first query to a call processing system wherein the called...
6996217 Converting automatic number identification information to caller ID information  
A telephone system for reliably providing caller identification information to telephone call recipients such that they can choose whether or not to answer a telephone call. The telephone system...
6977998 Destination device billing according to call recipient  
A method, system, and program for billing for service provided to destination device according to the calling plan of the individual receiving the call. An authenticated identity for a callee...
6965668 Method and system for presenting billing information according to a customer-defined hierarchal structure  
A service for presenting billing information to a customer according to a hierarchal structure defined by the customer. The customer assigns telephone numbers to company units and defines how each...
6920208 Call tracker  
A method is provided for subscriber-related call log information for a plurality of distributed services from a remotely accessible consolidating server. The distributed services include at least a...
6891940 System and method for providing remote access to telecommunications services  
A system and method are provided for reviewing and updating a subscriber's telecommunications services, including a Caller ID service, using a graphical user interface via multiple data networks....
6876730 System and method for automated tele-work service  
A method and system are disclosed for implementing a tele-work service in an advanced intelligent network comprising a first service switching point connected to a first telephone station; a second...
6829596 Account/asset activation device and method  
An asset/account activation device and method are provided. According to a first preferred method, an asset may be activated by a point of sale device utilizing multiple security mechanisms....
6782084 Special call fee charging method  
A special call fee charging method is disclosed, that comprises the steps of (a) causing an exchange device to receive a call origination signal from a call origination subscriber terminal unit;...
6748069 Method and system for routing calling name queries  
A method and system for routing Calling Name queries in a locally competitive environment includes the creation of a Calling Name query having both the calling party number and the called party...
6721397 System and method for message exchange over a public-switched telephone network  
Telephones are able to exchange arbitrary messages over a public-witch telephone network. Messages are created and sent to a switch. The switch transfers the message to a called party telephone....
6697477 Advanced intelligent signal telephone number routing  
A method, system and computer readable medium are provided for defining a service area served by a service location of a telecommunications network customer. The method includes ascertaining a...
6697469 Method and system for implementing calling-party-pays telecommunication services  
A calling-party-pays gateway operative for billing a surcharge for a telecommunication service to an account associated with a calling line number. The calling-party-pays gateway is configured for...
6678360 Telephonic-interface statistical analysis system  
A system D interfaces with a multiplicity of individual terminals T 1 -Tn of a telephone network facility C, at the terminals callers are prompted by voice-generated instructions to provide digital...
6661882 System and method for automated telephone message routing using an altered ANI  
The present invention provides a system and method of transferring a call signal including call-related data received from a communications system between a host and at least one remote agent...
6639979 Automatic dialing method using caller identification  
A dialing method for a telephone system begins by receiving a caller indentification (i.e., telephone number) of a party calling the telephone system. The received caller identification is then...
6639978 Method for determining an entity responsible for billing a called party  
A method for determining an identity of an entity responsible for billing a called party of an alternatively billed telephone call is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a telephone number,...
6628765 Method and apparatus for providing subscribers with telecommunications intelligence  
A method and apparatus for providing customers with telecommunications intelligence in the form of call management reports. When a call is made to a subscriber of the service provided herein, a...
6614895 Maintaining a customer database in a CTI system  
This invention relates to maintaining a customer database in a computer telephony integrated (CTI) database. In particular it relates to populating and maintaining a customer database in a computer...
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...
6574317 System and method for blocking uncollectible random traffic of a telecommunication network  
A system and method for blocking uncollectible random call traffic of a telecommunication network. The system includes a database that stores a plurality of customer and call data, a fraud...
6542598 Advanced intelligent signal telephone number routing  
An apparatus and method are provided for routing a telephone call according to the geographic location of the originating party. A subscriber with multiple network locations within a service...
6493443 Self-generating return call service  
A technique for bridging the gap between an initial call and a return call by using network capabilities to capture the caller's information and by providing efficacious means for reaching the...
6490347 Method and apparatus for providing telecommunications trunk group selection for use in a public network in accordance with customer preference  
A method of providing for customer selection of a circuit selection algorithm for use in a public network comprises the steps of storing a plurality of circuit selection algorithms in public...
6483910 Method and apparatus for charging a fee to a party initiating a telephone call when the party is not on an authorization list associated with the called party  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining whether a party initiating a telephone call is on a list of parties authorized by the called party. If the calling party is not...
6421428 Flexible ANI  
In various forms of telephone network signaling, automatic number identification information (ANI) includes a field of two or more ‘information’ (II) digits, typically used to indicate a...
6415322 Dual/blind identification  
A computer apparatus and a method is described for establishing a global interest profile of a user. At least one local server and an enterprise server communicate with the user via a communication...
6411692 System for providing caller information to called party via call standard data field  
A system is described in which a standard data field in a telephone system call format, such ANI and/or dialed number is changed to reflect caller and/or call specific information. The caller...
6400812 User registration  
The purpose of the present invention is to be able to register and authenticate a user and thus to allow for a simple charging method. Achivement of registration and authentication to allow for...
6389123 Decreased-size representation employed with portion of automated number identification information in determination of network control point address  
A representation is determined from a first portion of automated number identification information. The representation has a decreased size relative to the first portion of the automated number...
6385310 Marking and screening telephone calls  
A system and method that controls calls, such as telephone solicitations, by a calling party to a called party. A switch receives a call from the calling party and marks the call to identify it as...
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