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8401937 |
System, method, and computer program product for identifying an optimized rating scheme
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for identifying an optimized rating scheme. In use, a first rate calculated for an event utilizing a first predefined rating scheme is...
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8379815 |
Method and apparatus to validate a subscriber line
The computer-implemented method includes receiving a first request via the Internet for a first transaction between a user and a vendor for goods or services. A billing telephone number of the user...
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8380593 |
System, method, and computer program for dynamically altering a rating based on network conditions
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for dynamically altering a rating based on network conditions. In operation, at least one aspect of a condition of a network is...
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8363801 |
Charging of circuit-switched voice, SMS, MMS and/or GPRS packet switched data
The present invention provides a flexible selection of subscriber and account related data for charging purposes in a communication network. The subscriber account has at least one charging...
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8341044 |
System, method, and computer program product for rating and re-rating events
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for re-rating events, in use, a plurality of events associated with at least one customer is rated. Additionally, at least one of the...
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8315593 |
Method for billing in a telecommunications network
The present invention is directed to a method for placing a call between a client in one network and a client in another network. The IP network includes a SIP server and a network gateway...
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8189752 |
Per-session dynamic charging caps in communication networks
Communication networks and associated methods and systems are disclosed that provide per-session dynamic charging caps. For a session, the communication network includes a network element adapted...
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8139736 |
Destination device billing according to call recipient
A destination telephony device, responsive to detecting a call between a caller at an origin telephony device and a callee at the destination telephony device within a trusted telephone network,...
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8126124 |
Charging for long duration sessions in communication networks
Communication networks and associated methods are disclosed that provide charging for long duration sessions. A charging data system of the communication network receives interim accounting request...
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8090346 |
Controlling a shutoff/restart of mobile virtual network operations prepaid services
This invention relates to a feature for controlling resellers of telecommunications services. A service provider may freeze the accounts, and therefore service, for all customers of a reseller if...
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8068590 |
Optimizing profitability in business transactions
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for processing alternatively billed telephone calls, such as, for example, collect calls and third party calls. In some...
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8064579 |
Prepaid services accounts with multi-user customers and individualized quotas
Prepaid services include a multi-user prepaid services account as well as a prepaid balance associated with the account. A plurality of user records associated with the account each includes a...
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8059802 |
Billing data interface for conferencing customers
A billing data interface provides billing data to customers in an accurate and efficient manner. Billing data is processed to preserve client billing information and to meet a customer's individual...
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8054957 |
Origin device billing according to caller
A trusted telephone network, including at least one service provider, receives a request for service from an origin device. The origin device is associated with a line number to be billed for...
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8036354 |
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...
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7933596 |
Providing and charging for data services in roaming network environments
A method provides detecting a roaming operator by a mobile communications device, where the mobile communications device is associated with a home operator; receiving a data service, by the mobile...
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7916844 |
System and method to determine and deliver quotes for distance-sensitive communication links from multiple service providers
To facilitate real-time pricing, an embodiment of the invention retrieves multiple quotes from multiple databases associated with multiple service providers. Information regarding a customer's...
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7881446 |
Telephony system and method with enhanced validation
Inmate communications systems provide a feature-rich platform with a high degree of flexibility and security employing call control facilities located off institutional premises. Authentication...
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7881442 |
Call announcement service
A method and operation for a call announcement service which answers incoming phone calls. The system retrieves identifying information about the calling party and provides that information to the...
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7848500 |
Method and apparatus to validate a subscriber line
A method is described to verify the identity of a user. The method, in one example embodiment, comprises obtaining automatic number identification (ANI) data or billing telephone number (BTN) data...
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7542556 |
Apparatus and method for providing multiple line billing in telecommunications systems
One or more application server components serve to associate one or more digit strings with one or more numbers available to one party of one or more parties to a call and to impose one or more...
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7496184 |
System and method to determine and deliver quotes for distance-sensitive communication links from multiple service providers
To facilitate real-time pricing, an embodiment of the invention retrieves multiple quotes from multiple databases associated with multiple service providers. Information regarding a customer's...
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7471781 |
Billing data interface for conferencing customers
A billing data interface provides billing data to customers in an accurate and efficient manner. Billing data is processed to preserve client billing information and to meet a customer's individual...
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7463726 |
Remotely selecting an economical communications transmission medium
A method and apparatus for enabling a user to remotely select which communications device to use for a particular communications session from among a plurality of communication devices connected to...
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7426263 |
Destination device order billing according to call recipient
A method, system, and program for billing for orders placed from a destination device according to the calling plan of the individual receiving the call. An authenticated identity for a callee...
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7406306 |
Method for billing in a telecommunications network
The present invention is directed to a method for placing a call between a client in one network and a client in another network. The IP network includes a SIP server and a network gateway...
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7394893 |
Origin device order billing according to caller
A method, system, and program for billing for order places from an origin device according to the current caller billing plan are provided. A billing plan associated with an authenticated caller...
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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...
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7257388 |
Pre-paid mobile phone with temporary voice mail
The present invention provides systems and methods for allowing access to a voice mailbox associated with a pre-paid mobile phone subscriber's account after the expiration of the subscriber's...
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7158821 |
Node and onboard station for setting up at any time a call involving a passenger on a vehicle
Passengers on board a vehicle make and receive calls via a satellite network. That network sees each passenger involved in a call as a temporary dummy subscriber of the satellite network. Thus the...
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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...
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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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7116768 |
Collect callback
In an implementation of collect callback, a call-in service establishes a communication link with a caller and initiates a collect callback option for the caller. A switch receives callback data...
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7042993 |
Method for flexible charging of fees for services and resources in networks
In current telecommunications services, it is usual for the service provider of the initiator (e.g. the caller or the A-side) of the communications connection to determine the price and charge the...
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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...
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6956935 |
Origin device billing according to caller
A method, system, and program for billing for service provided to an origin device according to the current caller billing plan. A trusted telephone network, including at least one service...
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6931110 |
System and method for implementing calling card security and secured calling card
A computer implemented method, computer program product and system are provided for implementing calling card security. A telephone call request is received from a calling card user. A plurality of...
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6925160 |
System and method for managing cellular telephone accounts
A computer implemented system and method of allocating costs of wireless telephone usage. Billing and usage information is received from at least one wireless telephone service provider related to...
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6700962 |
System and method for creating a call detail record
A method of creating a call detail record is provided. An input signal is received. An account identification record is created in response to the input signal. An event jacket is created. The...
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6504909 |
Reverse registration method in a system for the automatic notification that a call to an emergency service has occurred
A registration method in a system for calling designated addressable notify devices in response to a 9-1-1 call. When a registration call is received from a new customer, the software proceeds with...
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6442257 |
Configuration for charging in a telephone network and method for operating such a configuration
A configuration for charging in a telephone network, wherein a first subscriber pays for at least a part of the charges for connections established to him by a second subscriber. An intelligent...
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6430406 |
Credit information in a mobile phone
A portable prepaid phone has a display, input means for inputting information and instructions, a control unit controlling the display in dependence on the operation of the input means, and...
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6282274 |
Selectable billing options for a single communications account
The present invention, referred to herein as Personal Billing Selection, enables a telecommunications service subscriber to designate billing options for outgoing and incoming calls on a per-call...
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6195422 |
Method for providing equal access dialing for pre-paid telecommunication services
To provide toll services but limit the amount of such services, toll calls from a party's line are routed to selected calling card type processing equipment. However, so that such calling party's...
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6130935 |
Virtual networking work at home system and method
A system and method for virtual networking work at home provides the capability to bill business calls from an employee's home telephone to the business and to bill personal calls from the same...
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5844973 |
Conference billing system with ID tagging
A conference billing system with ID tagging allocates charges for a conference based on a prior reservation. The billing system also supports different tariffs and pricing structures for individual...
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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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5754633 |
Method for achieving third-number call billing
A party (12, 14, 16 and 18) to a telephone call carried by a telecommunications network (10) may effect transfer of the call charges that would otherwise be billed to that party by entering a...
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5703935 |
Automated telephone operator services
A system and method for automatically processing telephone calls for alternative billing or for providing automated operator services. In one form, a call for which operator or alternative billing...
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5699416 |
Method for obtaining billing validation of directory number accounts from line identification databases in a telecommunications network
A method for selecting one of a plurality of line identification (ID) databases for validation of an operator-assisted call billed to a ported directory number account comprises determining whether...
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