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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
5666405 True family telecommunication service  
Entities who normally are financially responsible for calls made by them have their calls paid for by a sponsor when they are selected by the sponsor to be included in a "family ring" and they make...
5557664 Calling party-paid wireless telephone service  
A method is described for completing calls to wireless communications customers. A database is queried to determine whether to bill the calling party or the called party for communication charges...
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...
4756020 Method and apparatus for disallowing the extension of a call through a network  
Method and apparatus is disclosed for selectively disallowing and allowing the extension of a call originated by a calling customer through a toll telecommunications network when the billing number...
4162377 Data base auto bill calling using CCIS direct signaling  
A method is disclosed for automatically processing call data from a TSPS (Traffic Service Position System) over CCIS (Common Channel Interoffice Signaling) facilities to a remotely located data...
3967073 PBX automatic number identification system  
A PBX is disclosed having automatic number identification (ANI) equipment for generating signals which identify the calling station and trunk numbers of outgoing calls. A memory is interconnected...
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