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7603102 |
Banded billing system for data communication service
A banded billing system for data communication service is disclosed. A carrier's billing system maintains in data storage a banded-pricing schedule that divides a continuum of increments of data...
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7603103 |
Banded billing and associated invoice generation for communication service
An improved billing system for communication service is disclosed. A printed and/or online invoice will be generated for a subscriber's account and will be structured to include a visual gauge that...
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7412228 |
Method for notifying a primary wireless unit of group calling plan activity
The present invention provides a method for notifying a primary wireless unit in a group calling plan that a wireless unit in the group calling plan has call activity. An MSC determines if there is...
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7409051 |
Methods and apparatus to manage collect phone calling limits
Methods and apparatus to manage collect phone calling limits are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises: determining if collect calls from one or more predetermined locations to a...
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7376415 |
System and method for offering portable language interpretation services
Language interpretation for users includes a portable system for providing access to interpretation services, such as a prepaid, debit or credit card for the user. The prepaid card has a number of...
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7003279 |
Peak time indicator
A method and apparatus allow use condition determination in a wireless device. A wireless interface is coupled to a processor configured to input subscriber rate plan parameters associated with a...
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6330312 |
Communications network
In a communications network, the duration of a pre-answer phase of a call is recorded with reference to a number of signalling events associated with the set-up of the call. A billing record may be...
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6151388 |
Communication charge management system
A communication charge management system includes one or more master telephone sets serving as managing telephone sets, one or more slave telephone sets serving as telephone sets managed by the...
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5960072 |
Method and apparatus for altering the access format of telephone calls
A telephone system and method of operation are disclosed which use a microprocessor control system (10), a speech generator (34) and speech memory (46) to automatically place calls without the need...
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5912955 |
Method and apparatus for management of remotely-deployed stations
Methods and systems are disclosed for the management of a remotely-deployed unit such as, for example, a telephone station. A local station revenue signal generated at the remote station...
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5809124 |
Coin charging system for mobile telephony
Coin charging system for mobile telephony in order to facilitate the making of telephone calls by means of a mobile telephone with a coin charging system, mainly in public transport means such as...
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5774533 |
Method and system for providing a billing directed communication service
A method and system for providing a billing directed communication service that allows the originating party to provide billing instructions on a per-communication basis. An originating party...
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5568541 |
System and method for adding a surcharge to the cost/call for telephone solicitations
A method for placing a surcharge on telephone solicitations including the steps of providing a local telephone number to a customer for accessing a call from an originating caller and identifying...
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5519769 |
Method and system for updating a call rating database
A method and system for updating a database stores billing rate parameters for call rating devices associated with a calling station. The calling station calls at a predetermined date and time a...
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5483581 |
Method and apparatus for performing an automated collect call
A telephone system and method of operation are disclosed which use a microprocessor control system (10), a speech generator (34) and speech memory (46) to automatically place collect calls without...
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5463677 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating the making of collect calls
When a caller making a collect call encounters a busy called party or one that does not answer after a prescribed time, the telephone network offers the caller the opportunity to store a voice...
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5448628 |
Public telephone system
A public telephone system includes a plurality of public telephone sets and a center apparatus. Each public telephone set includes a memory for storing a current tariff table used in the speech...
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5381242 |
Facsimile apparatus and its maintenance charge control apparatus
A facsimile apparatus and a maintenance charge control apparatus capable of easily controlling and settling the maintenance charge of the apparatus. By responding to the transmission request...
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5373552 |
Tone Burst Generator
A tone burst generator where a continuous tone voltage is applied across two series-connected semiconductor switches each having an ON state and an OFF state. A first control circuit controls the...
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5361297 |
Method and apparatus for providing answer supervision and an autonomous pay telephone incorporating the same
A method and apparatus for telephone call answer supervision, capable of detecting the completion of both national and international calls, which employ different answer confirmation formats, and...
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5131027 |
Short time validity storage
A telephone system and method of operation are disclosed which use a microprocessor control system (10), a speech generator (34) and speech memory (46) to interact with a calling party placing a...
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5086456 |
Dial unit detachably mounted on public telephone for equal access
A dial unit is detachably mounted on a public telephone for equal access and includes a keypad section, a registration table section, a determination processing section, and a transmitting section....
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5046085 |
Interfacing system for an international-type pay-telephone
An interface unit for coupling an international-type pay-telephone to a land-based or cellular telephone system. The interfacing unit of the invention has a microcomputer, and an associated EPROM...
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4933965 |
Short time validity storage of a billing account number at a local telecommunications station
A telephone system and method of operation are disclosed which use a microprocessor control system (10), a speech generator (34) and speech memory (46) to interact with a calling party placing a...
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4926469 |
Pay station telephone call routing apparatus
An interface (10) is disclosed for coupling a conventional pay station telephone (12) to a telephone switching system (16). The interface (10) provides supervision signal detection functions...
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4924497 |
Pay station telephone interface circuits
An interface (10) is disclosed for coupling a conventional pay station telephone (12) to a telephone switching system (16). The interface (10) provides supervision signal detection functions...
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4920562 |
Automatic generation of billing records at a telephone paystation
A telephone system and method of operation are disclosed which use a microprocessor control system (10), a speech generator (34) and speech memory (46) to interact with a calling party placing a...
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4916733 |
Pay station telephone call answer supervision apparatus
An interface (10) is disclosed for coupling a conventional pay station telephone (12) to a telephone switching system (16). The interface (10) provides supervision signal detection functions...
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4891836 |
Communication terminal having a charge displaying function
A facsimile machine having a function of calculating a service charge for transmitting an image data to a remote receiver facsimile and displaying the thus calculated charge in a display. The image...
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4890317 |
Automatic validation of telephone account numbers
A telephone system and method of operation are disclosed which use a microprocessor control system (10), a speech generator (34) and speech memory (46) to interact with a calling party placing a...
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4862494 |
Anti-fraud device for use with a coin operated telephone instrument
An anti-fraud device is mounted internally within a coin-operated telephone to prevent fraudulent calling due to "pin fraud". The device includes circuitry which senses the presence of ground fraud...
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4823376 |
Time limited data communication system
A pay facsimile machine, which is similar to a pay telephone, is allowed to be connected to a network for a communication time period, the length of which is determined depending on the amount of...
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4794642 |
Call screening in a public telephone station
Control equipment employed in a customer-owned public telephone station prevents a user from making unauthorized telephone calls in a telephone system. Operating under the control of a computer in...
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4777647 |
Pay station telephone interface
An interface (10) is disclosed for coupling a conventional pay station telephone (12) to a telephone switching system (16). The interface (10) provides supervision signal detection functions...
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4768227 |
Coil operated telephone
A self-contained, pre-pay coin operated telephone wherein when the user removes a handset from a switchhook, a local dial tone is generated, prompting the user to enter a telephone number of a...
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4736444 |
Pay telephone monitoring system
A passive, non-intrusive pay telephone monitoring system is disclosed for maintaining a talley of the amount of money present in a money box. A signal is sent over the line, interconnecting the pay...
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4726057 |
Answer detection method and apparatus for coin telephone sets
A coin operated telephone station is provided with apparatus for detecting hen a called party has answered a call (initiated at the coin operated telephone station) by the measurement of incoming...
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4719648 |
Coin relay drive and switching circuit for paystation telephone instruments
A telephone paystation coin refund and collect circuit for operating a coin relay with power obtained from a two-wire business telephone line. The circuit employed utilizes charge storage...
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4698840 |
Coin operated telephone
A self-contained, pre-pay coin operated telephone wherein when the user removes a handset from a switchhook, a local dial tone is generated, prompting the user to enter a telephone number of a...
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4198545 |
Automatic call timing telephone apparatus
Improved control apparatus for a pay station is provided that automatically determines the applicable tariff rate and the purchased call time as coins are deposited in accordance with the pay...
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4122308 |
Telephone call metering device
A telephone accessory device for monitoring the cost of a telephone call at the location of the calling telephone. A keyboard is provided through which the number to be called is entered; this...
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4028494 |
Escrow telephone coin collection circuit and method
The speech path in an escrow coin telephone system wherein coins may be deposited throughout the talking state is maintained free of potentially disruptive coin collection signals. After the...
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3329779 |
Timer units for plural zone, pre-pay telephone stations
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2935567 |
Coin collector circuits for telephone systems
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2908759 |
Automatic toll ticketing telephone systems
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2791634 |
Paystation system
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