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7386295 Communication billing system  
A communication billing system comprising a processing system coupled to an interface system. The processing system is configured to process a plurality of wireless service events from a wireless...
7333796 Wireless telephone service  
A method for providing a wireless telephone service includes providing a wireless handset having an associated telephone number, and a dedicated programmable wireless switch coupled to a public...
7310414 Prepaid phone card service using speech recognition  
A method for placing a telephone call from a caller using a prepaid phone card includes the steps of connecting a caller with a caller interface having a speech recognition application, receiving...
7308087 Enhanced communication platform and related communication method using the platform  
A method of providing pre-authorized communication services and/or transactions via a plurality of networks, including accepting and processing a request from a user to provide at least one of a...
7295659 Method and system for prepaid communications credit  
A method and system for prepaying credits to a user account for communications services provided. If a system detects a predefined condition associated with a communications connection, the system...
7280645 Method of associating multiple prepaid cards with a single account  
A set of multiple prepaid calling cards that are associated with a single account is disclosed. A predetermined amount of minutes is associated with the set of cards. Cards within the set can be...
7257207 Method and system for paying prepaid communications credit  
A method and system for prepaying credits to a user account for communications services is provided. A system receives an origination number and a code. The code corresponds to a predefined payment...
7228339 Information storage output system and information storage output service  
There is provided an information storage output system enhanced in mobility and improved in convenience to use. In the information storage output system for storing predetermined storage data in a...
7184530 Prepaid billing support for simultaneous communication sessions in data networks  
A method and system for providing prepaid billing for two concurrent communication sessions is accomplished by a first-network-access device, such as a WIN SCP, receiving from a prepaid-user...
7158621 Pre-paid calling and voice messaging services for inmates  
Inmates place free incoming calls to a call processing system and are prompted to choose between accessing a voice mail system and calling an outside party. If an outside party is to be called, an...
7133509 Method and system for charging a set activation fee for pay telephone usage  
A set activation fee pay telephone permits a telephone customer to place a telephone call from a pay telephone if the customer presents valid billing information, and charges the customer a fixed...
7133508 Prepaid long distance call system and method  
A subscriber's line is associated with a prepaid long distance account. When the subscriber attempts a long distance call, it is determined from the dialed digits whether the attempted call is 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...
7110744 Communication and proximity authorization systems  
A proximity service unit for providing at least one predetermined service for use with multiple types of wireless devices. The proximity service unit includes a multiple channel wireless...
7072455 Online method and apparatus for the interactive creation of custom prepaid virtual calling cards  
A prepaid virtual calling card, specifically for providing users (consumers and business affiliates) with an on-line method and apparatus to create custom prepaid calling cards for immediate use...
7065195 Systems and methods relating to multipurpose cards  
A multipurpose card serves as an effective marketing tool in today's competitive marketplace. The multipurpose card includes a main portion and a key ring portion. The key ring portion may be...
7050554 Payment to charities with prepaid card  
The balance or a portion of the balance associated with a prepaid card with or without a microcircuit is paid into a balance portion collection server, as a donations to charities, after setting up...
6999750 Prepaid system, method thereof, and communication terminal  
There is provided a prepaid system able to reduce inconvenience caused by issuing and using a large number of prepaid cards. A communication terminal purchases a prepaid number related to a...
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...
6856674 Platform for prepaid calling card calls  
The present invention is a method and apparatus for providing prepaid card service to customers for placing telephone calls without relying on a post-service billing model. A service management...
6850755 Transparent billing and display of multiple directory numbers in wireless telephone systems  
A system and methods for allowing wireless users to make and send calls using a second wireless billing number or “line” assigned to a single wireless telephone advantageously requires no...
6826269 Professional services billing personal identification number  
A system, and methods for billing clients of services providers are presented. Calls to the services providers are received at a prepaid calling center where the clients are prompted to provide an...
6741686 Controlling setup or continuation of a call charged from a pre-paid group account  
In a prepaid group service, a number of subscribers belonging to a group share one common prepaid group account. In order to minimize the risk of an improper call release, an undercut of the...
6735290 Method and system for pre-setting long distance call charges  
A method and system for allowing a user to dynamically pre-determine the duration and/or cost of a domestic or international long distance call is provided. For a selected outbound originating long...
6707896 Public telephone with and method for cash payment function  
A public telephone with a cash payment function is connected to a server of a banking agency through a telephone network and verifies whether a card, such as a credit card, inserted by a user is...
6694000 Prepaid real-time web based reporting  
Near real time Internet access of prepaid call history and replenishment data is provided via an Internet browser separate from the prepaid device to a user (e.g., the subscriber), allowing a...
6690779 Method and apparatus for awarding and redeeming prepaid telephone time  
A slot card issued by a slot club, or a membership card in another incentive award program, that is also capable of being used as phone calling card is provided. Free calling time is credited to...
6681105 Mobile radiotelephone method and system and terminal used in such a system  
The method implements mobile terminals and an operating infrastructure having at least one call center, each portable terminal being given a credit of telephone charging units that is determined...
6675007 Charging method and terminal equipment in the information and communication network system  
A charging system for use in a network composed of wireless terminals with a repeater function. As each terminal with a repeater function receives a communication session start request from a user...
6654599 Call charges in a telecommunications network  
A method of providing call tariff information to a subscriber coupled to a telecommunications network 1 , where the call tariff information relating to a call from a terminal 9 of the subscriber...
6609000 Process for generating an address directory  
A method of creating an address directory from address data of subscribers in a telecommunications network, wherein the address data comprise a subscriber identification and a position...
6532282 Method and system for accumulating call prepayment  
Subscribers in a mobile communications system are provided with a bundle of call time each billing period, against which standard call types are rated. If, at the end of one billing period, a...
6516056 Fraud prevention system and method  
A system and method for preventing fraud. The method typically includes identifying one or more fraud indicators and examining past transactions and/or a pending transaction associated with the...
6493437 Advertising-subsidized PC-telephony  
A system subsidizes telephone calls over a network. The system includes a service provider 120 that establishes a telephone call between a calling party terminal 130 and a called party terminal...
6480591 Real-time call rating and debiting system and method for multiple calls  
In general, a call rating and debiting system provides a way of rating and debiting complex debit card calls. The system estimates the time when a subscriber's balance will expire by using total...
6463139 Combination pre-paid and calling card  
Subscribers ( 12 1 -12 n ) may receive combined pre-paid and calling card service offered via a telecommunications network ( 20 ) by dialing a telephone number ( 32 ) of a platform ( 26 ) within...
6438220 Method and apparatus for internet-based telephone access to prepaid card and pin systems  
A method for providing a pre-paid telephone calling card services to a calling party initiating a voice-based connection to a called party telephone using an internet-based IP Phone process running...
6430279 Method for the acceptance of calling charges for individual calls as well as telephone network and terminal unit  
In a method to accept call charges by the calling subscriber (A) for individual calls over a telephone network ( 1 ), following an agreement on the allocation of the charges between two...
6424706 Method and system for transferring telecommunication-time units among accounts and exchanging same for goods or services  
A system and method for accessing the value associated with a pre-purchased amount of telecommunication-time for making telephone calls and for uses other than making telephone calls is provided....
6415142 Prepaid smart card in a GSM based wireless telephone network and method for operating prepaid cards  
A smart card, which in normal use in a network allows the transfer of goods/services to a user of the card from a network operator by subtracting prepaid units of value stored in the card. The card...
6404871 Termination number screening  
Terminating number screening to block portable billing products from terminating to a designated high fraud domestic or international terminating numbers. When a call is placed and it is billed to...
6404870 Method and apparatus for authorization based phone calls in packet switched networks  
A call authorization system moves state maintenance for authorization based phone calls from a central authorization server to different gateways in a packet switched network. A simple...
6404869 Preferred billing rate pre-paid telephone calling card  
System and a method for facilitating the use of a preferred, discount rate pre-paid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involved a data storage system for storing data...
6404866 Telephone calling account system and method  
A telephone calling account system, method, and card. The method typically includes determining a preexisting account designator of a preexisting account, creating a telephone calling account on a...
6373930 Method and system for monitoring telecommunications traffic  
A method and system for monitoring telecommunications traffic is disclosed. When a switch receives a call request, the switch sends a query message to a service controller. The service controller...
6370241 Telephony system for calling card calls  
An improved telephony system for calling card calls is provided. The system comprises a method and system for allowing preregistered names to be displayed on pager devices when a calling card call...
6356630 Telephone calling card service system integrating virtual destination numbers  
A telephone calling card (prepaid or postpaid) service system with an intelligent network (IN) for automated call processing novelly associates a Virtual Destination Number (VDN) with each calling...
6337903 Call setup for prepaid services  
The invention relates to the provision of prepaid services for the customers of a telecommunication network operator in a wired and/or mobile telephone network. The invention makes it possible to...
6335971 Country to country call intercept process  
A call intercept process (CIP) for calling card calls originating from an international country and terminating at an international high fraud country. When a call is placed via a calling card and...
6335970 Automatic coin collection device for a payphone provided with no coin collection signal  
An automatic coin collection device for a payphone provided with no coin collection signal is disclosed, which has a solenoid to be activated to collect coins so as to start to count time and begin...
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