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7620599 |
System and method for detecting fraudulent calls
Systems and methods for evaluating transactions to determine if suspicious activities are possibly present. Various methods include providing a reference designator list with information associated...
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7609826 |
System and method for preparing telecommunications call record data for quantitative analysis
A system and method for processing gathered call data from a network monitoring system to prepare the call data for analyzing call routing across a network, not limited to call data associated with...
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7603104 |
Apparatus and method of making a secure call
A system of operating a wireless handset capable of making clear and secure calls is claimed. A secure call may be made by pressing a key for a predetermined amount of time. The handset enters a...
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7471780 |
Configurable profiling of data
In one embodiment, a method of configurably profiling data uses system comprising a pre-processor, a profiler, a post-processor and database. The pre-processor receives data and feedback data and...
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7457401 |
Self-learning real-time prioritization of fraud control actions
A predictive model system is used to detect telecommunications fraud. Call records (CDRs) provided by telephone companies are evaluated against specified rules. If one or more rules are matched,...
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7453999 |
Prepaid services with security provisions to protect against unauthorized use
A method and apparatus for providing a telecommunication service is disclosed wherein a call associated with a first prepaid services account identifier is received from a user. An offer is...
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7388948 |
AMA access over local audit analysis (AAOLA)
A method of evaluating automatic message accounting records associated with telephony calls that originate at a local exchange carrier telephony office and that are routed over an inter-exchange...
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7386105 |
Method and apparatus for fraud detection
An apparatus and method for detecting a fraud or fraud attempt in a captured interaction. The method comprising a selection step in which interactions suspected as capturing fraud attempts are...
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7376431 |
Location based fraud reduction system and method
Likelihood of fraud is reduced by having at least one of an identifier of a location from where a request is submitted or information that can lead to identification of the location, submitted with...
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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...
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7353014 |
Universal portable unit
In general, a portable unit and method are described for storing user information for subsequent recovering. For one embodiment, the portable unit comprises a casing, an antenna and logic employed...
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7224786 |
System and method for detecting unauthorized access using a voice signature
A method for detecting unauthorized access is provided. The method includes receiving a voice input associated with a request to access an account. A request voice signature corresponding to the...
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7158622 |
Self-learning real-time prioritization of telecommunication fraud control actions
A predictive model system is used to detect telecommunications fraud. Call records (CDRs) provided by telephone companies are evaluated against specified rules. If one or more rules are matched,...
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7149296 |
Providing account usage fraud protection
A method, system, and program providing identification usage fraud protection are provided. A context for a use of an identification via a communication line is detected at a fraud protection...
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7142651 |
Fraud detection in a distributed telecommunications networks
Methods, apparatuses and systems for detecting a fraud event on a distributed network are disclosed. A fraud event is indicated if data analysis reveals that there is a lack of consistency between...
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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...
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7043001 |
Methods and systems for detecting and mitigating call routing arbitrage in a telecommunications network
Methods and systems for detecting and mitigating call routing arbitrage in a telecommunications network are disclosed. A network routing node, such as a signaling gateway (SG), intercepts call...
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7042992 |
Systems and methods for account establishment and transaction management using interrupt messaging
Disclosed are systems and methods which provide techniques providing account setup, management and transaction authorization determinations in real-time using transaction interrupt messaging....
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7035387 |
Methods and systems for detecting and mitigating intrusion events in a communications network
Methods and systems for detecting intrusion events, such as war dialing events are disclosed. According to one method, signaling messages associated with calls being made or attempted in a...
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7020254 |
Escalation tracking system
A system for tracking billing escalation records includes a processing device configured to provide for creating, tracking and forwarding escalation records, and databases adapted to communicate...
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7013002 |
Credit card collect call system and method
A method of providing collect call service includes receiving a request for a collect call from a calling party ( 18 ). A selected number to call is received. A call is placed to a receiving party...
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6868391 |
Tele/datacommunications payment method and apparatus
A tele/datacommunications network has a service node (TSN) ( 30 ) which facilitates payment/transfer from a customer account of a customer financial institution ( 80 ) to a merchant account of a...
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6850607 |
Intelligent vending system and method
An intelligent vending system such as a pay telephone provides local/remote diagnostics, fraud prevention, capability of facilitating local coin overtime operation, complete cash box accounting,...
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6763098 |
Call blocking based on call properties
Non-toll calls originating from payphones may be blocked. An intelligent node is provided within the telecommunications network to identify whether a non-toll call originated from a payphone. The...
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6590967 |
Variable length called number screening
A system for preventing telecommunications fraud, the system comprising a database, at least one processor and related software, the at least one processor receives and stores numbers representing...
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6570968 |
Alert suppression in a telecommunications fraud control system
A method and device for suppressing threshold alerts in a telecommunication fraud control system is disclosed. Threshold alerts are generated when the count of a certain category of call exceeds a...
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6556669 |
International origination to domestic termination call blocking
A method and device for preventing fraud in special service calls from an international origin point to a domestic terminating point through a long-distance telecommunications system is described....
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6549618 |
Pay telephone vault guard
A guard for preventing the vandalism of the vault and vault door of a pay telephone, comprising a plurality of rigid segments. Each rigid segment includes an attachment end and a free end, defining...
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6535728 |
Event manager for use in fraud detection
A fraud detection system receives data relating to telecommunications activity. Event generators generate events from the received data, with each event having a weight corresponding to an...
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6519332 |
Mechanism for rejecting collect calls
A mechanism for rejecting specific types of calls in a network including collect calls and telemarketing calls. Calls are tagged to indicate the type of call, this tag being recognizable at the...
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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...
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6483909 |
System and method for providing service assurance for prepaid telecommunication services
A prepaid service assurance system provides service assurance for a prepaid telecommunication system by generating a call to the prepaid telecommunication system. In response to the call, the...
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6442265 |
Method for detecting and reducing fraudulent telephone calls
The losses sustained by telecommunications service providers attributable to unpaid, long-duration calls are reduced if such calls are carefully monitored. Upon the determination that a call might...
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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...
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6396915 |
Country to domestic call intercept process (CIP)
A call intercept process (CIP) for calling card calls originating from an international country and terminating to high fraud domestic USA, and Canada locations. When a call is placed via a calling...
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6373935 |
Workstation for calling card fraud analysis
An improved workstation for use in a telecommunications fraud detection system is disclosed. The workstation provides a fraud analyst with streamlined access to case records defining one or more...
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6370242 |
Payphone electronic coin validator
An electronic coin validator for connection to a payphone chassis is described. The validator includes a coin passageway having at least one coin sensor, power circuitry for connection to payphone...
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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...
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6327350 |
Methods and systems for collecting and processing signaling system 7 (SS7) message signal units (MSUs)
A system for collecting and processing SS7 message signaling units (MSUs) includes a network interface for copying MSUs from an SS7 signaling link or a TCP/IP signaling link. A call detail record...
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6317496 |
Telephone keypad guard
This invention is a guard for preventing the vandalism of the keypad of a telephone. If the telephone is a pay telephone, the invention further prevents, thus preventing entry into the telephone...
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6307926 |
System for detection and prevention of telecommunications fraud prior to call connection
An improved system for detecting and preventing telecommunications fraud prior to call connection, in which attempted calls are screened for fraud at the point of calling card validation in the...
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6301344 |
Intelligent public telephone system and method
An intelligent pay telephone provides local/remote diagnostics, fraudulent call prevention, capability of facilitating local coin overtime operation, complete cash box accounting, and call detail...
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6286755 |
Coin retrieval device for a pay phone
A coin retrieval device for a pay phone includes a panel having a shaft with a retrieval lever extending radially therefrom. A guide device is pivotably connected to the panel about two pins on two...
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6282276 |
Method of billing a value-added call
A method of billing a telephone call between a caller and a value-added service. A request is received from a caller for a telephone call between the caller and the value-added service. Information...
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6279823 |
Telephone paystation coin receptacle cover
A shutter plate for a self-locking cover for a telephone paystation coin receptacle includes a coupler for joining a shutter control arm to the shutter plate that deforms when a force having a...
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6275584 |
Telephone housing with large capacity vault
A pay telephone housing comprises a large capacity vault having a floor, first and second side walls, and a back wall. The vault includes a front opening and a peripheral rim extending at least...
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6249574 |
Anti-stuffing device
A coin return assembly having enhanced protection against stuffing or ignition, is disclosed. A flapper member is hingedly attached to the upper portion of the coin return chute such that it is...
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6246751 |
Apparatus and methods for user identification to deny access or service to unauthorized users
Apparatus for preventing unauthorized use of a voice dialing system and, particularly, a call forwarding feature associated with the system whereby system users may forward a telephone number...
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6226530 |
Method of detecting fraud concerning electronic memory cards used in telephony
Detecting fraud involving an electronic memory card having a given operating frequency (F0) and used in a telephone set. An excitation signal (si) of variable frequency is applied to the card, and...
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6226372 |
Tightly integrated cooperative telecommunications firewall and scanner with distributed capabilities
A system and method for implementing a fully integrated and cooperative telecommunications firewall/scanner that can be deployed either as a standalone device, or over a large-scale distributed...
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