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7386111 Method and apparatus for placing a long distance call based on a virtual phone number  
A method and apparatus for reducing the cost of long distance phone calls is disclosed. Accordingly, an originating phone network is operatively connected to a first intermediate point, and a...
7372955 System and method for accessing a wireless network from a handset connected to a public wiring network  
A system and method for accessing a wireless network from a handset connected to a public wiring network are described. A request to establish a communication is received from a user interface. A...
7366288 Method and apparatus of detection of inter-carrier looping  
Method and apparatus for detecting inter-carrier call looping. In one embodiment, the present invention is a method that can be used to reliably detect inter-network routing loops and kill...
7359501 Telephone call dialling  
A device for making telephone calls receives input data defining a call destination. The device generates a request message which is output to a control center, a response message then being...
7324811 Method and devices for dialling services  
A method and devices for dialling services in a mobile telecommunication network include a set of stored character strings used for comparison with character strings entered by a subscriber to call...
7313231 Methods, apparatus and computer program products for routing phone calls to a PSTN or a packet switched network based on called number  
A phone call is selectively routed to a public switched telephone network or to a packet switched network based on a called number to which the phone call is directed. A phone call may be made as a...
7295665 Method and system for routing a communication through an alternate carrier  
A method and system for routing a communication through an alternate carrier. The A method includes recognizing an input number upon which a call is based, assigning primary, alternate and...
7289622 Method and apparatus for data transport using label switching  
A method including receiving a call connection request message having a prefix number and determining a corresponding IP address based on the prefix number. Then, assigning a label based on the...
7289621 Method and system for assignment of numbers as addresses for stations on a switched network  
A method, and a switched network adapted to carry out the method, and computer-readable media carrying instructions for controlling the network, to increase the utilization of the North American...
7286659 Method and system for termination blocking of message delivery service in a switch-based telecommunication system  
A method for providing a messaging service in a telecommunication system ( 900 ) includes providing a calling party with an option to leave a voice message ( 1010 ). If the calling party accepts...
7274785 System and method of manufacture for establishing local payphone calls through long distance carrier switches  
A method and system for establishing a local call from a payphone by a customer through long distance carrier switches. The payphone customer dials a long distance provider primary intralata...
7260206 Method to provide an operator selection service as well as a communications network and a call server therefore  
The invention relates to a method to provide an operator selection service for subscribers of a communications network (CN′), wherein the subscribers terminals (T 1 , T 2 , . . . , Tn) are...
7254224 System and method of triggering services for call control  
A system and method of facilitating server-based call processing services and call control may employ service triggers transported via a standard protocol. A service trigger may enable a service...
7224965 Telecommunications service control point with digit collection logic  
A service control point comprising a processing system coupled to an interface. The processing system is configured to process a first message to generate a second message containing instructions...
7218724 Methods, systems and computer program products for automatically updating long distance country codes  
Long distance country codes that are used by a group of users are updated by automatically sending an electronic message to the group of users that includes at least one new or changed long...
7206611 Method for displaying special alerting icon  
A method used in wireless communications for displaying an icon on a wireless communications device indicating that a calling party is a subscriber of a same wireless communications service...
7206398 System and method for forwarding call from disconnected telephone number to new telephone number  
A new service destination determination switching system is provided for a telecommunications environment in which a called party has discontinued an old service destination and obtained a new...
7194076 Apparatus and method for network-initiated real-time multi-party communications  
A method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network. A telecommunications service provider monitors data relating to communications initiation or termination criteria...
7162021 Call routing control using call routing scripts  
A technique for use in controlling routing of a call in a communications system is provided. In one embodiment of the technique, a call routing script is used. The script includes at least one call...
7136477 Methods and systems for providing end office support in a signaling network  
An end office support (EOS) routing node implements MTP layers 1-3 on behalf of one or more remote applications that share the true point code of the EOS routing node. Implementing MTP layers ...
7133753 Information providing system  
An information providing system for vehicles includes: a first information center; a second information center; and an on-vehicle apparatus. The first information center includes a voice line to be...
7123711 Call handling system and method  
A call handling system for a call comprising a routing system configured to receive a key from a first call system and responsively transfer a query to a call processing system wherein the query...
7120243 Switch buttons activated from an external network  
A communication system for use in accessing switch functionality from an external endpoint is provided. The system includes: (a) a switch 104 ; and (b) an internal endpoint 106 and an external...
7068771 Method and network for routing a communication through an alternate carrier  
A method and system for routing a communication through an alternate carrier. The A method includes recognizing an input number upon which a call is based, assigning primary, alternate and...
7046786 Method and apparatus for transporting data using label switching  
A method including receiving a call connection request message having a prefix number and determining a corresponding IP address based on the prefix number. Then, assigning a label based on the...
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...
7039174 System and method for routing calls to multi-function telephone numbers  
A system and method of routing telephone calls to specific communications devices allows multiple communications devices to use a common telephone number. One telephone number may therefore be used...
7020267 Geographical number portability  
Telecommunication system, with a communication network ( 1 ), and a database ( 10 ), accessible through the network ( 1 ), the database ( 10 ) comprising telephone numbers ( 60 ), and associated...
7012998 Voice messaging platform as an intelligent peripheral  
A voice messaging platform utilizes resources from remote intelligent peripherals within the network system. The voice messaging platform preferably includes a voice mail module, an internal...
7003281 Method and system for routing cellular calls to desired discount telephone services  
A method and system for automatically completing international telephone calls using a pre-selected discount telephone service. An array of Pic I/O pin used to monitor a cell phone activity. When...
7003088 Key to correlate a call with call-handling information  
A communication system processes a set-up message for a call to transfer a query message to a network call processor that processes the query message to transfer an inquiry message to a remote call...
6999575 Method for providing a preferential routing and billing arrangement for a call placed between a calling party and a called party  
The present invention is directed to a method of routing a long distance call from a calling party to a called party over a communication network. The call is received at a local switch located in...
6983159 Optimum allocation of TMSI and P-TMSI in mobile communication systems  
A TMSI, comprising a TMSI identification field and a TMSI generation field, is allocated to a mobile subscriber. For non-restart situations, this involves selecting an unused TMSI identification...
6975718 Automated route plan generation  
A communication system includes a tenant with multiple physical locations that include a number of packet enabled telecommunications devices managed by one or more call managers. To generate a...
6956939 Apparatus, method and system for message-based intelligent tandeming of incoming calls to application nodes in telecommunication systems  
An apparatus, method and system are provided for message-based intelligent tandeming of an incoming call to an application node in telecommunication systems. The various embodiments utilize a new...
6947542 Carrier identification codes (CIC) transport  
A private communications network and method of private communications network operation. One or more communications servers each have connected communications devices. From communications devices...
6912278 Call management implemented using call routing engine  
A call management technique implemented using a call routing engine is described. The technique of the present invention may be used to advantage to implement dialed number translation techniques...
6891944 System and method of autodialing for long-distance access  
A telephone accessory that is connected to a subscriber's telephone line as an extension, and monitors the line for the initiation of a call from any telephone set. The invention detects a call...
6879833 Method and system for vocoder bypass using differentiated telephone numbers  
A system and method are provided for using differentiated telephone numbers to determine whether to perform a vocoder bypass. In an exemplary embodiment, a mobile station may call a terminating...
6879676 System and method for routing a call to an optimal location  
The present invention is a system and method for routing a call using the GIS technologies. The method comprises the following steps: First, a call intended for a subscriber of the optimal location...
6876738 Apparatus, method and system for intelligent tandeming of incoming calls to application nodes in telecommunication systems  
An apparatus, method and system are provided for intelligent tandeming of an incoming call to an application node in telecommunication systems. The various embodiments utilize a new parameter,...
6873849 Method and apparatus for solving number portability in origin  
This invention provides a method intended to solve Number Portability in origin for calls to ported subscribers at a destination classical network, an inter-working function intended to provide the...
6870922 Overload prevention in an intelligent network  
In a telecommunications network which comprises an Intelligent Network (IN), Call-Gapping is implemented in a call control function (CCF), so that calls are selectively discarded automatically in...
6850611 System and method for code routing in a telephony network  
The present invention provides a method and system for maintaining and updating records of the routing of switches in a telephony network. Information identifying new or changed telephony codes may...
6834104 Computer program and method for automatically setting up call routing for a metropolitan statistical area  
A computer program that automatically creates call routing data files for setting up call routing in a new telecommunications switch ( 10 ) or for adding a new MSA to an existing switch. The...
6829345 Trunk design optimization for public switched telephone network  
A method and system enable optimization of trunk group design in a public switched telephone network (PSTN). A community of interest, including two end offices connected by a direct trunk and at...
6823061 Method and system using SS7 signaling control connection part (SCCP) in a distributed network having shared point codes  
The invention provides a method, system and device for increasing the efficiency of distributed networks and for enabling SS7-over-IP signaling gateways to share point codes without loss of SS7...
6801615 Carrier identification codes (CIC) conversion  
A Carrier Identification Code (CIC) aware private communications network. International calls are placed with a CIC from a station at an originating server and routed over a private network to a...
6792100 Method and apparatus for sharing point codes in a network  
Migration of a circuit-based-switch to a packet-based-soft-switch in a SS7 telecommunications network is accomplished with no disruption to subscriber service and retains and reuses the assigned...
6751309 Method and apparatus for extending calls to internal switch extensions out to external network endpoints  
A private branch exchange (PBX) or other communication system switch processes a call to determine if an identifier associated with the call has a corresponding entry in a stored list of external...
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