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6085179 Method of charging for a communications service, as well as a charge computer, exchange, and communications network  
A method of determining fees for chargeable telecommunications (TK) services, whereby a counting device is used to calculate the amount of charges accumulated by an individual customer during a...
6081703 Communication system including debiting provisions for communicating with a subsystem that charges a fee  
The present invention relates to a device for debiting of messages transmitted from a local network, A, to a public network, B. The user in the local network obtain or purchase stamps which can be...
6078805 System and method for cellular reseller control of outbound calls from a mobile station  
A system and method for making a call from a dual mode mobile station functioning in either a PCS (personal communication service) mode or a cellular mode permits PCS communications if the station...
6078267 Method of determining the number of times a pager has been paged and a pager having such a function  
In order to estimate the number of message transmissions dispatched to a radio pager wherein messages transmitted are sequentially numbered, a transmitted signal is acquired which has been found to...
6073012 System for defining an individual subscriber unit location within a wireless communication system and method therefor  
A method for assigning a system location to an ISU (32) residing in a wireless communication system coverage area (20) that has a plurality of billing territories (40). Base points (42) are defined...
6064881 System and method for processing satellite based telephone usage data for billing service providers  
A technique for gathering, correlating, sorting and distributing usage data records in a satellite based telecommunications system having multiple orbiting satellites (10, 12), multiple earth...
6061556 System and method for secondary traffic charging in a radio telecommunications network  
A method and system for charging secondary traffic in a radio telecommunications network. The system includes a mobile switching center (MSC) for delivering a call in the radio telecommunications...
6061557 Translation and connection device for radio frequency point of sale transaction systems  
A device is provided that interfaces with existing point of sale credit card reading devices, and furnishes the option of transmitting data over either the existing modem installation or a radio...
6055430 Call instance representation of a call for call management in a wireless telecommunications system  
The present invention provides a central terminal (10), and method of operation of such a central terminal (10), for managing calls between a telephone exchange (500) connectable to the central...
6049710 Wireless prepaid telephone system with dispensable instruments  
A telecommunication system incorporates individual station instruments simplified by wireless operation, voice dialing, prepaid accounting and out-call operation, all enabled by cooperative system...
6044259 System for subscriber administration in telecommunication network  
A system according to the invention comprises a subscriber administration logic located at a service control point SCP of an intelligent network, and a subscriber database of a service data point...
6044260 Method of controlling the number of messages received by a personal messaging unit  
A subscriber's PMU (Personal Messaging Unit) (14) determines when the number of incoming messages is likely to be excessive by counting the incoming messages and comparing their number and rate of...
6044258 System and method for updating a time remaining value  
A method is provided for updating a time-remaining value representative of the time remaining during a predetermined period of time for communication between a mobile communications device and a...
6041226 Method and apparatus for monitoring subscriber talk-around usage  
A method and apparatus for monitoring a subscriber unit's use of a talk-around mode is accomplished when detection of a subscriber unit's selection, and subsequent deselection, of the talk-around...
6038439 Method and device in a telecommunications system  
The present invention relates to a charging method in a telecommunications system (TS) when information is being transmitted in a generic radio based access network (GRAN) to which two or more...
6029066 Communication process in a telecommunications network  
6026292 Truck communication system  
A system and method for sending e-mail messages between an authorized user connected to a publicly accessible computer network system and a vehicle occupant using a private communication system...
6026291 Cellular system having programmable subscription capabilities  
A subscription record within a telecommunication system is sub-divided into three separate registers, namely, a user, a subscription and a terminal register. The use of three separate registers...
6023618 Method for improving charging criteria in a mobile telephone network  
The charging criteria for determining the price for a call between two subscribers in a cellular mobile telephone network, is improved. One cell, or a group consisting of several cells, is chosen...
6018652 Cellular telephone system having mobile charging region and area based pricing method and apparatus  
A number of charging regions and associated special charging rates are defined for a cellular telephone subscribers. The available charging regions are selectively assembled by subscribers to...
6018653 Multiple-level home area pricing for cellular mobile telephones  
The invention is related to a method and equipment used by a radio communication device (2) in a cellular network to determine whether a particular area specific service is applicable. A base...
6018726 Method of billing for information services in conjunction with utilities service  
A system for automatically billing information services in conjunction with utilities services. The system includes a main unit having a host computer with a database for storing data of various...
6006085 System and method for dynamic flexible marketing based on system utilization  
A telecommunications system and method is disclosed for increasing the utilization of available bandwidth, which will simultaneously maximize revenue for wireless service providers. This can be...
6006084 Method and apparatus for providing billing services for a mobile group of communication system users  
A method and apparatus used by a communication system (100) to register communication system users which use service provider equipment. Multiple-user and special purpose single-user communication...
5995822 Method for handling parallel transactions on telephone pre-paid accounts  
A method is disclosed such that when a call is being set up from or to a mobile (or fixed) pre-paid subscriber, a portion of the value in the subscriber's pre-paid account is withdrawn to cover the...
5995842 Arrangement with a short-range radio system  
A release is carried out by PP transmitting CC-person who belongs to a radio system with a short range, for example a wireless telephony system, can be temporarily transferred as guest into a...
5995831 Cellular-telephone central call-processing system utilizing object-oriented software in adjunct personal computer  
An adjunct processor for a wireless telephone system utilizes object-oriented software for providing a common air-interface protocol for each cell site's base station, so that, regardless of the...
5991378 Dynamic charging for telecommunications services in accordance with the load condition of the network  
Method and system for setting a charge in a telecommunication network The present invention relates to a method and a system (TZ) for setting a charge for a communication service in a...
5991616 Method for integrated billing in an integrated wireline-wireless system  
A method of integrating wireless and wireline billing information in an integrated wireless-wireline system. Existing Automatic Measurement Accounting (AMA) capabilities resident in the Advanced...
5991379 Radio communication system authenticating a personal station and calculating a fee of a telephone call from the personal station  
According the present invention, a line using status of each personal station which contains an existing analog line in a route between the personal station and an exchange unit is determined. The...
5986565 Individual recognition system  
An individual recognition system uses a mobile communication apparatus to more securely conduct financial data transactions. A call number stored in a mobile communications apparatus is read by a...
5983092 Method and apparatus for system selection  
A method and apparatus enables selection a communication system when a user of a mobile unit is away from a home system to which it is registered. According to one novel aspect, the visited...
5970403 Load based charging within a mobile telecommunications network  
A channel resource utilization level associated with a particular cell area is continuously evaluated against a predefined threshold value. The imposed threshold value indicates the minimum level...
5970389 Portable one-way radio pager with an encoded sound signal transmitter and identification method using same  
The invention relates to a portable one-way radio pager comprising pager means (4, 5, 6) for receiving radio messages, a memory (8) for storing messages, a screen (2), a keypad (3), a CPU (7), and...
5963859 Wireless communication device with replaceable battery and prepaid calling time  
A wireless communication device is provided which is capable of interfacing with a base station of a service provider and intended for occasional use without requiring a subscription with the...
5960339 Analog-to-digital transition: selecting the optimal cellular radio mix  
In a transition phase of a cellular cell from analog-to-digital radio service it must be determined how many of the base station radios in a cell must be changed over from analog to digital, given...
5956653 Method for calling by a terminal, like a card controlled mobile station, of a mobile communication system  
The invention relates to method for calling by a terminal, like a card controlled mobile station, of a mobile communication system, in which method the terminal is controlled by a SIM-card and the...
5946614 Payphone metering in a wireless telephone system  
The wireless system includes one or more payphones from which users may initiate payphone calls. A mobile switching center connects telephone calls initiated from wireless payphones to external...
5946613 Recyclable cellular telephone and method and apparatus for supporting the use of a recyclable cellular telephone within a cellular telephone network  
A recyclable cellular telephone is disclosed having an inner rigid cellular electronics supporting frame member surrounded by a replaceable outer cover. The telephone is acquired having a limited...
5943624 Contactless smartcard for use in cellular telephone  
A cellular telephone (10) incorporates the electronics for implementing both a cellular telephone function (46) and a smartcard function (45). This allows the electronics to be protected from...
5940755 System and method for wireless network of unlicensed personal communications service areas with local switch interfaces and enhanced customer features  
A system and method for making a call from a dual mode mobile station functioning in either a PCS (personal communication service) mode or a cellular mode permits PCS communications if the station...
5926753 Radio selection call receiver capable of increasing receiving ratio  
In a radio selection call receiver, a high frequency amplifier amplifies a received signal from an antenna to produce an amplified signal. A filter eliminates an undesired wave form the amplified...
5926754 Directory assistance call processing systems and related methods  
In a telecommunications switching system, after a non-published listing has been located in response to a request from a calling customer station and after the calling customer has been qualified,...
5915214 Mobile communication service provider selection system  
A system and method for enabling a user of wireless communication services such as mobile cellular telephone services to easily switch among various available service providers based on real time...
5913164 Conversion system used in billing system for mobile satellite system  
In a mobile satellite system, a mobile communication system includes a system for managing a mobile satellite system and a mobile communication system responsively connected thereto for...
5909485 Method of prepaying for consumption of telephone calls  
To limit the risk of unpaid telephone calls to be set up from a predetermined terminal via a switched telephone network, a prepayment for consumption of such calls comprises setting up a call from...
5907803 User assisted fraud detection in a cellular communications system  
Information relating to previously made or received calls charged to a subscription associated with a given mobile station is stored in a data base. The information stored comprises called/calling...
5907801 Apparatus and method for optimizing wireless financial transactions  
Disclosed are methods for optimizing financial transaction processing when a conventional financial transaction processing terminal is used with a wireless transmission system. An adapter is used...
5903836 Satellite communication charging system  
A satellite communication charging system is arranged between a parent station apparatus and child stations installed in a plurality of areas. A plurality of pay phone sets are respectively...
5898915 Method and system for monitoring the fees arising for calls in a mobile radiotelephone system  
In the method and system for monitoring the fees arising for calls in a mobile radiotelephone system, billing data is offered and a charge limit (CL) is defined for every individual call, a limited...