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7415268 Method and apparatus to provide charging for ad-hoc service provisioning between trusted parties and between untrusted parties  
A method and a system provide a service for a user device with a service provider. The method includes establishing a service provisioning relationship between the user device and a bridging user...
7415267 Methods and systems for managing call reports for the financial services industry  
The present invention provides methods and systems for managing call reports. A call report message and information identifying a client matter are received via a wireless network, a distribution...
7415266 Method and apparatus for providing pre-pay and post-pay communication services using the same integrated system  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing pre-pay and post-pay calls. After receiving a pre-pay call, an integrated service platform obtains and transfers a pre-pay destination number and...
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...
7412227 Accounting of data transmission costs in a mobile radio/telephone network  
A method is provided for the accounting of data transmission costs in a mobile radio network, in particular text and/or image data with or without sound, such that data which is or will be...
7408906 Mobile data communications apparatus, methods and computer program products implementing cellular wireless data communications via a wireless local area network  
A mobile data communications system includes a cellular wireless data communications network, such as a GPRS or CDPD network, including a plurality of base stations that communicate with terminals...
7406307 System and method for providing interoperable and on-demand telecommunications service  
The present invention relates in general to the field of voice and data communications, and in particular, to a novel system for providing interoperable on-demand communications and services across...
7406306 Method for billing in a telecommunications network  
The present invention is directed to a method for placing a call between a client in one network and a client in another network. The IP network includes a SIP server and a network gateway...
7403782 Data transmission in a telecommunications network  
A method of optimizing the use of radio resources in the UTRAN 5,19 of a UMTS network 17, and comprising transferring information, relating to changes in the radio resources available to an...
7403763 Device agent  
Device agents and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises monitoring, at an access device, at least a subset of device activity. The method further comprises detecting an...
7403603 Method of billing in an abbreviated dialing service  
A telecommunications service translates an abbreviated dialing code into a toll free number, routes the call to an interexchange carrier, and manages the billing associated with the call. A billing...
7395048 Unsolicited wireless content delivery and billing apparatus and method  
A wireless communication system ( 10 ) provides unsolicited content ( 40 ) to a wireless device ( 12 ) by using a network element ( 14 ) that contains logic circuitry that sends unsolicited content...
7392036 Monitoring and reporting service failures during handoff situations for adjusting subscriber billing  
A method in a communication system comprising at least one access network controller entity for controlling a plurality of service areas and a core network controller entity. The access network...
7392035 Consolidated billing in a wireless network  
Consolidated billing in a wireless network is achieved by employing a processing node having storage capabilities for facilitating service creation and/or negotiation, and billing for those...
7389117 System and method for message-based access  
A method and system for providing message-based access to services includes receiving a request message from a mobile subscriber relating to a service that is desired by the mobile subscriber,...
7389116 System, method, and computer program product for short message service (SMS) rating  
A rating system, method and computer program product are provided. A message is identified, after which it is determined whether the message is concatenated. The message is then rated based on the...
7389106 Traffic shaping of cellular service consumption through modification of consumer behavior encouraged by cell-based pricing advantages  
Changes in wireless service user behavior are encouraged and produced to shape utilization patterns among cells within a rate plan region by using shaping rules which define potential discounts...
7389105 Billing in a packet data network  
A method for billing in a packet data network (WISP 1 ) comprising at least one user's terminal (MN), comprising the steps of: forming a data link between the terminal and the packet data...
7388882 Method for dynamically reconfiguring wireless network capacity  
A method for dynamically reconfiguring wireless network capacity purchased by a service provider from a network equipment/software provider. The method includes: a) determining if a current demand...
7386311 Communication system, mobile communication network, contents server, program and recording medium  
A provider code is added to a request signal transmitted to contents server SP 1 from mobile unit MS by mobile communication network GSM. Border switching station CMMS adds a roaming flag to the...
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...
7385525 Dynamic timing adjustment in an electronic toll collection system  
An electronic toll collection system with dynamically adjusted timing for operation of one or more subsystems. The timing is dynamically adjusted based upon the prevailing traffic speed for the...
7382873 Method and system for automatic calling unit replenishment  
The invention provides a method and system for replenishing calling units for a wireless communications device. The method comprises receiving a calling plan configuration signal at the wireless...
7379760 Data transmission-reception system and data transmission-reception method  
A data communication system is disclosed which comprises: first terminal devices for transmitting contents and content provider identification data identifying the providers of the contents; a...
7376419 Call triggering to one or more service nodes upon receipt of initial trigger response  
An originating mobile switching center of an apparatus in one example handles one or more calls. A serving mobile switching center for a communication device on a call of the one or more calls...
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...
7376411 Method and system for routing calls as determined by a call cost database of a wireless transmit/receive unit  
A method and communication system for routing calls. The system includes at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), at least one wireless base station, a land-line communication unit, and...
7373136 Method and system for data rating for wireless devices  
A method and system for rating a data communication session between a network and a wireless device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method monitors a series of events, namely, a setup...
7373103 Relay terminal, base station, charging server, communication system, charging method, program computer data signal, and storage medium  
In a relay terminal A for relaying packet communication between a destination terminal C located outside a service area of a base station Z, and the base station Z, a contribution to relaying is...
7369865 System and method for sending SMS and text messages  
A system and method for sending SMS messages between wireless communications networks. SMS messages are sent to a hardware device in the originating wireless network, which then forwards the...
7369842 Telephony service in event of link failure between mobile switching center and a home location register or a service control point  
A mobile switching center is configured with software instructions which allow it to continue to provide at least limited call termination and call origination services for mobile terminals in the...
7369841 Wireless network infrastructure  
An access point of a network maintains information about data received at the access point from a server accessible via the network and provides to the server the information maintained at the...
7366527 Communication device for transmitting/acquiring a phone number via a link network and method thereof  
A communication device for transmitting/acquiring a phone number via a link network and method thereof are provided. In an embodiment, two communication devices are linked together via a link...
7366495 Prepaid reservation-based rating system  
A billing system comprising servers, routers, and processors programmed to provide reservation based prepaid billing is disclosed. The billing system is also programmed to concurrently process...
7366494 Billing method in electronic switch in a cellular network  
A billing method in an electronic switch in a cellular network. A call processor calculates the time period for which service is temporarily interrupted to include only a normal service time period...
7366493 System and method for analyzing wireless communication data  
In general, a system and method for analyzing wireless communication records and for determining optimal wireless communication service plans is disclosed. A transceiver is configured to receive...
7366290 Billing process and system in a telecommunication network  
A billing method and billing system to determine usage fees which are charged to the user of a digital telecommunications network, whereby a usage fee charged for a connection is determined prior...
7366136 Determining chargeable duration at the home agent for a prepaid MIP session  
Duration based accounting for a packet data service, for example offered as a prepaid mobile IP (MIP) service through a public mobile wireless communication network, uses last detected user...
7363354 System and method for identifying and accessing network services  
A system and method for facilitating mobile terminal access to a particular network application available via multiple application servers on a network. An application identifier corresponding to...
7363003 Mobile communication network using mobile station with relay-function and method for rewarding relay activities of mobile station  
A GSM network ( 1 ) includes a base station ( 2 ). A first mobile terminal ( 5 ) is outside a region of coverage. Using Bluetooth network, a second terminal ( 6 ) relays signals between the first...
7359737 Data transmission-reception system and data transmission-reception method  
A data communication system is disclosed which comprises: first terminal devices for transmitting contents and content provider identification data identifying the providers of the contents; a...
7359726 Push-to-talk signaling and media inter-working architecture  
An inter-working network for facilitating dispatch communications between subscribers of disparate dispatch networks includes core inter-working components and regional inter-working components....
7359715 Method and system for detecting a preferred wireless network for a mobile device  
A method and system for detecting a wireless network includes receiving at a mobile device a signal having data indicative of a location of the mobile device. A determination is made whether the...
7359710 Satellite TV derivative programming via mobile phone  
A wireless telephony network provides satellite TV derivative program information and content, in addition to conventional wireless telephony services, to eligible mobile stations of the wireless...
7356327 Enhanced recharge card management system with reseller users' security and accessibility  
A method and apparatus for allowing a reseller to securely access and manage scratch cards at a recharge card management system that is maintained by the service provider. The service provider and...
7353258 Interactive messaging system  
The interactive messaging system of the present invention provides for an interactive communication process between users, both senders and recipients. The sender composes a message by filling in a...
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...
7349685 Method and apparatus for generating service billing records for a wireless client  
A method and apparatus for generating service billing records for a wireless client. According to one embodiment of the invention, a service status of the wireless client is obtained ( 706 ) for...
7343174 Wireless electronic drive-thru system and method  
In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a system including a customer authentication and payment server, a merchant data server, a merchant network, and a merchant station. The...
7343149 Network support for credit card notification  
An apparatus in one example has: a network service provider; a mobile terminal operatively coupled to the network service provider; a credit card company system operatively coupled to the network...