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6904264 Method requesting and paying for download digital radio content  
The user receives a digital radio transmission through a digital receiver and transmits a request to download selected content from this transmission to a content agent, an entity responsible for...
6892063 Cost control in a telecommunications system  
A method of monitoring the chargeable activities of a user in a mobile telecommunications network. The method comprises monitoring one or more conditions on which charging may be based and...
6889059 Multi-card device for telecommunications, and process for automatically managing telephone communications  
A multi-card cellular telephone apparatus includes a central processing unit and a plurality of SIM cards connected to the central processing unit through slots. The plurality of SIM cards are...
6879820 Charging in communication networks having split control planes and user planes  
A method of facilitating charging for communication in a telecommunication network, such as a network supporting GPRS, that has a node split into a control-plane entity and a user-plane entity...
6871062 “Calling party pays” cellular and prepaid platforms for cellular calling systems  
A subscriber to a wireless service provider can make calls in a conventional manner, and can receive calls from a caller in a mode in which the caller rather than the subscriber is charged. More...
6868267 Apparatus, method, and article of manufacture used to invoice for services consumed in a communications network  
An apparatus, method, and article of manufacture that provides an efficient way to invoice the users of a communication system ( 100 ) for the system resources consumed. Invoicing is based upon...
6847815 METHOD FOR DETECTING, ON A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK SIDE, THE COMPLEXITY, ON THE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK SIDE, OF A TELECOMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN TWO SUBSCRIBERS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE RATE, AND DEVICE FOR REALISING THE SAME  
An optimized detection of the complexity at the telecommunication network end for the purpose of charging is made possible by a telecommunication network and a method for detecting, at the...
6847816 Method for making a payment secure  
A mobile telephone is equipped with a smart-card reader to aid in universal payment by smart card. A security checking circuit of the mobile telephone is provided with a complementary function by...
6847708 Method and apparatus for validating pre-pay and post-pay communication services using the same integrated database  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for validating pre-pay and post-pay calls using an integrated validation database. The integrated validation database receives a pre-pay query including a...
6836652 Contract system and communication method for cellular phone  
According to the present invention, multiple contract sets, which are selectable by the user of the cellular phone and which each include a phone number, an available service, a payment method and...
6836653 Method for applying different charge rates and for indicating location of mobile station in cellular mobile telecommunication system  
Disclosed is a method for applying different charge rates and indicating the location of a mobile station in a cellular mobile telecommunication system. Location information for the major service...
6807410 Electronic payment process and system for implementing this process  
Electronic payment process and system for implementing such a process. Customer equipment is mobile equipment, for example of the GSM type. In addition to the customer (C) and the merchant (M), a...
6804537 Data communication system providing most adaptive initial menu and data communication terminal used in the same  
A data communication system includes a plurality of server sections, each of which stores content data, and a mobile station connectable to the plurality of server sections, and having a table...
6804517 Method and arrangement for controlling a mobile subscription in a module communication system  
The invention relates to a method and arrangement for controlling a mobile subscription in a mobile communication system. The invention finds particular utility in arranging prepaid calls and in...
6804505 Mobile internet access  
A method of determining a total call tariff in respect of a call from a Mobile Station currently registered with a foreign network. A total call tariff request is sent from a charging function of...
6785536 Home zone service method for mobile telephone subscribers in mobile radio communication system  
Disclosed is a home zone service method for assigning a specified zone to a mobile telephone subscriber and charging the subscriber at different billing rated accordingly as the subscriber makes a...
6785534 Prepaid/postpaid automatic change of payment option  
A prepaid/postpaid reconfiguration logic module in a service control point (SCP) of a wireless network allows a subscriber to a prepaid wireless service to change payment options between prepaid...
6771948 Background data queries in wireless web applications  
The mobile station includes a system for using open channel time not needed during access to the wireless web. The mobile station monitors the use of the channel, and determines when the user is no...
6757529 Portable information terminal  
A portable information terminal is disclosed which can prevent a large amount of money from being imposed on a user while the user does not recognize it and wherein an original state of net surfing...
6751444 Method and apparatus for adaptive carrier allocation and power control in multi-carrier communication systems  
An apparatus and process for allocating carriers in a multi-carrier system is described. In one embodiment, the process comprises determining a location of a subscriber with respect to a base...
6742887 Portable electronic device with printing mechanism  
The invention provides a portable communication apparatus capable of minimizing the ink tank incorporated therein and easily and simply printing the data stored therein even while it is carried....
6745022 Multiple service provider prepaid wireless service card  
A distributor of prepaid wireless services provides a prepaid card representing an amount of prepaid wireless service that may be applied to any of a plurality of wireless service providers....
6741849 Handling of forwarded calls  
A mobile communication system that proposes a new charging principle, according to which the roaming leg is paid entirely by the party who forwards the call to a mobile subscriber. In an exemplary...
6741850 Apparatus and methods for managing billing information in digital portable cordless telephone  
Apparatus and methods for managing billing information in a digital portable cordless telephone are provided. An illustrative embodiment of a method for managing billing information of call...
6708033 Change of service profile of mobile subscriber  
A system for changing the service profile of a mobile subscriber includes a location part ( 31 ), a evaluation part ( 32 ) and a subscriber connection exchange part ( 33 ). Besides these, the home...
6690929 Dynamic quality-of-service and pricing in communication system  
Enhanced system operation is realized with a method, and apparatus for carrying out the method, which negotiates with a customer for a Quality-of-Service level that the customer gets in a...
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...
6662026 Apparatus and method for detecting and handling accidental dialing on a mobile communications device  
An apparatus and a method is presented for detecting the accidental dialing of telephone numbers on a mobile communications device. Accidental dialing is typically caused by pressing a redial...
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...
6654600 Method and apparatus for authorizing use of cellular telephone units  
A computer implemented service transmits authorization codes for cellular service by way of a network connection with a user system. The user can purchase additional activation time for an already...
6650886 Tariff determination in mobile telecommunications networks  
A method of providing call charge information in a mobile telecommunications system. The method comprises maintaining in a home mobile telecommunications network a set of call charging algorithms...
6633768 Restriction of communication duration in a telecommunications network  
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for restricting the duration of communication in a telecommunications network. The invention is based on the idea that at least one restriction...
6628944 Apparatus for constructing a zone data base for home zone service and method therefor  
A method for constructing a zone database for providing home zone services to the subscribers of a mobile communications system, comprises the steps of dividing a service area into a plurality of...
6625439 System and method for managing prepaid wireless service  
A method facilitates provisioning of pre paid wireless services. Credit refresh operations involving a pre paid wireless communication device involve SMS messages transmitted to the device over the...
6597903 Online churn reduction and loyalty system  
A method and system are disclosed for providing subscriber loyalty and retention techniques. These techniques are suitable for mobile devices with small screens and limited keypad communication....
6584309 Vending machine purchase via cellular telephone  
There is disclosed a system and method for purchasing a product from an automatic vending machine by means of a consumer's cellular telephone. The consumer requests a product available from the...
6577858 Accounting system in a communication network  
A communication system includes a communication utilizing apparatus connectable to a communications network and service provision apparatus for making services available to the communications...
6577717 Broadcasting of different tariff periods in a telephone system  
Broadcasting of different tariff periods in a telephone system. Subscribers of a telecommunication system are advised of service charging tariffs of services to said subscribers. In the...
6556818 Fixed calling party pays charges  
A service is provided in which a landline telephone user can subscribe, for a fixed set fee, to billing coverage for any and all calls placed to a mobile CPP destination from the subscriber line,...
6556817 Method and apparatus for selectively communicating in a wireless communication system based on varying time incremental costs of communication  
A wireless communication system employs a method and apparatus for selectively communicating in the wireless communication system based on varying time incremental costs of communication. A...
6553217 Mobile communication system for call charging and corresponding mobile station  
One or more preferred call numbers are defined and managed for mobile subscribers. A destination number dialed with the call is compared to the preferred call numbers for the mobile subscriber....
6542728 Charging method and system for radio communication  
In a radio communications system where a base station communicates with each terminal while controlling transmission power of a channel used for communication between the base station and the...
6539217 Methods and arrangements for use in mobile communication networks spanning multiple time-zones  
Methods and arrangements are provided for use in a mobile communications network to determine an appropriate tariff for a mobile station accessing the capabilities of a mobile communications...
6529725 Transaction security apparatus and method  
A transaction security apparatus and method including an input device for inputting transaction data, a processing device for processing the transaction data and for generating a first signal...
6516194 System for controlling and monitoring a wireless roaming call  
The invention is a Roaming Solution network system, the system including a Roaming Server, a National Location Register, and an 800 number Remote Switching Unit. The system is integrated with a...
6493547 Apparatus and methods for providing usage information in wireless communications systems  
Usage information, such as minutes remaining in a prepaid or monthly block or other unit of allocated services, is provided to a terminal by a wireless communications system, e.g., a system...
6480485 Packet radio network with charging information collected by nodes and forwarded to billing center  
In a digital mobile communication system, a packet radio system has been implemented by employing the radio interface of the mobile communication network. The packet radio system comprises packet...
6466660 Method and apparatus for retroactively updating a communication billing system  
During peak usage times in a communications system, a communications control system and a billing system are required to handle a very large volume of communications from a large number of...
6463274 Multiple class of service determination for digital cellular telephones  
Digital cellular telephone with a variable rate vocoder is used with a number of different classes of service. A first class of service provides always constant bit rate to the telephone. A second...
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