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6266524 Method and system for call screening  
A method and system are disclosed for providing call screening in conjunction with a variety of network-based call services. An exemplary method for providing a called party at a called party...
6259907 System and method of retrieving and formatting data from cellular telephone switches  
A method and system is provided for automatically retrieving cellular telephone data for analysis of call data associated with cellular telephone calls. Such method and system ensure reliable...
6236851 Prepaid security cellular telecommunications system  
A cellular telecommunications system having a security feature which allows only pre-authorized users to complete cellular telephone calls. The system and method recognizes a cellular...
6201957 System and method for implementing flexible calling plans  
A system and method for providing one or more tiers of alternative rates or rate plans to wireless telephone subscribers utilizes one or more home regions, in which the subscriber can make and...
6195543 Method and apparatus for providing advice of charge parameters for mobile radio telephone calls  
A control point administers an Advice of Charge (AoC) service provided to mobile subscribers. The control point is informed of each can involving a mobile station that subscribes to the Advice of...
6185430 Voice call group function for a satellite based air traffic control system  
Voice call group functionality is provided in a satellite based air traffic control system to allow air traffic controllers and pilots of one or more aircraft to establish and maintain voice...
6169891 Method and apparatus for billing of wireless telephone calls  
The airtime charge for a receiving wireless telephone station is assigned to an account that is not associated with the wireless telephone station receiving the call. For example, for a telephone...
6167250 Network based tariff acquisition system for roaming mobile subscribers  
A method of obtaining tariff rates on a plurality of candidate service providers accessible to a roaming mobile subscriber for use in choosing the most suitable candidate service provider in a...
6157823 Security cellular telecommunications system  
A cellular telecommunications system having a security feature which allows only pre-authorized users to complete cellular telephone calls. The system and method recognizes a cellular...
6154643 Band with provisioning in a telecommunications system having radio links  
This invention relates to telecommunication bandwidth provisioning systems in radio telecommunications. Radio-link networks are inevitably constrained by limited availability of radio channels...
6140912 Method and a device for telecommunication  
A method and apparatus for forwarding and billing a telephone call, wherein a first subscriber telephone is connected to a second subscriber telephone via a standard telephone network and a third...
6131024 System and method for setting subscriber-defined usage limits on a mobile terminal  
A telecommunications system and method for allowing the owner of a Mobile Station to define usage limits based on air time usage or by a dollar amount, e.g., charging information. When the limits...
6119001 Roamer service auto-activation and deactivation in a home location register  
An automatic activation of a roamer mobile station is implemented in a visited network home location register. Responsive to a registration attempt by the roamer mobile station a default subscriber...
6108531 Terminal equipment providing payment data in a cellular radio system  
A cellular radio system includes a unit for controlling payment traffic and a terminal equipment which can be used as a pay telephone in the cellular radio system. The terminal equipment includes a...
6098878 Tariff management apparatus and method for communications terminals using smart cards  
Communication units used by a communications terminal are measured, and an economic efficiency associated with use of the terminal is determined from the measured communication units and a stored...
6101379 Mobile terminal based tariff acquisition system for wireless services  
A method of acquiring potential tariff charges assessed by wireless service providers to a mobile subscriber prior to registration is disclosed herein. The method includes transmitting a request...
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...
6070067 Prepayment method utilizing credit information stored in mobile terminals for accessing wireless telecommunication networks  
A method of providing prepaid access to wireless telecommunication networks by utilizing a mechanism to store subscriber credit information within a mobile terminal is disclosed. The method is...
6065673 Method and apparatus for performing currency conversions  
The invention relates to a method, an apparatus and an arrangement for calculating the value of an amount in a first currency in terms of a desired second currency. The method comprises the steps...
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...
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...
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...
6044261 Multiple home zone areas within a mobile telecommunications network  
A register correlating a number of different home zones with a particular subscription is associated with a home location register (HLR). A different geographic location, effective time period, and...
6035188 Active waveform collection for use in transmitter identification  
A method and system for actively and rapidly collecting reference waveforms from a large number of cellular telephones is provided. The reference waveforms are used to generate fingerprints which...
6035198 Method and system for determining the location of a mobile radiocommunication subscriber registered in a cellular mobile radiotelephone network  
A lower signaling load and a shorter connection setup time in relation to the known two-stage location request is achieved with an optimal routing in that, upon receiving the message (SRIL) for the...
6035178 Satellite communication system for local-area coverage  
A communication system provides efficient satellite communication in rural, remote, or sparsely populated areas, or in areas lacking a conventional telephone infrastructure, or in special purpose...
6028918 Telecommunication system, and switching means, and memory means, and method  
Known telecommunication systems according to which a calling subscriber can reach a user, whereby a part of the costs have to be paid by said calling subscriber and another part of the costs have...
6029062 Prepay telecommunications system with unregistered roaming call processing  
The prepay telecommunications system (60) includes a prepay call management platform (50) which is directly coupled to a telecommunications carrier switch (24). A customer database (116) is coupled...
6023606 Method for accounting for user terminal connection to a satellite communications system  
A method and system for accurately accounting for an amount of satellite communications system resources that are allotted to and utilized by a user terminal on a per call or connection basis. The...
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...
6008737 Apparatus for controlling utilization of software added to a portable communication device  
An apparatus at a fixed portion (102) of a communication system controls utilization of software (398) in a portable communication device (122) that includes a transceiver (302) for communicating...
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...
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...
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...
5953651 Cellular adjunct to a public wired network  
A cellular adjunct system for extending telephone service provided by a wired telephone network to a cellular handsets without incurring the costs associated with implementing a full-featured...
5940751 System and method for detection of fraud in a wireless telephone system  
A system for the detection of fraudulent use of a wireless telephone system includes a signature analyzer to analyze the transmission characteristic of an unauthenticated transmitter. If the system...
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,...
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...
5898918 Method for classifying calls for a mobile subscription  
A method for classifying calls placed from a mobile station by a subscriber to facilitate creation of an invoice record. When placing a call from the mobile station, the subscriber dials a...
5873030 Method and system for nationwide mobile telecommunications billing  
The method any system for nationwide mobile telecommunications billing provides improved efficiency in billing for mobile services. Local mobile networks are communicatively connected by signaling...
5870667 Support system architecture for use in a communications network environment enabling automatic provisioning, change in service and maintenance  
A support system architecture for use in a communications network environment enabling automatic provisioning, change in service, and maintenance at a plurality of subscriber locations. A gateway...
5850599 Portable cellular telephone with credit card debit system  
The portable cellular telephone credit card calling system works in conjunction with a cellular telephone, a local cellular network and an IXC in a telecommunications network. The portable cellular...
5828737 Communications service billing based on bandwidth use  
In a bandwidth-on-demand type communications system, like that provided with a code division multiple access (CDMA) cellular communications system, charging subscribers for calls based on...
5826185 Cellular phone system wherein the air time use is predetermined  
A cellular phone system in which a cellular phone user (CPU) has a cellular phone with a predetermined amount of available airtime. The CPU prepays for a particular number of airtime units. When a...
5812945 Metered payment cellular telephone communication system  
This invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a cellular telephone metering systems that allows phone calls to be made as long as sufficient funds or call units reside in...
5805991 Technique for eliminating free paging in a personal mobile communication system  
A system and method for processing telephone calls to a personal telephone number, such calls being of the type in which a call to a called party's personal telephone number results in a page to a...
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