REGISTER now for FREE 
|
FREE patent keyword monitoring and additional FREE benefits. REGISTER now for FREE
|
|
|
Telephonic Communications > With Usage Measurement (e.g., Call Or Traffic Register) > Call Charge Metering Or Monitoring Call Charge Metering Or MonitoringCall Charge Metering Or Monitoring patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/04/07 - 20070230674 - Systems and methods to convert a free call to a fee-based call A method and system for converting a free call to a fee-based call are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the invention, an automated system establishes a connection between a first entity and a second entity. After the connection has been established, the system monitors the connection to determine if ... 06/07/07 - 20070127646 - System for generating service-oriented call-charge data in a communication network A system generates service-oriented call-charge data for at least one service in a communication network, the system having in at least one first area (charge metering domain), network elements for charge metering—metering points—and in at least one second area (charging domain), network elements for charging—charging points. The system has a ... 05/31/07 - 20070121840 - Storing notice of remittance received in a distributed data network A method and system for storing a notice of the receipt of a payment in a distributed data network is disclosed. A bill payment request is received at a first network station from a second network station. A payment associated with the received bill payment request is then remitted. Then, ... 05/24/07 - 20070116217 - Method and apparatus to provide pay-per-call performance based advertising In one embodiment, the invention provides a method. The method includes assigning a unique telephone number to an advertiser; providing an advertisement on a media channel on behalf of the advertiser, the advertisement including one of the unique telephone number and a reference to the unique telephone number; monitoring telephone ... 05/24/07 - 20070116216 - Dynamic directory auction service One embodiment of a method for selling services includes the following steps: enabling a seller to create a listing of a service that is available to be bid upon in an online marketplace, the service comprising work that is offered to be performed by the seller, wherein the listing is ... 05/24/07 - 20070116215 - System and method for reducing complexity in products and services A method for measuring and reducing the cost of complexity in producing products or providing a service by comparing selected non-value added steps in the manufacturing or service process with the number of different products or services provided, so as to provide the non-value added cost of the product or ... 04/19/07 - 20070086582 - Application service invocation An Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) includes a Serving-Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF). The S-CSCF includes a Service Capability Interaction Manager (SCIM) configured to invoke one or more application services in response to a message being received by the S-CSCF. ... 04/12/07 - 20070081645 - Method and apparatus for generating a metering pulse In one embodiment, a subscriber line interface circuit includes circuitry to generate metering pulses for insertion onto a subscriber line. The circuitry includes an audio path and a pulse metering path, where the pulse metering path includes a metering generator to generate a digital sine wave from a plurality of ... 03/29/07 - 20070071195 - Telephone exchange apparatus, telephone exchange system, and accounting method If a call is originated from a DKT, a first node being a calling party prepares a call identifying information item using a call number and a Node ID, and transmits the information item to a second node being a called party. If the first node and the second node ... 02/22/07 - 20070041531 - Communication assistance system and method A directory assistance system is provided for providing subscriber information to requesters communicating with the assistance system. A telephone switch receives calls from a plurality of requesters desiring to access the information corresponding to subscribers. A first database stores the information corresponding to each of the subscribers, including their phone ... 02/15/07 - 20070036306 - Communication assistance system and method A communication assistance system provides access to information corresponding to a plurality of subscriber listings. The system includes a telephone switch for receiving calls from a plurality of callers desiring to access the information corresponding to the subscriber listings and a database directory listing for storing information corresponding to each ... 02/15/07 - 20070036304 - Billing of traffic data To bill traffic data in a simple and efficient manner, a separate virtual transmission channel for the transmission of traffic data is provided between a network unit and a Gateway GPRS Support Node by Gateway GPRS Support Nodes for traffic data and billing is carried out for said virtual transmission ... 02/01/07 - 20070025532 - Method, system, and program product for demographic reporting of billable project activity The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for demographic reporting of billable project activity. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: capturing all billable project activity data associated with an information technology (IT) migration project in a database; organizing the billable ... 01/04/07 - 20070003034 - Communication services payment method and system A method (10) of payment of communication services includes determining (14) if a request (12) for services is an essential service or non-essential service, determining (19) if a device and/or user is authorized for non-essential service, and determining (20) if there are sufficient pre-pay funds for the non-essential service. The ... 01/04/07 - 20070003033 - Method and apparatus for deriving primary and secondary billing schemes A method of deriving a primary and secondary billing scheme for a plurality of services each having a respective service consumption cost comprises, at a billing entity, receiving service consumption data. The billing entity applies each of a primary and secondary service consumption pricing plan to the service consumption data ... 11/30/06 - 20060269051 - Method and apparatus for electronic data sharing Data devices that receive data, store the data, and transmit the data without performing heavy computation. For example, such a data device may have a memory component and communication mechanism that transmits data and receives data. In the preferred embodiment, the data transmission would be wireless. Among other applications, one ... 11/30/06 - 20060269050 - Adaptive fraud management systems and methods for telecommunications Methods and systems for detecting telecommunications fraud in a telecommunications network are disclosed. Such methods and systems are capable of economically detecting telecommunications fraud for individual subscribers of a telecommunications provider by virtue of an adaptive fraud detection engine that adapts based on telecommunications traffic particular to each subscriber. ... 11/16/06 - 20060256941 - Terminal independent personal telephone services The invention provides a communication system comprising a network infrastructure and a plurality of telephone terminals. The telephone terminals can be conventional telephones. The network infrastructure includes a control center with an associated database, which stores data corresponding to telephone numbers allocated to subscribers. The database also stores respective subscriber ... 11/09/06 - 20060251225 - Multi-networking communication system and method The architecture of the present invention includes a multi-media multi-network communication server connected to a variety of access and delivery platforms via a variety of communication networks. Access to services is controlled and billed by a virtual prepaid card and account that can be converted into a physical prepaid card ... 11/02/06 - 20060245562 - Wireless internet services billing Wireless internet services billing enables a telecommunications company to bill internet service events on a transaction level. In a described implementation, an internet service event, which occurs at least partially within an internet environment, is detected. An internet services proxy injects event billing information related to the detached event into ... 10/26/06 - 20060239427 - Billing for telecommunication calls over decentralized packet networks A system for billing Internet protocol (IP) telephony, or other telecommunication calls transmitted over data packet networks, is provided. Calls may be routed over networks of different types, e.g., H.323 networks or IP voice networks. Different types of network devices, e.g., call managers, switches, or gateways, may transmit legs within ... 10/19/06 - 20060233331 - Systems and methods for generating bills Systems and methods for identifying charges on a bill are provided. Each charge category is assigned an associated symbol. The associated symbol appears in proximity to the corresponding charge category on the bill. If a charge category includes charge subcategories, the symbol can also appear on the bill in proximity ... 09/21/06 - 20060210038 - System and method for automated telework service A method and system are disclosed for implementing a tele-work service in an advanced intelligent network comprising a first service switching point connected to a first telephone station; a second service switching point connected to a second telephone station; and a service control point having a database that receives routing ... 08/24/06 - 20060188077 - Method for verifying access authorization for voice telephony in a fixed network line or mobile telephone line as well as a communications network A method for verifying access authorization for voice telephony in a fixed network line or mobile telephone line, as well as a communications network having such access authorization verification are described. The access authorization is verified by analysis of a voice signal which was entered by the subscriber placing the ... 08/17/06 - 20060182242 - Method and device for obtaining data related to the presence and/or availability of a user A method is provided, which includes a configuration phase that includes a stage for saving the first data multiplets each associated with a user identity, an expression composed of at least one word and at least one presence and/or availability data element. It also includes a usage phase that includes ... 08/10/06 - 20060177029 - Virtual multi-line telephone service A method for providing a virtual multi-line (VML) telephone service includes associating first and second telephone numbers with a telephone, such that the first telephone number is subject to a first billing scheme and the second number is subject to a second billing scheme. A control code is transmitted from ... 07/27/06 - 20060165226 - Automatic, connection-based terminal or user authentication in communication networks The aim of the invention is to permit the automatic identification of access rights to protected areas in networks, in particular on the Internet. This is achieved by a method for automatically identifying access rights to protected areas in a first network (2) using a unique connection identifier of a ... 07/13/06 - 20060153350 - Method of billing a communication session conducted over a computer network A method of billing a communication session between a user and a value-added service. A request is received from a user for a communication session, such as a circuit-switched call, a computer-network telephony call or a multimedia session, between the user and a value-added service. Information associated with a credit ... 07/06/06 - 20060147004 - Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including screening invalid calling party numbers A system and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information is invalid or can not be provided. In one disclosed embodiment, the Caller ID information must include a valid number of digits and a valid area code. If the Caller ID information is not valid, a ... 06/29/06 - 20060140367 - Report data capture via billing module A system is provided for reporting call data related to a telecommunications service. The system includes a network element, such as a service control point, that generates billing records. The network element populates a base module with standard data and also populates a local use module, appended to the base ... 06/01/06 - 20060115061 - Call reporting A technique for near real-time reporting of telephone number usage to a computer is disclosed. According to the technique, signaling protocol data is collected for telephone calls that involve telephone numbers associated with the user. The signaling protocol data is decoded and call information records (CIRs) are generated from the ... 06/01/06 - 20060115060 - Network support for call record privacy Embodiments of the method and system provide for network support for call record privacy in a telecommunication system. The method in an embodiment may have the steps of: checking for a subscription to the call record privacy feature by a subscriber; checking if the call record privacy feature is active ... 05/25/06 - 20060109963 - Method and testing device for verifying the charge invoicing for a communications connection according to time-unit intervals The invention relates to a testing device and to a method for verifying the charge invoicing for a communications device according to time unit intervals. According to the invention, a testing device, which can simulate at least one calling analog terminal and at least one called terminal, is connected to ... 05/25/06 - 20060109962 - System and method for monitoring time-related connection data detected by a network node A method and system for verifying the connection-related communications data registered by a network node, where the connection-related communications data are used for the calculation of charges includes establishing at least one predetermined test communication connection. By clearing the predetermined test communication connection via the network node and registering a ... 05/11/06 - 20060098794 - Reverse charging system, reverse-charging service control apparatus, call agent and reverse charging method A call agent (CA) connects a IP telephone and a public switching telephone on the basis of a called-destination telephone number which corresponds to received reverse-charging service number from the IP telephone; a reverse-charging service control apparatus causes an exchange to stop charging; the CA and the reverse-charging service control ... 05/04/06 - 20060093110 - Communication point usage scheduling According to one embodiment of the invention, an architecture is provided for a data processing system that processes data for a service provider itself or a client of a service provider as in the case of a third party processor. The elements of the architecture can be managed separately. For ... 05/04/06 - 20060093109 - Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums for indexing and rapidly searching data records One method involves receiving a search request that includes a date and phone number. A master index file is searched for the phone number. The master index file includes phone numbers associated with calls that occurred on the date in the search request. The master index file also includes the ... 05/04/06 - 20060093108 - Electronic settlement system An electronic settlement system is capable of preventing a place where a credit card has been used from being known to other people from a bill. In the electronic settlement system, a store terminal transmits billing information related to a user of a credit card to a management server. The ... 05/04/06 - 20060093107 - Subscription-based billing methods and systems for shared network modem pools Methods of billing telephone calls in networks that utilize shared modem pools. A request from a user of the network is received along with user identifying data. The user identifying data is correlated with records in a database of user identifying data and if a match is found, the call ... 05/04/06 - 20060093106 - Method and system for transferring an administrator and associated charges during a multi-way call The present invention is directed to a method and system for altering an administrator of a multi-way call during the multi-way call connection and transferring the associated charges from one administrator to another. After a multi-way call connection is established from the originating party to many participating parties, the originating ... 04/20/06 - 20060083366 - Wireless network modification support system and radio network modification support method A wireless network change support system includes a change setting section, an income prediction section and an expense calculation section. The change setting section sets a change data for changing a setting data based on a status data indicating a status of a wireless network with wireless base stations and ... 03/30/06 - 20060067494 - Systems and methods for providing alternative payment communications systems Systems and methods for providing an alternative payment scheme for telecommunications services. The systems and methods according to preferred embodiments of the present invention may include a user communications device capable of playing an electronic content clip; a communications network for transferring electronic content to and from the user communications ... 03/02/06 - 20060045246 - Billing and payment method for networks incorporating long latency in their systems architectures A billing and payment method and system for networks incorporating long latency in their systems architectures is provided. As a result of this method and system, it is possible for customers and users to experience virtual real-time access to a network incorporating long latency in its systems architecture and for ... 02/23/06 - 20060039543 - Rate modelling A method and apparatus are provided for generating a rate model (115) for use in determining a rate to be applied with respect to an instance of a product or service, system or process. The rate may relate for example to utilisation of a resource, for example to a charging ... 02/16/06 - 20060034436 - Bill payment system and method A method, system and apparatus for processing bill payments in a PSTN. The method of the invention can include, responsive to answering a telephone call from a caller over the PSTN, identifying the caller from a data communications source external to the telephone call and retrieving billing information for the ... 01/12/06 - 20060008063 - System for providing flexible charging in a network The present invention relates to arrangements for charging in a packet switched network. Packets are charged differently dependent on which service flow the packets belong to. The charging system comprises a control system and a serving element residing in a packet forwarding system wherein said control system comprises an account ... 12/29/05 - 20050286690 - Method and system for routing calls based on user provided mobile station usage parameters 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 a land-line base unit. A call placed by the land-line communication unit is routed to the wireless base station via the ... 12/08/05 - 20050271193 - Charging for an ip based communication system There is disclosed a method for charging for services in a communication system supporting a Diameter IP protocol, comprising defining at least one attribute value pair to define sponsorship information. ... 10/27/05 - 20050238151 - Origin device order billing according to caller A method, system, and program for billing for order places from an origin device according to the current caller billing plan are provided. A billing plan associated with an authenticated caller identity of a caller using an origin device is accessed by a vendor order center during a call placed ... 10/13/05 - 20050226400 - System and method for a telecommunications network A method for improving traffic flow over a first network by adjusting the ratio and identity of traffic offloaded to a second network based on analysis of call detail records (CDRs). ... 09/29/05 - 20050213721 - System and method for charging in a communication network The present invention relates in general to communication networks and more specifically to a system and a method for charging in a communication network, especially in an IP Multimedia network. The new charging system according to the present invention allows charging principles used in traditional telecom networks to be applied ... 06/23/05 - 20050135577 - Method and apparatus for division of revenue of communication among different proprietors A method and apparatus for division of revenue of communication among different proprietors is provided in this invention, where the division of revenue among the different proprietors is performed by a gateway office, wherein the gateway office will set a source parameter and a destination parameter respectively from the source ... 06/16/05 - 20050129201 - Method and system for offering free telecommunication services A method and system of offering reduced cost telecommunication services to a consumer while simultaneously providing multimedia promotional content to the consumer. A method and system of distributing multimedia content to at least one terminal offering telephony or internet connection services. Video and audio output devices, such as a display ... 06/02/05 - 20050117725 - Technique for selecting a profile to use to service a call A telephone call may have more than one identifier, e.g., a billing telephone number and a caller's telephone number, within its signaling stream. Each identifier may have an associated call servicing profile. The invention determines which of several call profiles associated with identifiers within the call signaling stream should be ... 06/02/05 - 20050117724 - Telephone call dialling A communications device such as a mobile telephone responds to the input of a dialed number for a call destination by generating and outputting a request message transmitted to a control center by a telecommunications system. The device receives a response message from the control center containing routing data and ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |