Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
379930120 | Sales, ordering, or banking system | 18 |
20080212752 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIPT PRINTING AND INFORMATION DISPLAY IN A PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER DELIVERY SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing a personal identification number (PIN) in the form of a receipt displayed and/or printed by a client terminal are disclosed. A method includes storing, at the client terminal, receipt templates, received from a server, for plural prepaid services from a plurality of prepaid service providers. The method further includes receiving, at the client terminal, a request for a PIN associated with one or more of the plural prepaid services. Requested PINs and other information associated with one or more of the plural prepaid services is then displayed and/or printed, in accordance with one or more of the receipt templates associated with the plural prepaid services, upon the receipt and dispensed by the client terminal. Related systems and apparatus are also disclosed. | 09-04-2008 |
20080226044 | System and method for managing a telecommunications network - A system and method for managing a telecommunications network and which may let a user monitor and control the user's network telephone services is disclosed. The system may include a CEO Dashboard, a Migration Module, and a Trouble Ticket Wizard. Additionally, the system may include backend processes that periodically run, ensuring that everything is being done to retrieve, and store, the user's available resources on the network. The system may be provided by an integrated platform that is available through online web access and that includes functions such as provisioning, billing, line management, and account management. | 09-18-2008 |
20080232565 | Communications system - A method of providing services in a communication system. The method comprises: establishing a call instance from a caller terminal to a service provider terminal in the communication system; transmitting from the service provider terminal a service proposal in the form of an electronic document via the established call instance to the caller terminal; selectively accepting or rejecting the service proposal at the caller terminal; and in the case of acceptance of the service proposal, transmitting a request for money to a backend server in the communication system from the caller terminal; transmitting electronic cash tokens from the backend server to the caller terminal in response to the request to receive money; forwarding the electronic cash tokens from the caller terminal to the service provider terminal, whereafter the service provider provides services in accordance with the service proposal. | 09-25-2008 |
20080292075 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUOTING, PRICING AND ORDERING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES - A method and system for quoting, pricing, configuring, and ordering telecommunications services is disclosed. The method includes the steps of allowing a purchaser of services to custom-configure the services through an interface with several relevant service characteristics and options. A purchaser may then input service configurations into a database-driven pricing configurator that can instantly generate an indicative pricing quote for the configured services. A purchaser also has the option of submitting the quote to a service order form generator, which interfaces with a service provider's provisioning system, thereby allowing a purchaser to quote, price, and order telecommunications services in a fast, easy, and flexible manner. | 11-27-2008 |
20090116626 | Dynamic order fulfillment for communications, information and entertainment services - A system and method to enable dynamic partner selection and subsequent order fulfillment by a service provider is presented. The system and method has an order entry device for obtaining an order, a service specification corresponding to the order, a flow execution engine, a partner selector mechanism, at least one partner, and at least one component obtained from the service specification, the component being broadcast from the partner selector mechanism to the partner, who responds to the broadcast, such that all of the partner responses are optimized by the partner selector mechanism for execution by said flow execution engine to fulfill the order. | 05-07-2009 |
20090161844 | COMMUNICATIONS METHOD WITH TRANSMISSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - A communications method for transmitting additional information relating to a call process using a first subscriber's station to set up a communications context with a second subscriber's station for the transmission of data or information. Additional information including at least one of audio, image and video data is transmitted to the second subscriber's station. The additional information is defined by the first subscriber's station and is transmitted to the second subscriber station before or during the call process. The additional information is output on the second subscriber's station in the form of a signal for indicating the call. | 06-25-2009 |
20090180599 | System and Method for Delivering Targeted Promotional Announcements Over a Communications Network - A method for delivering targeted promotional announcements comprising: associating a financial card account with a subscriber; receiving an instruction to connect a call from the subscriber to a called party; selecting a promotional announcement from a plurality of promotional announcements based on information derived from the financial card account; delivering the promotional announcement to the subscriber; and connecting the subscriber to the called party. | 07-16-2009 |
20090202053 | Method and Device for Preventing Misuse of Personal Information - The invention disclosed comprises a method and device for receiving an order request from a first party along with contact information for the first party, routing at least some communication made using, or to, second contact information, such as may be provided to the first party, and providing at least part of the order request and first contact information to a third party. The contact information may be a phone number or an e-mail address or a plurality of same. | 08-13-2009 |
20090245489 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR SOLICITING CHARITABLE DONATIONS - A method of telephone soliciting charitable contributions comprises identifying prior contributors to or members of an entity desiring funding, identifying a telephone number associated with each prospective contributor, creating a series of suggested donations each associated with a specific touch tone telephone key, creating a recorded contribution solicitation including suggested donation amounts and the touch tone telephone key associated with each suggested amount, placing a telephone call comprising the recorded contribution solicitation to each identified prospective contributor to the entity, and charging a selected contribution amount to the telephone bill associated with the contributor that responded to the recorded contribution solicitation. | 10-01-2009 |
20100111272 | Multi-operator media content broker - A broker node is provided, acting as an intermediate administrator for all operators during service content distribution. A content provider has a single relation to the broker. This broker has in turn relations to a number of other operators. The content provider provides the communication content. A list of targeted users or subscribers is compiled by the broker. Preferably, the broker collects necessary subscriber attributes, such as position, device information and access properties, from the other operators. The communication content is preferably modified according to the collected attributes and the content can subsequently be delivered to the subscribers in a best possible way. The broker collects payment from the subscribers and reimburses the media content supplier. In a first aspect, the broker is a distributor and payment administrator for service content. In another aspect, the broker is a mediator of use of inter-operator relations to a third-party content provider. | 05-06-2010 |
20100183131 | METHODS FOR ENABLING E-COMMERCE VOICE COMMUNICATION - A method for operating a server includes receiving a page request for a web page from a client computer via the Internet, the web page including an icon, retrieving the web page from a storage of the server, sending the web page to the client computer via the Internet, receiving a request from the client computer to initiate a telephone call via the Internet in response to a selection of the icon on the web page, initiating a real-time communications channel between the client computer and the server via the Internet in response to the request, determining a telephone number in response to the request, using a voice modem, coupled to the server and to a telephone line, to dial the telephone number, receiving packets of voice data from the client computer from the Internet, reassembling the packets of voice data into a stream of digital voice data, converting the stream of digital voice data to a stream of analog voice data, outputting the stream of analog voice data to the voice modem, and outputting the stream of the analog voice data from the voice modem to the telephone line. | 07-22-2010 |
20100254522 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERY - Systems and methods for obtaining a personal identification number (PIN) from a client terminal are disclosed. A method includes storing, at the client terminal, PINs for plural prepaid services. The method also includes receiving, at the client terminal, a request for a PIN associated with a desired prepaid service corresponding to one of the plural prepaid services. A PIN request is then sent, from the client terminal, to a server when less than a predefined number of PINs associated with the desired prepaid service are stored at the client terminal. In response, one or more PINs associated with the desired prepaid service are received at the client terminal. The method further includes dispensing at least one PIN corresponding to the desired prepaid service from the client terminal. | 10-07-2010 |
20110075824 | Consumer Contact Portal - A method is provided for the sharing of information in which a request for information is transmitted along with an indication of a reason for which the information is sought and, in response to the request, a subset of the information available is provided on the basis of a characteristic of the event. | 03-31-2011 |
20110158394 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY PROVIDING MESSAGES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A telecommunications advertising means is disclosed. The telecommunication advertising means includes an advertisement database coupled to a processing means. The advertisement database stores subscriber specific or third party advertisements that are selectively associated with communications in a telecommunications network. The selective association is carried out by the processing means. In one embodiment, a router is coupled to the advertisement database. The router routes communications from source to destination within the telecommunications network. The router also routes advertisements that have been associated with the communications to the sources and destinations of the communications. A telecommunications system is also disclosed. The telecommunications system comprises a network subsystem, which includes a telecommunications advertising means. The telecommunications advertising means comprises an advertisement database and a processing means. | 06-30-2011 |
20110228919 | SIGNAL DETECTION AND BLOCKING FOR VOICE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - A telephone call processor for processing telephone calls comprising voice signals and data signals, the call processor comprising a first telephone interface and a second telephone interface, the call processor being operable in a first mode and in a second mode. In the first mode, the call processor is adapted to receive voice signals and data signals at the first telephone interface and to transmit voice signals and data signals via the second telephone interface. In the second mode, the call processor is adapted to receive voice signals and data signals at the first telephone interface, to block data signals from being transmitted via the second telephone interface and optionally to transmit voice signals via the second telephone interface. | 09-22-2011 |
20130129061 | Unscreened Automatic Number Identification Based on Branch Identifier - Methods, devices, and storage media provide for receiving a message pertaining to setting up a telephone call; inserting in the message a branch identifier that indicates a branch office of an enterprise from which the message originated; transmitting the message including the branch identifier to a private branch exchange device; and generating billing information for the telephone call based on the branch identifier. | 05-23-2013 |
20140321625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT PRESENTATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH A TELEPHONE CALL - A method and apparatus are provided for presenting multimedia content to a caller and/or a called party in association with a telephone call. Content may be presented pre-ring (before the called party's telephone rings), in-call, and/or post-call. Content presented to a party may be related to another party participating in the call or may be related to a third party (e.g., an advertiser that paid for the ability to have its content presented). Presented content may be actuable, to allow a caller to change the destination of a call, take advantage of an offer presented to him or her, redeem a coupon, schedule or queue a subsequent call, etc. To find a desired destination party, a caller may initiate a manual or automatic search of his or her local contacts (on his telephone) and/or a central or global directory or contact list. | 10-30-2014 |
20160173699 | DESTINATION DEVICE BILLING ACCORDING TO CALL RECIPIENT | 06-16-2016 |