90 results about "International call" patented technology

A method and apparatus for managing institutional telephone activity utilizing a computer-based telephony management unit to connect institutional telephones with outside telephone lines. The unit provides institutional users with fully automated, direct dial and collect calling privileges for local, long distance, and international calls. The unit contains a database for storing the calling privileges and restrictions of institutional users, for recording calling transactions made by the users, and for managing user monetary accounts. The unit can record up to 400 hours of conversation in a digital format. The unit provides various administrative capabilities, including user account management, audit trails, transaction reports, centralized management and report capabilities, and detection of fraudulent calling.

A mobile phone system with a mobile phone having internal accounting capabilities for real time call debiting to account for the billing parameters of a mobile phone unit that is operated in a multi zone communication network with a complex rate structure, the mobile phone unit having an internal processor with accessible internal memory for storing the accounting program and call data for each call, a clock and circuit means for activating and deactivating the phone, the accounting program including an updatable rate table and a complex billing algorithm for calculating the account status on the fly including multiple rate structure factors such as long distance calls, international calls with country independent local charges, charges for roaming per day and / or roaming per minute, and call surcharges, where the account status of the mobile phone is calculated in real time for decrementing a debit account or calculating an account charge on demand, the mobile debit phone having a signal for alerting the user of account status which is preferably a display of real time account status, the mobile phone system including a communication system for activating and programming a new phone unit over the airways and upgrading the account status in rate table in the phone unit over the airways.

An internal memory has an address book table for registering data regarding a communication destination party, a telephone number, and a country flag indicative of a country where the communication destination party is present, in a manner that they are shown corresponding to one another. A calling processor compares a country flag attached to a communication destination party selected using a memory dial function, and information obtained from an RF module regarding a country where the communication circuit can be established. When the flag information and the information from the Rf module coincide, the calling processor determines that the ongoing call is a domestic call, and thus dials the telephone number as registered in the address book table and, when they do not coincide, the calling processor determines that the ongoing call is an international call, and thus dials international access and country codes prior to the telephone number registered in the address book table. Using a portable communication device having the above arrangement, the user can automatically place a call to a party in or out of the country where the user is present even when the destination party information for each communication destination candidate party is registered only in a single formation.

In a cellular telephone environment where SIM cards are used, a single SIM card is provided with a mechanism for supporting conventionally separate services that employ separate SIM cards, such as international calling from various countries, wherein the SIM card is enabled so that the user can dynamically load local SIM information by accessing a remote server (through GPRS / 2.5G / 3G or by receiving SMS data over the air) and enable the handset to obtain local wireless services.

A mobile telephone system provides a subscribe with services, for instance call barring and call forwarding, in dependence on the circumstances of the subscriber's mobile station. For instance, if the mobile station has a first network as its home network, the services provided are modified if it is detected that the mobile station has registered with a second network. In particular, international calls may be barred when on the home network, but permitted when on the second network so that the user may call his home country. This is carried out by having a number of different service profiles stored in the home network, for controlling the interactions between the mobile telephone and the current network, these service profiles being selected according to which network the mobile telephone is currently working to.

Disclosed are a method for automatically originating an international call and a mobile communication terminal using the same, such that a function of automatically originating an international call according to movement of a mobile communication terminal between countries is provided. The mobile communication terminal includes a country code detecting unit for informing a country code for a corresponding country by detecting movement of a mobile communication terminal between countries. If the country code detecting unit provides an allowable country code according to the position of the mobile communication terminal, a control unit adds an international dialing code to preset information regarding a call terminating side so as to enable call connection. When the user registers a phone number of a communication counterpart in a phone directory, the user previously registers a country code for a country (in which the counterpart is located) and an area code in addition to the phone number of the counterpart as the information regarding the call terminating side. Accordingly, the user can call the counterpart positioned in another country without additionally inputting an international dialing code and a country code whenever the user originates a call.

A method for routing an international call includes receiving a call and identifying a first international carrier based on an Internet protocol address associated with the call or a tunnel through which the call was received. The method also includes identifying a second international carrier based on the identified first international carrier. The second international carrier may represent a terminating carrier associated with forwarding the call to a called party. The method may further include forwarding the call to the identified second international carrier.

Automated interaction systems and methods for use with and / or respond to automated sound-enabled systems, commonly called Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems. The invented method involves with some or all of the followings; (a) recording information, (b) analyzing signals, (c) initiating and / or participating in communication call, (d) detecting the presence of human individual (instead of IVR system) in the call, (e) signal the caller about such human individual presence, and / or (f) signaling in order to initiate communication and / or call transfer to another destination. This technique can reduce the time spent on, cost involved with, distraction caused by, and need to being put on hold, and / or the need to manually operate or respond to the common IVR systems. The invention can completely or partially release the caller, or assist her / him, during such a process. In costly connections such as wireless, cellular, long distance, or international calls, the method and system can be utilized by a system that is located such that its connection is cheaper than the caller's connection, the system notifies or responds to the caller only when needed, and hence reduces the caller's charges, and improves its reachability and availability via communication devices and / or networks.

The invention discloses a suspiciousness degree calculation method and a suspiciousness degree calculation system. The suspiciousness degree calculation method comprises the steps of acquiring communication behavior data of a user, wherein the communication behavior data includes a voice call list and a short message service list; acquiring a communication behavior characteristic value of the user according to the communication behavior data, wherein the communication behavior characteristic value includes a calling ratio, a called number non-repetition rate and an average call time period; and calculating the suspiciousness degree by using a preset weighing algorithm according to the communication behavior characteristic value. According to the method, international interconnect bypass fraud calls can be effectively identified, and other call fees, besides local call fee, also can be charged in the international call service, so that the call fee of the international call service is increased, loss of call fees of telecommunication operators is reduced, and the operating income of the telecommunication operators is increased. The network resources of a region in which an SIMBox apparatus is not occupied for long, so that the network service quality is improved, user complaint rate is lowered, and the network information security is improved.

A method for processing an multi-country international phone call, free from an international toll charge, using a voice over IP (VoIP) call from a first mobile handset to a second handset. The method includes transferring destination number information associated with a destination number within a first country code from the first mobile handset to a data network, which is coupled to a world wide network of computers. In a preferred embodiment, the handset is coupled via cellular network through a data network to the world wide network of computers. The method includes transferring caller number information associated with a caller number within a second country code from the first mobile handset to the data network. In a preferred embodiment, the second country code is different from the second country code. The method includes receiving the destination information at a call server process, which is coupled to the world wide network of computers. The method also includes receiving the caller number information at the call server process. The method initiates a first VoIP phone call using the caller number information from the server process to the first mobile handset. The method initiates a second VoIP phone call using the destination number information from the server process to the second handset. The method also connects the first VoIP phone call to the first mobile handset to the second VoIP phone call to the second handset through the server process. The method also includes exchanging voice information between the first mobile handset and the second handset free from an international toll charge.

A system for providing termination information for an international telephone number includes a centralized database of terminating characteristics. The system may also include request processing logic that receives an international telephone number from a user. In response to receiving the telephone number, the request processing logic may automatically query the centralized database to obtain information that indicates whether the telephone number uses wireless termination. In response to obtaining the information from the centralized database, the request processing logic may automatically transmit to the user a response that indicates whether the telephone number uses wireless termination. The system may also include a database engine that uses a tree structure of linked nodes to perform a longest matching prefix search on the telephone number in response to the request processing logic querying the centralized database.

A method for processing an multi-country international phone call, free from an international toll charge, using a voice over IP (VoIP) call from a first mobile handset to a second handset. The method includes transferring destination number information associated with a destination number within a first country code from the first mobile handset to a data network, which is coupled to a world wide network of computers. In a preferred embodiment, the handset is coupled via cellular network through a data network to the world wide network of computers. The method includes transferring caller number information associated with a caller number within a second country code from the first mobile handset to the data network. In a preferred embodiment, the second country code is different from the second country code. The method includes receiving the destination information at a call server process, which is coupled to the world wide network of computers. The method also includes receiving the caller number information at the call server process. The method initiates a first VoIP phone call using the caller number information from the server process to the first mobile handset. The method initiates a second VoIP phone call using the destination number information from the server process to the second handset. The method also connects the first VoIP phone call to the first mobile handset to the second VoIP phone call to the second handset through the server process. The method also includes exchanging voice information between the first mobile handset and the second handset free from an international toll charge.

The invention discloses a telephone agent device based on a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology and a call making and answering method by a telephone agent device. The telephone agent device comprises a telephone module, a VoIP client module and a control module, wherein the telephone module is controlled by the control module and is used for transferring information between a telephone network and the control module; the VoIP client module is controlled by the control module and is used for transferring the information between the control module and a VoIP server; and the control module is used for controlling the telephone module and the VoIP client module to finish the setup, the maintenance and the release of a communication link and transferring the information between thetelephone module and the VoIP client module. The telephone agent device has the advantages of simple structure and low acquisition cost, and is easy in implementation. The invention also discloses two call answering methods for dialing an international call interiorly and an international roaming call for users by means of the telephone agent device, and the communication cost generated by the methods is equivalent to the local communication cost.

This invention discloses one method to realize international roaming calls, which comprises the following steps: mobile terminal processes international roaming and visited nation MSC gets the roaming label when starting calls according to international roaming business interface label through mobile terminal. The invention discloses one system to realize international calls, which comprises mobile terminal, visit nation MSC and belonged nation network. The invention discloses one position method, HLR and MSC.

A Carrier Identification Code (CIC) aware private communications network. International calls are placed with a CIC from a station at an originating server and routed over a private network to a connected public network gateway switch located in another country for a far-end hop-off. The public network gateway switch includes a CIC cross reference table with corresponding local CICs. The public network gateway switch replaces the original CIC with a corresponding local CIC from the cross reference table. Then, the call egresses from the public network gateway switch to a corresponding selected carrier network and connects to the called party on the public communications network.

A unique call mapping and routing device combines Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and public switched telephone network (PSTN) technologies such that mobile device users are able to dial international calls that are automatically and transparently directed through local access numbers using the mobile carrier PSTN network.

This invention provides a mobile device and a method that can automatically dial IP phones. Said mobile device can identify that if the phone call is a long distance call automatically when making the phone call, if so, it adds a prefix before the dialed number automatically, said prefix is different along with different cards and preferential policies provided by the business runners. Besides, for international calls, it can also add the district number automatically.

A method for automatically initiating an international call and a mobile communication terminal thereof are disclosed to provide a function of automatically initiating an international call according to the movement of the mobile communication terminal between countries. The mobile communication terminal includes a country code detecting unit that obtains the country code of the corresponding country by detecting the movement of the mobile communication terminal between countries. If the country code detection unit provides an allowable country code according to the location of the mobile communication terminal, the control unit adds an international dial code to preset information on a call terminating party to enable call connection. When the user registers the telephone number of the communication partner in the phone book, the user also registers the country code and area code of the country (where the communication partner is located) in addition to the counterpart's phone number as information on the call terminating party in advance. Therefore, whenever a user initiates a call, the user can call a counterpart located in another country without additionally entering an international dialing code and a country code.

A method for making a long distance or international telephone call is disclosed. A subscriber calls an assigned telephone number to access a sign-up calling plan service billed to a home plan at the home plan rates, and responds to a service announcement by entering the subscriber's home telephone number and a personal identification number that validates the caller. Another service announcement is responded to by the subscriber entering a selection responsive to whether the long distance call is an international call or not. To complete the call, the subscriber enters the long distance telephone number.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for automatically handling an incoming call by a mobile communication apparatus when the call is determined to be an international roam call. When an incoming international roam call is detected, the mobile communication apparatus can allow the call to ring as normal, send the call to a local or network voice mail service, or play a prerecorded message to the caller informing the caller that the phone is not accepting international roam calls. The decision can be based on the apparatus's home and registered networks' mobile country code (MCC) and mobile network code (MNC) information, on the caller ID of the calling party, and on the date and / or time of the incoming international roam call. The parameters on which the decisions are made may be set by the user of the apparatus or preset by a manufacturer or dealer.

The invention discloses a novel phone fraud detection and prevention method based on location determination, including the following steps: acquiring an original code stream of signaling of an international call in real time, and sending call information to a caller identity authentication device in real time after parsing; detecting the current registration state and actual geographical locationof a caller in real time, and performing true and false identification on the identity of the caller; and after identifying that the caller has a false identity, constructing a piece of disconnectionsignaling, simulating the caller to initiate a disconnection action, enabling the International Bureau to forward the disconnection signaling to a called party after receiving the disconnection signaling, and enabling the called party to perform disconnection processing after receiving the disconnection signaling. The method disclosed by the invention has the following beneficial effects: the identity authenticity of the caller can be identified by detecting the location information of the caller, and thus false calls can be identified, the false calls are disconnected to ensure that the falsecalls that counterfeit cell phone numbers of other persons can be detected and intercepted in real time, thereby, the generation of such fraud calls can be suppressed to a maximum extent, the call experience of phone users can be improved, and the trust degree and perception degree of the phone users can be improved.

The invention provides an automatic identification method and device for IMS service embezzlement international calls. The method comprises the following steps: according to a preset time period, obtaining a settlement call ticket of an international gateway, the settlement call ticket comprising an IMS number for dialing an international call and feature information of each target call; for any target call in the settlement bill, comparing the feature information of the target call with a set stealing feature library, and judging whether the IMS number has a stealing behavior or not; and if it is determined that the IMS number has the embezzlement behavior, reporting the embezzlement behavior of the IMS number to a monitoring end. According to the invention, the international call IMS number which is stolen can be found as early as possible, the embezzlement behavior is automatically identified, the monitoring end is automatically notified to pay attention in time, and the telephone charge loss is prevented from being increased.

The invention helps solve the above problems with technology that detects international calls. When an international call is detected a database is queried. Dependent on the results of the database query, the call is either routed using intentional routing or the call is routed using an internet protocol (IP) gateway that completes the call.

According to embodiments of the invention, systems and methods are provided for generating a customized ringtone based on available data regarding a caller. Generally, the systems and methods employ a mobile device with a phonebook and ringtone music merger component installed thereon or remotely accessible via a wireless network. When an incoming call is received, data regarding the caller is determined based on the caller's phone number as well as any contact information of the caller that may be in the phonebook. The data may include the name, city, local time, and country of the caller. All of the gathered data is then compiled into a custom audio ringtone that is played on the mobile phone. The ringtone may also include an audio version of the national anthem of the country from which the caller is calling, as well as the international calling rates from that country.

A method for delivering a mobile terminated call to a mobile device communicating with a mobile switching center (MSC) in one example comprises steps of attempting to deliver the mobile terminated call to a mobile device, receiving a message that the mobile device is no longer in the location area served by the visiting MSC and forwarding the mobile terminated call to a different visiting MSC. The mobile terminated call is forwarded directly from one VMSC to another VMSC without requiring two potentially international calls to be placed serially from the GMSC to a VMSC. This method of Mobile Termination Roaming Forwarding can reduce substantial delay in call setup while saving network resources during establishment of the first call.

Systems and techniques are disclosed in the invention relating to international communications over a network. The systems and techniques involve retrieving information from a network, identifying an international access code related to the retrieved information, and placing an international call through the network using the international access code. Alternatively, the international access code may be retrieved directly from the network. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract, which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

A system for providing termination information for an international telephone number includes a centralized database of terminating characteristics. The system may also include request processing logic that receives an international telephone number from a user. In response to receiving the telephone number, the request processing logic may automatically query the centralized database to obtain information that indicates whether the telephone number uses wireless termination. In response to obtaining the information from the centralized database, the request processing logic may automatically transmit to the user a response that indicates whether the telephone number uses wireless termination. The system may also include a database engine that uses a tree structure of linked nodes to perform a longest matching prefix search on the telephone number in response to the request processing logic querying the centralized database.

The invention discloses an intelligent terminal, and a system address list telephone number processing method and a system address list telephone number processing device. The system address list telephone number processing method comprises the steps of determining a state where the intelligent terminal is located, acquiring an international call prefix of the state; traversing a system address list, processing telephone numbers corresponding to contacts which are associated with telephone number attribution places into a form including international telephone area codes of the attribution places and the international call prefix of the state and storing the processed telephone numbers; responding to a call command of the telephone number corresponding to the contact associated with the telephone number attribution place, and dialing the telephone number in a form of including the international telephone area code of the attribution place and the international call prefix. The system address list telephone number processing method can effectively update telephone numbers of the system address list, and solving the problem of adding the international telephone area codes and the international call prefixes in international calls is solved, so that people can make the corresponding international calls conveniently, and user experience is improved.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a call realization method, a system and a device; the call realization method comprises the steps as follows: a call-back request sent by a calling user is intercepted; the call-back request is analysed; after the call-back request is an international roaming call-back request, the call-back request is re-positioned to a call-back platform; wherein, the call-back platform is used for gaining the calling number and called number carried by the call-back request after the call-back request is received; according to the calling number and the called number, the calls to the calling user and the called user are respectively sent; furthermore, the call of the calling user and the call of the called user are connected with each other. The embodiment of the invention realizes the call-back request sent in a CDMA network, converts the international call called b the user in the roaming place into an international long-distance call called in the home country by the uniform call-back platform, provides the international long-distance service of low charging for the clients, uniformly deploys the call-back platform, and affects the existing equipment less.

A cross-network call identifying function for identifying instances of international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud. The cross-network call identifying function access call detail records of both the terminating network and the originating network. The cross-network call identifying function identifies an outgoing international phone call from a caller within the originating network to a callee within the terminating network. The call detail records of the terminating network are querried for an incoming call with a matching callee call identifier. Time information of the outgoing call and the incoming call are compared to determine whether there is a match. If the callee call identifiers and time information match, but the incoming phone call is recorded as a local call, then the incoming call is identified as an instance of international call interconnect bypass fraud.