US Patent No: 6,704,563

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Systems and methods for prerating costs for a communication event

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Abstract

Systems and methods for prerating communication events, such as telephone calls, for prepaying customers are described. The systems and methods permit, at the beginning of a communication event, the determination of a time limit for the event based on the available balance in a prepayment account associated with the event.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
XIUS HOLDING CORP.WOBURN, MA8

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cooper, John Squaw Valley, CA 68 461
Erskine, Thomas Marblehead, MA 14 135
Senn, Paul Woburn, MA 8 67
Sonberg, Kenneth W Andover, MA 13 368

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BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION (5)
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FREEDOM WIRELESS INC. (4)
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INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS, LTD. (4)
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ALCATEL N.V. (3)
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CELLULAR TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC. (3)
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FRANCE TELECOM (3)
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GTE MOBILNET INCORPORATED (3)
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KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA (3)
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TELEMAC CELLULAR CORPORATION (3)
5,325,418 Cellular phone accounting system 96 1991
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ALCATEL SEL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (2)
5,592,535 Mobile-radio network with debit accounts 152 1996
5,577,101 Telepoint system which charges an account of the subscriber rather charging an account of the private base station through a call is established 52 1996
 
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MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC. (2)
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RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED (2)
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SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (2)
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TAMURA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. (2)
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TELEDEBIT, L.P. (2)
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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED (2)
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THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. (2)
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8,412,191 Cellular telephone service management 0 2005
8,200,187 Cellular telephone credit management 0 2005
 
COLUMBIA INNOVATION ENTERPRISE (3)
7,272,855 Unified monitoring and detection of intrusion attacks in an electronic system 2 2000
7,140,039 Identification of an attacker in an electronic system 6 2000
7,013,296 Using electronic security value units to control access to a resource 13 2000
 
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. (3)
7,519,353 Multi-MVNO wireless service 9 2005
7,974,601 Multi-MVNO wireless service 1 2009
8,165,584 Multi-MVNO wireless service 0 2011
 
CRICKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (2)
6,959,183 Operations method for providing wireless communication services and network and system for delivering same 6 2001
RE41803 Operations method of providing wireless communication service and network and system for delivering same 1 2006
 
NOKIA CORPORATION (2)
7,346,154 Customizing prepaid service 1 2000
7,065,339 Method and system enabling prepaid service in an All-IP network 8 2000
 
SIMPLEXITY, LLC C/O VERSA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. (2)
7,013,127 Systems and methods for employing "pay-as-you-go" telecommunication services 5 2003
8,068,810 Systems and methods for monitoring “pay-as-you-go” telecommunication services 0 2005
 
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (2)
7,120,782 Methods, systems and computer program products for accessing descriptive information associated with a TDMA/GSM switch 0 2002
8,090,652 System and method for charging in a communications network and a communications network charging server 0 2002
 
APRIVA, LLC (1)
8,295,834 System and method for registration for application program deployment 0 2004
 
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (1)
7,580,720 Method and system for protocol feature communication 0 2007
 
AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC. (1)
7,848,734 Prepaid telecommunication system 1 2002
 
GOOGLE INC. (1)
8,370,054 User location driven identification of service vehicles 0 2005
 
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (1)
7,174,008 Method and system for managing the duration and cost of a telephone call 0 2003
 
SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC. (1)
7,209,761 Method and system for protocol feature communication 1 2003
 
SIMPLEXITY, LLC (1)
8,295,458 Systems and methods for monitoring “pay-as-you-go” telecommunication services 0 2011
 
WEB.COM HOLDING COMPANY, INC. (1)
8,370,470 System and method for managing server configurations 0 2001
 
XIUS HOLDING CORP. (1)
7,486,945 Systems and methods for prerating costs for a communication event 4 2004

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