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WO/1998/043404A1
The invention relates to the provision of prepaid services for the customers of a telecommunication network operator in a wired and/or mobile telephone network. The invention makes it possible to implement prepaid call services even in c...  
WO/1998/042117A1
An interactive and telematic system for the automatization of the stakes in games based on forecasts, through a Service Center, a public wide area network and prepaid cards as payment means. The service center manages the access requests...  
WO/1998/039909A2
Telecommunication switches route calls in accordance with economic incentives resulting from a bidding process between carriers by operation of computer referred to as a bidding moderator. First the moderator transmits bids to carriers (...  
WO/1998/038810A2
A disposable wireless telephone (10) capable of use for telephonic communications only for a limited period, and only for telephonic communications initiated at the disposable telephone, within which limited period the sum of the duratio...  
WO/1998/034393A2
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 to the prepay call management platform ...  
WO/1998/033312A1
A method for conducting a data communication with security even with a public telephone line which requires SIM and a multifunction information communication equipment for such a data communication. The information communication equipmen...  
WO/1998/033308A2
A validation-checking device (10) comprising selective detectors (11-12) for the charge frequency signal (12 kHz) and for the checking signal (16 kHz) emitted respectively by the exchange (CT) and by the telephone set (TP), and a microco...  
WO/1998/030013A1
The invention relates to methods and systems for connecting a caller (110) to a content provider (120) who provides a service to the caller over the telephone system. In accordance with the invention, a caller (110) establishes a prepaid...  
WO/1998/030012A1
Disclosed is an optimized-management telecommunications billing method or system, performing an optimized-management automatic telecommunication billing assisted by a bulk-rating computer (1) connected to an allocated switching center (3...  
WO/1998/030036A2
A system and method for making a call from a dual mode mobile station (260) functioning in either a PCS mode or a cellular mode permit PCS communications if the station receives a beacon of a sufficient strength in a PCS frequency band, ...  
WO/1998/030035A2
A system and method for making a call from a dual mode mobile station (260) functioning in either a PCS mode or a cellular mode permits PCS communication (225) if the station receives a beacon of a sufficient strength in a PCS frequency ...  
WO/1998/028903A1
A communications system for providing charge rate support, and a method for providing Authentication and Privacy, to pay/debit phones are disclosed. A cellular controller within the system enables the pay/debit phones to communicate with...  
WO/1998/027715A1
The invention relates to a method for controlling a credit customer call. Subscriber-specific accounts on which the subscribers can purchase connection time are kept at a centralized point of a telecommunications network. In order that t...  
WO/1998/027513A1
Debit cards, such as long distance telephone cards, may be attractively packaged and even readily mounted for point of purchase display, in such a manner that the card is inactive until activated at the point of purchase. The card may be...  
WO/1998/025237A1
An improved system for 'regenerating' or adding funds to a prepaid, remote memory account. The system includes a service provider network or host computer system including an account database of prepaid accounts. An integrated transactio...  
WO/1998/021902A2
A method and system of utilizing advanced intelligent network services for capturing and recording dial-around call information is provided. Dial-around calls are calls directed to a telecommunication services provider other than the ser...  
WO/1998/021874A1
A communications network-based solution is provided that facilitates both prepayment and use of prepay telecommunications services. A subscriber is assigned a record in a network database. The database record includes an account number a...  
WO/1998/020690A2
A recyclable cellular telephone is disclosed having an inner rigid cellular electronics supporting frame member surrounded by a replaceable outer cover. The telephone is acquired having a limited period of use. The electronics of the tel...  
WO/1998/018251A2
In a mobile communication system, communication credits are stored in a secure module (30) of a mobile communication appliance (10). Credits are reloaded over-the-air (OTA) from a reload server (20). For requesting a reload, the secure m...  
WO/1998/017045A1
A wireless local loop phone (10) is provided that accepts payment from a variety of sources for wireless calls. The phone (10) emulates, with a speech processor (40) having dial (42) tone generator and a DTMF tone generator (44), a stand...  
WO/1998/017072A1
The present invention relates to a dialing device remotely programmable by way of bilateral communications between the device and a server system of a telephone service company at a remote location comprising: memory (12) for storing tel...  
WO/1998/017049A2
An improved paging system including a transmitter and a call controller. An incoming call trunk, a memory device, an outgoing call trunk, and a central processing unit make up the call controller. A paging party connects to the call cont...  
WO/1998/015109A2
A coin receptacle cover for attachment to a coin receptacle box and subsequent use in a pay telephone comprising a panel, connectable to a coin receptacle box, which defines an opening therethrough for admitting coins into the coin recep...  
WO/1998/011519A1
In a cashless payment process, a connection (V) between the terminal (MF) fitted with a multifunctional chip card (CK) and a transaction terminal (GE) is established via the mobile radio telephone network (MS), a solvency check is carrie...  
WO/1998/011710A1
This invention provides a public telephone system including a plurality of public telephone base stations (10), each being connected to a telephone network (12), and a multiplicity of cordless telephones (20), each being capable of commu...  
WO/1998/009250A1
Additional advertisement data (advertisements, publicity spots and the like) can be stored on telephone or service cards (credit, parking, admission, use, authorisation cards and the like) (9) with any type of data stores (13). These dat...  
WO/1998/009255A1
The invention pertains to a method for crediting or recrediting a SIM card (subscriber identity module) for a mobile radio telephone (6) with a given amount (28). The SIM card comprises a chip provided with a memory element (11). The amo...  
WO/1998/007271A1
A card-operated semi-public telephone (20) connected to a conventional telephone line (12) composed by a metal wire pair, in which travels a digital signal formed by the multiplexation of two digital voice channels and a control channel....  
WO/1998/007270A1
The destination zone of a call is defined (2) according to the prior art in a wireless pay phone, for example, by analyzing a selected phone number, and the present invention is characterized in that, additionally, the location of the pa...  
WO/1998/005156A2
A coin escrow apparatus for use with a pay telephone includes a housing defining a coin hopper, a coin acceptance chute, and a coin return chute. The apparatus also includes a door mounted within the housing for selective movement betwee...  
WO/1998/005155A1
A low-power, integrated coin acceptor (30) for a payphone containing audit circuit is described. The integrated coin acceptor (30) comprises a coin slot (16), a test button (42), two LED's (44, 46), a battery cover (25), a security switc...  
WO/1997/049232A1
An exchange (3) has a call charging control section (6) which monitors the numbers of calls of transmission-only portable telephone sets (1B) for every terminal identification number whenever a telephone set (1B) makes a call, and reject...  
WO/1997/049226A1
Disclosed is a system and method for charging fee for public mobile telephone call in a taxi according to a charge rate. The post-payment for the telephone fee is carried out in cash or smart card. The charge rate is stored in a memory i...  
WO/1997/048221A2
The wireless system includes one or more payphones (12) from which users may initiate payphone calls. A mobile switching center (16) connects telephone calls initiated from wireless payphones to external telephone systems (18) such as th...  
WO/1997/046986A1
The invention discloses a portable electronic transaction terminal, in particular a portable payment terminal, comprising a memory card reader (4, 5), a computer (8) for controlling the procedures for card control, user authentication an...  
WO/1997/043847A1
An apparatus is provided for interfacing a smart card with a telecommunications network using a conventional plain old telephone set. The apparatus includes a line interface unit having a first port, a second port, and a third port. The ...  
WO/1997/043851A1
A process and a device for charging fees for the use of a telecommunication network, especially a mobile radio telephone network, with a telecommunication device in which said telecommunication device comprises a store for information re...  
WO/1997/041530A1
A pointing device (1), such as a joystick, according to the invention comprises an integrated DTMF generator (104) for generating DTMF pointing signals in response to movements of a tiltable stick (12). Preferably, the pointing device (1...  
WO/1997/040616A1
It's a prepaid smart card to be used in a wireless telephone network and method for prepaying for wireless telephone services, and a system for operating a wireless telephone network with prepaid smart cards. The cards, method and system...  
WO/1997/039899A1
The present invention comprises a method of activating a metered account that is associated with a personal identification number, where the personal identification number is affixed to a card (c) and the metered account is activated at ...  
WO/1997/034408A1
Method and apparatus for deterring fraudulent use of a fixed wireless telephone (101), comprising sensing motion of the telephone with a motion sensor (105) and preventing operation of the telephone (101) after it has been placed in moti...  
WO/1997/033416A1
An improved distributed system for effectuating commercial transactions by a consumer is provided. The system includes a service provider network or host system (308) which comprises an account database (310) of prepaid accounts and an a...  
WO/1997/031472A2
A user-authentication system includes an AUD for transmission of dtmf tones to a user-verification system over a telephone network. In a memory module of the AUD, voice and access data are stored for subsequent transmission to a user-ver...  
WO/1997/029585A1
A method and apparatus for the generation of special telecommunications services including integrated services digital network (868), coin phone (870), and T1 circuits (a610) on a line card (816) which also supports Plain Old Telephone s...  
WO/1997/028638A1
A system and method for providing real-time billing (RTB) information to mobile subscribers (25) operating mobile stations in a radio telecommunications network and involved in a call in which at least one of the mobile subscribers is a ...  
WO/1997/024894A1
A nonreusable cellular telephone (10) includes a programmable timer (105). The amount of remaining calling time is displayed (115).  
WO/1997/019549A1
There is provided a method of dispensing telephone cards (10) from automatic teller machines (ATM) and card constructions (figure 5) used therewith. Telephone time is apportioned to a number of sheetlets (10) printed with random numbers ...  
WO/1997/014124A1
The invention relates to a system (1) for electronic orders and payments by means of a communication network (6), such as a telephone network. A facilitating unit (2) comprising a voice response system (21) and a communication server (22...  
WO/1997/012479A1
A communications terminal for communication and the transmission of information is intended to be installed in public places and connected to the telephone network. The terminal includes a user interface. The invention is characterized i...  
WO/1997/010576A1
An integrated payphone (30) and vending machine is described. A housing contains typical vending machine components such as a power supply, money accumulators, a controller, a selection device (2) and vending actuators. Furthermore, the ...  

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