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 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 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 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 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.