Abstract: A technique includes, in response to an electronic device attaching to a telephony network, selecting a telephony number from a plurality of available telephony numbers to assign to the electronic device for a given session in which the electronic device is attached to the telephony network and provisioning the telephony network based at least in part on the assigned telephony number.

Abstract: A round robin assignment based communication system may include a dynamic subscriber identification module (SIM) provisioning module to obtain and selectively assign a phone number to a device from a predetermined number of devices based on a round robin assignment technique to allow each device to communicate upon assignment of the phone number. A machine-to-machine (M2M) application module may determine priority of the phone number assignment to the devices.

Abstract: A round robin assignment based communication system may include a dynamic subscriber identification module (SIM) provisioning module to obtain and selectively assign a phone number to a device from a predetermined number of devices based on a round robin assignment technique to allow each device to communicate upon assignment of the phone number. A machine-to-machine (M2M) application module may determine priority of the phone number assignment to the devices.

Abstract: A technique includes, in response to an electronic device attaching to a telephony network, selecting a telephony number from a plurality of available telephony numbers to assign to the electronic device for a given session in which the electronic device is attached to the telephony network and provisioning the telephony network based at least in part on the assigned telephony number.

Abstract: A telecommunications system in which subscribers are provided with accounts against which services are billed, the system being of the type in which calls are normally billed to calling parties, wherein the system has a mode in which, before a usable voice channel is established between a caller and a callee, the callee is presented with a charging option whereby the callee may unilaterally opt to pay some or all of the cost of a particular incoming call from their subscriber account, a charging instruction being sent to a billing system associated with the subscriber account of the callee if the callee accepts the charging option and otherwise to a billing system associated with the caller.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, in a telecommunication system, of establishing a connection between a calling terminal and a called terminal, the called terminal having an associated presence status, the connection establishment being initiated by a connection establishment request sent by the calling terminal, comprising: obtaining, in response to the connection establishment request, the presence status associated with the called terminal; and supplying the obtained presence status to the calling terminal.

Abstract: A telecommunications system in which subscribers are provided with accounts against which services are billed, the system being of the type in which calls are normally billed to calling parties, wherein the system has a mode in which, before a usable voice channel is established between a caller and a callee, the callee is presented with a charging option whereby the callee may unilaterally opt to pay some or all of the cost of a particular incoming call from their subscriber account, a charging instruction being sent to a billing system associated with the subscriber account of the callee if the callee accepts the charging option and otherwise to a billing system associated with the caller.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing access to an application through a user terminal, comprising: executing an application and generating visual application output data; creating video data from the visual application output data, the video data being in a format of the user terminal; and sending the video data to the user terminal through a video channel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a communication system and method via which users can obtain assistance from an operator on the use of their equipment such as, for example, a mobile phone. The user contacts the operator, who, using data relating to the equipment, retrieved from a database, talks the user through the use of their equipment. As the user attempts to give effect to any operator instructions, feedback is provided to the operator on the progress made by the user in attempting to implement those instructions.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, in a telecommunication system, of establishing a connection between a calling terminal and a called terminal, the called terminal having an associated presence status, the connection establishment being initiated by a connection establishment request sent by the calling terminal, comprising: obtaining, in response to the connection establishment request, the presence status associated with the called terminal; and supplying the obtained presence status to the calling terminal.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document browsing system for storing, in response to a user request, bookmark information relating to a document presentable to a user through an interpreter, the document comprising mark-up language and being providable to the interpreter by a document server, the system comprising a document processor for inserting in the document prior to the document being presented to the user additional mark-up language for enabling the user request to be made through the interpreter, and a data store for storing the bookmark information in response to the user request.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication network comprising a plurality of connection modules each operable for enabling one or more communication devices to connect to the network to access a set of communication functions provided by the network, the network being arranged such that communication devices connected through a predetermined connection module have access only to a sub-set of the set of communication functions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system and method and, more particularly, to a fault tolerant network element for providing fault tolerant call connections in the event of a failure of, for example, a Gatekeeper or other part of a network. Calls set up across a network consume large amounts of resources both throughout the network and at the devices which form the end points of the network. Therefore, even though a call connection may be supported, in the event of the failure of a network element, it is often the case that there is an ungraceful failure or use of resources throughout the network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a data processing system and method and, more particularly, to a RMI system and method in which two RMI registries are provided to support remote object servers and clients in the event of failure of one of the two RMI registries.

Abstract: The present invention provides a communication system and method via which users can obtain assistance from an operator on the use of their equipment such as, for example, a mobile phone. The user contacts the operator, who, using data relating to the equipment, retrieved from a database, talks the user through the use of their equipment. As the user attempts to give effect to any operator instructions, feedback is provided to the operator on the progress made by the user in attempting to implement those instructions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system and method and, more particularly, to a fault tolerant network element for providing fault tolerant call connections in the event of a failure of, for example, a Gatekeeper or other part of a network. Calls set up across a network consume large amounts of resources both throughout the network and at the devices which form the end points of the network. Therefore, even though a call connection may be supported, in the event of the failure of a network element, it is often the case that there is an ungraceful failure or use of resources throughout the network.