Corporate Overview
IVR Technologies is an advanced software development company and the
industry leader of enhanced services and real-time billing for next-
generation networks.
Our management team is comprised of experienced leaders in the
telecommunications industry with experience ranging from developing
award winning telephony software, building one of the fastest growing
technology companies in the U.S., to developing the prepaid calling card
network for Canada’s second largest telecommunications company. It is
our management and industry experience, coupled with our dedication
and commitment to the SIP protocol, that drives our team forward in our
quest to be the top provider of SIP-based interactive voice response and
real-time billing platforms.
We clearly recognize that our customers, partners and value added
resellers place their trust in our products and form the foundation of our
organization. We are committed to being proactive, supportive and
responsive – qualities you deserve and have come to expect from us.
Why Choose IVR Technologies, Inc.?
Why Choose IVR Technologies, Inc.?
Market Experience. First company to offer a commercially
available SIP-based IVR platform, as well as the first company to
offer real-time billing in SIP-based networks.
Focus. IVR Technologies is entirely and completely focused on
providing intelligent software to the network that drives revenue.
Customer Service. IVR Technologies, based on a recent
Microsoft sponsored survey, has one of the industry’s highest
customer satisfaction ratings.
Time to Market. Based on the software architecture, design
and supporting tools, Talking SIP offers the quickest installation,
configuration and turn-up of any platform.
Investment Protection. IVR Technologies continues to
enhance and extend the value proposition of the solution to ensure
that the solution will continue to anticipate and respond to market
demand for service applications with creative billing options.
Market Trends
Market Trends
According to In-Stat Research, wholesale VoIP origination and termination
revenues will experience a 30% compound annual growth rate through
2010.
Global telecom service revenue will be up to $1.7 trillion by 2010 as
reported by MarketResearch.com
iLocus recently reported that over a trillion minutes of VoIP traffic was
carried by service providers worldwide in 2006.
Business viability and success will come to those who recognize that
VoIP is not just about cheaper long distance but rather a richer user
experience that embodies greater functionality and end-user
empowerment.
Reduced price sensitivity and increased profitability comes from richer
service applications that the end-user can embrace and that affords him
greater control and flexibility resulting in reduced customer turnover.
Talking SIPTM
Talking SIP Product Overview
Application Server included to provide rich, in-demand
enhanced services to next-generation networks.
Media Server included to provide independent, script-
controlled IVR voice prompting and DTMF digit collection over
RTP.
Billing Server included to provide real-time authentication,
authorization and accounting.
Works with any SIP-based device from individual IADs and IP
phones to enterprise and trunking gateways and softswitches.
Software-only host-based solution that does not require third
party voice processing hardware or DSPs, greatly reducing the
cost and complexity of the solution.
Redirects the voice payload during conversations to reduce
latency and jitter while maintaining full control of the signaling
for real-time call cut off.
Talking SIP™ Features and Benefits
Talking SIP™ Features and Benefits
Performance and Scalability Multi-Vendor SIP Device Support
Supports up to 480 sessions (960 call legs) in a single server or IP Phones and Softphones
blade (approx. 6,000,000 minutes per month based on a 5 minute Integrated Access Devices (IADs)
average call duration).
Enterprise and Trunking Gateways
Supports 9,600+ sessions by easily and seamlessly integrating
multiple server chassis/blades in a unified network. Session Border Controllers
Ability to mix multiple services on a single server or dedicate Proxy and Registrar Servers
servers to specific services based on network/business
requirements. International Support
Provides simultaneous access to services for subscribers located Supports an unlimited number of languages with language
anywhere in the network. overrides to compensate for language specific number syntax and
grammar.
Based on the SIP protocol standard -- the most flexible and
scalable call setup mechanism for supporting enhanced services. Supports international date formats.
Fully integrated application, billing and media server for Supports universal time for globally deployed networks.
streamlined deployment and management. Languages may be assigned to a DNIS, Device, Account or
Completely software based, no costly DSP resources or third- manually selectable by an unlimited number of user-definable
party hardware required. language selection menus.
Supports the leading voice codecs (all compression and
decompression are performed in the edge device (e.g. IAD, IP Scalability and High Availability
Phone, Gateway, etc.). Uses state-of-the-art redundancy and load balancing technology.
No additional licensing cost to deploy additional servers in the Database clustering for data redundancy in mission critical
network for centralized, decentralized or hybrid networks. environments.
Centralized license pool to ensure the most efficient allocation of Centralized management over a single server or a group of
globally deployed network resources. servers.
Included Enhanced Services
Included Enhanced Services
Debit Card Module
The Debit Card Module provides calling card functionality to Talking SIP™. Prepaid and postpaid accounts are
authenticated and authorized by the Talking SIP™ platform and then prompted for the desired destination number. The
caller’s destination is rated and routed, where Talking SIP™ then connects the caller through to the desired destination.
The call is tracked to detect when the called party disconnects or the calling party signals that they wish to make another
call without having to be re-authenticated. As the calling party’s balance nears depletion a low water mark is played and
then the callers are gracefully disconnected. Once the called and calling parties are disconnected the account balance is
immediately updated and a call detail record and billing record are written.
Tandem Module (Class 4 1+ Switching and/or Second Line Services)
The Tandem Module allows Talking SIP™ to provide Class 4 tandem switching, where the platform receives the inbound
call request, authenticates, rates, routes and rapidly terminates the call through the platform based on the calling party’s
dialed number. The Tandem Module also utilizes Talking SIP™’s billing engine to maintain billing and call detail records for
each call on a prepaid or postpaid basis. This module also supports some Class 5 Features as well.
800/900/DID Termination Module
The 800/900/DID Termination Module allows the termination of toll or toll-free calls to a local phone number or IP-based
device. This module allows prompt and efficient re-direction of toll and toll-free numbers to various termination numbers
or IP devices without the traditional delay and overhead. The 800/900/DID Termination Module also provides full billing
and accounting of all traffic that passes through each inbound access number.
Voucher Recharge Module
The Voucher Recharge Module allows service providers and telecom operators the option of providing their customers
with the flexibility to transfer balances from one account or voucher to another account. The module can be configured
in conjunction with the Debit Card Module, whereby the caller is provided with the option of transferring a balance
whenever he/she logs into the system. The Voucher Recharge Module helps to increase customer retention by providing
customers with the option of being able to transfer balances to a familiar account number that may already be pre-
programmed into their wireless or wired telephone.
Included Enhanced Services
Included Enhanced Services
Service Charge Module
The Service Charge Module is used to process Billing Packages (Billing Packages are used to automatically perform certain
billing or replenishment operations on accounts) to allow certain charges (e.g. first use charges, immediate charges and
reoccurring monthly charges) to be applied to accounts. This module also supports the optional Credit Card Verification
Server module, to allow charges to be automatically billed to account holders' credit cards.
Optional Add-On Products
Optional Add-On Products
Callback Module
The Callback Module provides callback services to Talking SIP™. A caller dials a shared or dedicated access number and
then hangs up after a certain number of rings before incurring any toll charges. The system authenticates the caller based
on the incoming ANI or the dialed number and then calls the caller back at a preset telephone number or from where the
initiating call was placed. Callback requests may be configured by an inbound call, a web page, an e-mail message, an SMS
message, a click to call link, as well as by a simple but secure API.
Reminder Module
The Reminder Module provides appointment, reminder and wake-up services to Talking SIP™. The caller is prompted for
the desired reminder time, which is confirmed and then the call is disconnected. When the reminder's date and time
arrives Talking SIP™ places an outbound call to deliver the message, and may be configured to navigate through a far-end
IVR system, auto-attendant or PBX. If the message cannot be delivered the system will automatically queue the reminder
to try to re-deliver the reminder when the line is freed.
Registration and Location Services
This option allows Talking SIP™ to act as a Registrar Server and a Location Server. With this option SIP endpoints are able
to register with Talking SIP™ as well as be challenged when utilizing services for the most secure authentication method.
In addition, nomadic SIP endpoints as well as SIP endpoints residing behind dynamic IP addresses may be located in order
to facilitate PSTN to IP as well as IP to IP calling plans.
Credit Card Verification Server
The Online Credit Card Module allows account balances to be monitored for prepaid debit cardholders. After an account
passes a certain threshold the caller is provided with the choice of having their account recharged online and in real time
via a credit card. This module offers great convenience to the cardholder and generates revenue on the platform without
requiring costly human intervention. This Add-on module may also be integrated into the Credit Card Recharge module as
well as the optional end user web interface.
Optional Add-On Products
Optional Add-On Products
Advertising Module
The Advertising Module is used in conjunction with the Debit Module to allow advertising/content messages to be
streamed to callers, using a third party Advertising (or In-Call Media) Server like Voodoovox (www.voodoovox.com), as an
additional source of revenue and/or to subsidize calling for end subscribers to encourage usage and/or to help provider’s
remain competitive.
Find Me Module
The Find Me Module, also referred to as One Number Locator, Follow-Me or Simultaneous Ring, is an optional module
that provides the convenience of a single telephone number for callers to use to reach subscribers where Talking SIP™ will
automatically call multiple phones simultaneously (e.g. to simulate a PBX hunt group) or sequentially (e.g. office, then
mobile, and then voice mail) to connect them. Custom branding, access and answer passwords, custom ring tones, call
screening, on-hold music and destination specific timeouts are just some of the amazing features of this module.
Voice Mail and PBX Module
The Voice Mail and PBX Module is an optional module that brings voice mail, PBX/MBX, auto-attendant (ACD) and audio-
text services to Talking SIP™. Seamlessly integrated into the other enhanced services, this module's features include
distribution lists, message delivery to mailboxes, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, support for message waiting
indication and stutter dial-tone, directory dialing by first name and/or last name, auto-forwarding, auto-carbon copying,
partitioning, toll saver mode, hands-free message retrieval, message callback, classes of service, optional unified messaging,
distributed or centralized message storage, and unlimited time of day/day of week greetings to help service providers drive
additional revenue to their network while reducing customer churn.
Optional Add-On Products
Optional Add-On Products
Conference Module
The Conference Module is an optional module that brings reservation-based and reservation-less conferencing to Talking
SIP™. Conferencing helps to bring friends, family, colleagues, partners, suppliers and customers together by bridging time
zones and geographic boundaries in a timely, natural and convenient manner. When face-to-face collaboration and
communication is just not feasible, Conferencing provides a great alternative that drives inbound revenue and increases
profit margins while cultivating customer loyalty and increasing subscriber retention.
Online Credit Card Recharge Module
The Online Credit Card Module allows account balances to be monitored for prepaid debit cardholders. After an account
passes a certain threshold the caller is provided with the choice of having their account recharged online and in real time
via a credit card. This module offers great convenience to the cardholder and generates revenue on the platform without
requiring costly human intervention.
End User Web Interface
The End-user web interface allows providers to give their customers the convenience of empowerment - the ability to
access account information, call detail records, and their billing history whenever they desire. Used in conjunction with
our Online Credit Card Recharge module, the Web Based Interface gives customers the ability to offer an e-commerce
distribution channel for self-service account provisioning and account recharge to extend the reach of an operation
without consuming the costly resources of customer service representatives.
Optional Add-On Products
Optional Add-On Products
Intelligent E-mail Agent
The Intelligent E-mail Agent allows system reports such as traffic analysis, call summaries or billing records to be extracted
from Talking SIP™ and automatically e-mailed at predefined intervals. System administrators can also use this agent to
execute stored procedures or custom SQL statements to assist in the maintenance of the network and/or database. All
tasks and reports can be scheduled on a daily, weekly, monthly or an explicit date basis.
Report Designer
The Report Designer is an external tool that is seamlessly integrated into the Telephony Management Console™ to allow
users the flexibility to create new reports or extend existing reports. All reports created in this report designer can be
loaded into the database and immediately made available to users, who posses the appropriate access credentials, to
generate and view them. The report designer is a standard drag and drop report designer than allows you to graphically
and visually construct a report.
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Management Interface
Management Interface
An integral component of any telecommunication company's
success is its ability to effectively manage its network, analyze
its traffic and manage its subscriber database.
Talking SIP™ ships with a feature-rich management console
entitled the Telephony Management Console™ (TMC) that
may be freely distributed by customers to their technicians,
field engineers, customer service representatives and
resellers. The TMC is a distributed Windows client designed
for system administrator and customer service use. The TMC
can operate on a local network or over the Internet via TCP/
IP to manage Talking SIP™'s next generation call processing
and billing engine. In addition, the TMC can centrally manage
a single call processing/billing node or multiple geographically
distributed nodes.
The Telephony Management Console™ is a fully secure
interface that allows all of the functionality within the system
to be granted and/or revoked on a User Group basis to
ensure that users are only provided with just enough access
to perform their duties within the network with a detailed
audit trail.
Account Management
Account Management
Account Management in the Telephony Management
Console™ is modeled after a Microsoft Outlook™ type
interface with Outlook™ bars and web styled wizards with
commonly accessed items towards the top and left. Account
Management encompasses Account/Customer Management
to Invoicing, Customer Relationship Management, Rating and
Reporting.
Context sensitive help with a menu simulator is only an F1
key press away. The Telephony Management Console™ is a
fully secure interface that allows all of the functionality within
the system to be granted and/or revoked on a User Group
basis to ensure that users are only provided with just enough
access to perform their duties within the network.
System Management
System Management
System Management in the Telephony Management Console™ is
modeled after a Microsoft Management Console™ type interface
that system administrators and technicians are familiar with, as it
is a common interface used to manage Windows based machines.
The management of database tables, currencies, an unlimited
number of languages and language groups, as well as the provision
of SIP based devices, mappings to applications by Device and/or
DNIS and route management are all performed within System
Management. The Telephony Management Console™ provides
the ability to manage multiple communications nodes centrally, as
well as propagates setting changes across multiple instances of an
application and/or across one or more communications nodes in
real-time, through a single operation, without caller interruption.
Customer Relationship Management
Customer Relationship Management
Within the Telephony Management Console™ is comprehensive customer relationship
management functionality to track the support incident history of an account within the
system. This functionality allows Service Providers the ability to monitor the types of calls
their support centers are experiencing and track customer issues from reporting through to
resolution.
The following are the tasks currently available:
Create New Support Incident - Allows you to create a new
support incident and assign it to an account and user on the
system.
Edit Support Incident - Used to view an existing incident or
to add additional detail to an existing incident as new
information comes to light.
Assign Support Incident - Used when the currently assigned
user cannot resolve the issue and it must be escalated to
another representative with more experience and/or
authority.
Close Support Incident - Once an incident has been resolved
or taken as far as possible, the incident should be closed to
indicate that there are no more open issues associated with
it so it can be cleared from the customer support agent’s
open queue.
Reporting
Reporting
The Report Designer is an external tool that is integrated seamlessly into the Telephony
Management Console™ to allow users the flexibility to create new reports or extend existing
reports. Reporting is fully secure to allow reports to be made only available to certain users with
the appropriate access credentials.
The following are some of the features of reporting in Talking SIP™:
Centralized reporting engine to allow reports to be
stored within the database so that all additions,
updates and deletions are immediately reflected on
the agent’s screen.
Zero-touch deployment of new reports that avoids
the need to distribute new client executables when
new reports are added, updated or deleted to/from
the system.
Over 115 pre-configured textual/graphical reports
and templates.
Optional drag-and-drop Report Designer that is
integrated seamlessly in the Telephony Management
Console™ providing the ability to extend/alter
existing reports and invoice templates as well as
the power and flexibility to create wholly new
ones.
Invoicing
Invoicing
The Talking SIP™ solution provides a invoicing sub-system to allow providers to generate
and print out hard copy or electronic invoices to postpaid and/or hybrid customers. The
following are some of the features of invoicing in Talking SIP™:
Ability to create an invoice for a single account
or a group of accounts based on the customer
ID, Account Group, or all of the accounts on the
system.
Ability to preview invoices on the screen prior
to printing and/or the ability to save them as an
Adobe Acrobat™ PDF file for e-mailing.
Ability to create off-cycle close-out invoices for
terminated accounts.
Ability to re-print existing invoices with the
original or new invoice template.
Invoice registers integrated seamlessly with
account management so that previous invoices
and their summary detail can be viewed from the
standard account edit windows with the ability
to re-print them.
Support for invoice templates to be individually
branded with customized logos and address
headers for partitioned or service provider
business models.
Security Access and User Management
Security Access and User Management
The Telephony Management Console™ provides a fully secure
framework to ensure system administrators, customer service
representatives and resellers are provided with just enough
system access to perform their role within the network.
Options that users do not have access to are removed
seamlessly from the interface to avoid questions and potential
hacking.
Users are enrolled into User Groups were functionality
is granted or revoked depending on the desired network
configuration (normally open or normally closed).
All financial operations that affect account balances and
account operations are logged for auditing and security
purposes. Access limitations are provided for a myriad of
system information including Account Groups, Rate Schedules,
Rate Plans, Call Processing Nodes, Reporting and Account
Operations.
The system comes pre-configured with User Groups and
appropriate access rights for common roles within the network.
Billing Types
Billing Types
Talking SIP™ supports several billing models to suit the service provider’s particular
requirements, including the following:
Prepaid Model
This model is typically used when a provider wants to launch multiple prepaid calling card
programs where a virtual or physical card is purchased with a preset dollar value. The
balance is decremented until depleted with support for low water mark warnings when an
account approaches a zero balance. Recharge/top-up capabilities with the use of the
voucher recharge module are included as a standard application. An optional on-line credit
card recharge module is available for e-commerce services (such as self service
subscription and recharge) when combined with our end-user web interface.
Postpaid Model
This model is typically used when a provider wants to provide monthly billing to 1+
residential accounts or to wholesale partners for termination billing/tandem services. The
postpaid billing model allows for the establishment and enforcement of account credit
limits.
Hybrid Model
This model is a hybrid between the prepaid and postpaid model that is typically used when
a provider wants to provide a customer with postpaid terms but limit his maximum
exposure to the customer by imposing a credit limit. As soon as the customer’s available
balance and credit limit have been reached the customer will be blocked from utilizing
further services.
Service Charge Module
Service Charge Module
The Service Charge Module is used to process Billing Packages (used to automatically perform
certain billing or replenishment operations on accounts) to allow certain charges (e.g., first use
charges, immediate charges and reoccurring monthly charges) to be applied to accounts. This
module also supports the optional Credit Card Verification Server module to allow charges to be
automatically billed to account holders' credit cards.
The following are some of the features of this included module:
Allows Billing Packages to be assigned to a Rate Schedule for the
automated processing of an individual account or a collection of
account transactions.
Permits automated billing or recharging of accounts immediately, on
first use, on the last day of the month, or on a particular day of each
month.
Integrated seamlessly with the Online Credit Card Recharge Module
to allow automated billing to a customer’s credit card.
Provides the ability to credit or debit an account automatically, with
the option of using an account holder’s credit card.
Provides the ability to add promotional time (packaged minutes)
automatically to an account either exclusively or dependent upon a
successful credit card recharge.
Supports automated daily, weekly and monthly service charges and/
or credits.
Fraud Protection/System Security
Fraud Protection/System Security
Ability to automatically block ANI/CLI or manually block CLI/ANI, IP address,
subnet, NPA or NPA+NXX.
Ability to configure the system in a normally open, normally closed or hybrid
configuration.
Ability to log invalid login attempts with the option of additional detail such
as ANI, DNIS, attempted account and attempted PIN to track systematic
attacks.
Ability to generate event log entries and a risk management
report of failed login attempts.
Ability to authenticate callers based on telco or ISP provided
information to prevent brute force login attempts.
Ability to restrict access by a particular ANI and/or DNIS.
User group policy option to prevent or mask account number and
PIN display.
Up to 40 character alphanumeric account numbers and optional
variable length PIN numbers.
Additional account reference methods such as alias, sequence,
or reference to reduce the need for account disclosure.
Option to prevent simultaneous account use.
Duplicate account number generation restriction.
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Jane
Debit Call Message Flow
Talking SIP™ Marcus
Jane
Debit Call Message Flow Talking SIP™ Marcus
INVITE
100 Trying
200 OK
ACK
Two-Way Audio INVITE
100 Trying
200 OK
(re)INVITE ACK
200 OK
ACK
Two-Way Audio
BYE
200 OK
BYE
200 OK
8. Jane’s account is immediately updated and CDR and billing records are written.
Tandem Call Message Flow
Jane Talking SIP™ Marcus
Tandem Call Message Flow
Jane Talking SIP™ Marcus
INVITE
100 Trying
INVITE
100 Trying
180 Ringing
180 Ringing
200 OK
ACK
200 OK
ACK
Two-Way Audio
BYE
200 OK
BYE
200 OK
8. Jane’s account is immediately updated and CDR and billing records are written.
Customer Testimonials
Customer Testimonials
“The most important aspect of IVR Technologies is its
customer support. They are both very responsive and very
quick to help. The level of after sales service and the
capabilities of Talking SIP is enabling GNSC to look for larger
markets knowing that the back-end system is ready to cope
with the increase work load.”
Gary Lim, Globecomm Network Service Corp. (GNSC)
Contact Information
Contact Information
555 West Fifth Street
30th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: (866) 856-0301 Toll Free U.S. and Canada
(213) 634-1522 Direct
Fax: (310) 943-2722
Support: (866) 856-0303 Toll Free U.S. and Canada
(213) 634-1523
E-mail: sales@ivr.com
Website: www.ivr.com
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