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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5627887 | Method for processing collect calls When a collect call is initiated by a calling party, and the call is routed to an operator services position, an automated attendant, or other system in the telephone network. In addition to playing an announcement to the called party to determine if he o... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5608782 | Telephone call connection method with automated paging and call bridging An improvement in the transparency of personal telecommunications over the prior art is achieved by automatically placing a return call from a personal communications unit of a called individual in response to a call from a caller and alerting the called ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5600644 | Method and apparatus for interconnecting LANs A so-called "ELAN contronect network" is employed to interconnect sub-ELANs to form an ELAN. More specifically, the "ELAN contronect network" is a separate network for interconnecting the servers of the sub-ELANs, where a sub-ELAN is a part of an ELAN hav... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5598457 | Technique for providing redundant capability in a personal mobile communication system In providing personal telephone calling capability as a service, for reliability purposes, it is necessary to have available several independent meet-me systems, to provide redundant capability in the event of a failure of any one of them. Each meet-me sy... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5596634 | Telecommunications system for dynamically selecting conversation topics having an automatic call-back feature A telecommunications system for providing an initial caller with access to one of a plurality of conversations each relating to a particular conversation topic available in the system. The system includes a voice recognizer and response unit for communica... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5596576 | Systems and methods for sharing of resources A method for allocating access to a shared limited resource among a plurality of users who require access to the resource, the allocation being made such that each user is granted access to the resource at a minimum guaranteed rate associated with each us... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5592539 | System for completing air-to-ground telephone calls A system for completing air-to-ground telephone calls is arranged so that a call originating from an aircraft is received in a ground station and directed to a special purpose platform disposed in the land-based telecommunications network. The platform, w... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5592470 | Broadband wireless system and network architecture providing broadband/narrowband service with optimal static and dynamic bandwidth/channel allocation A wireless broadband communication system architecture is structured to provide an array of narrowband and broadband services to an end user on demand. The bandwidth of delivery is dynamically adjusted to deliver and satisfy service requirements by utiliz... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5592466 | Network interconnect backup A system and method for backing up CCS7 call control messages between an IXC network and an LEC network in the event of failures in the CNI-based signaling system of the IXC toll switches. The architecture provides network paths for the LEC's CCS7 call co... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5587998 | Method and apparatus for reducing residual far-end echo in voice communication networks A method and apparatus are described for reducing, in communication signals received by a local network from a remote network (FAR-IN signals), that energy content that is attributable to echoes of signals transmitted into the local network (NEAR-IN signa... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5581552 | Multimedia server A pool of multimedia servers, which may be geographically diverse, are available to be allocated to serve one of at least two ELANs served by an ELAN contronect network. These multimedia servers are a) connected to, b) dynamically allocated to sub-ELANs, ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5574781 | Translation indicator for database-queried communications services A communications system is arranged to route a database-queried call (900-number or 800-number call) to a subscriber (pay-per-call sponsor or 800-number customer), and to deliver to the subscriber information identifying the call as a database-queried cal... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5566229 | Voice directed communications system employing shared subscriber identifiers The use of subscriber identifiers in a voice directed telecommunications system employing automatic speaker recognition is enhanced such that a group of subscribers may share the same identifier.... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5563939 | Method and system for delivering a communication service A signaling provider network which receives and transmits at least a subset of all signaling information associated with a particular call or communication service, allows the received/transmitted signaling information to be processed independently of the... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5563937 | Method and system for multi-channel data automatic call distribution A method of operating a telecommunication network to route a first phone call, from a caller to a channel of a free position of a plurality of positions at a selected destination of a network subscriber, based on voice and data transport capability, and f... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5563933 | Method and apparatus for facilitating the completing of telephone regional toll-free calls from outside the region Calls to geographically limited toll-free telephone numbers, when originated from outside the predefined geographic region, are completed, but not at the called party's expense, by a) indicating to the caller that the telephone call, which otherwise will ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5563882 | Process for converting a point-to-point multimedia call to a bridged multimedia call A process for converting a point-to-point multimedia call into a bridged multimedia call for accommodating multi-party conferencing. The process utilizes the bearer channel configuration of the standard BRI format to disconnect, one at a time, each bearer... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5559877 | Automatic provisioning of trunking and routing parameters in a telecommunications network A telecommunication network may be arranged in accord with the invention so that a change in provisioning data occurring at one element of the network is automatically supplied to the other elements of the network, thereby eliminating the need of having a... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5557667 | Method and system for multi-channel data automatic call distribution for sequentially launched calls A method of operating a telecommunication network to route a multi-channel call, made up of phone calls placed at substantially the same time, from a caller at a calling number to an agent position at a selected destination of a network subscriber, based ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5557664 | Calling party-paid wireless telephone service A method is described for completing calls to wireless communications customers. A database is queried to determine whether to bill the calling party or the called party for communication charges (e.g., airtime charges) associated with the wireless commun... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5557441 | Soliton transmission system having plural sliding-frequency guiding filter groups Timing jitter problems are effectively eliminated in a soliton transmission system realized by deploying a series of optical filters in groups whose group average center frequency intentionally differs from the group average center frequency of other opti... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5557258 | Method and apparatus for warning of potential harm to an underground utility conveyance Potential harm to an underground utility conveyance (12), resulting from excavation by a backhoe (14) in the vicinity of the conveyance, is sensed by a sensor (32, 40, 42 or 44) that detects a disturbance attributable to the presence of the backhoe. In re... | 09/17/1996 |
