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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7756465 | Digital radio feedback apparatuses, system, and methods An apparatus, system, and method for establishing a two-way communication feedback path between a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver includes an input portion, a processor, a user interface, a control module, and a network interface. The input portion is confi... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7509133 | Location blocking service from a wireless service provider Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mob... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7471946 | Methods of providing messages using location criteria and related systems Methods of providing messages for a user can include accepting entry of a message for the user, and accepting entry of a location criteria associated with the message. Physical location information for a wireless communications device associated with the user can be... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7469043 | Disposable telephone numbers A system that enables a telephone service subscriber to maintain his or her privacy by providing callers with a disposable telephone number. The system comprises a database that associates the disposable telephone number with subscriber information. The system also ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7466813 | Enhanced call return in a wireless telephone network A method for providing enhanced call return in a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes receiving a call placed to a mobile subscriber from a caller, determining whether the mobile subscriber is a subscriber to an enhanced call return service, loading a ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7458084 | Methods and systems for converged service creation and execution environment applications Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for a converged service creation and execution application. In an embodiment, an application is coupled to an application server. One or more open application programming interfaces are coupled to th... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7443973 | Caller control of internet call waiting Caller Control of Internet Call Waiting (ICW) Services are provided to disconnect an active ICW session and data connection and to prevent establishment of a subsequent data connection. In an exemplary embodiment, a calling party places an incoming call to a called ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436839 | Systems and methods for providing services through an integrated digital network A system and methods for providing services through an integrated digital network. The present invention embodies a system and methods for providing telecommunications services through an integrated digital network that provides the superset of all previous network ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428411 | Location-based security rules Location based security rules are provided for preventing unauthorized access to a device, application, system, content, and/or network, etc. The location-based security rules enable a user, computing device, system, etc. to access the requested item or information ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424099 | Saving and forwarding customized messages Methods and computer-readable media provide presenting a customized message to an incoming calling party and for allowing the calling party to save or forward the customized message. A called party desiring to leave a customized message for certain incoming calling ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420981 | System and method for dynamic allocation of capacity on wireless networks A wireless communication system is described for allocating limited network access according to priorities designated for requested transactions of wireless communications. The wireless network has a number of access links for transmitting transactions for wireless ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415665 | Methods and systems for compressing markup language files A method and system is disclosed for compressing a file comprising computer markup language. Contents of a file containing markup language, including a first and second markup language tag, are read. Data corresponding to the first and second markup language tags is... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415291 | Device and method for augmenting cellular telephone audio signals A system and method is described for augmenting cellular telephone signals for a cellular telephone. In an exemplary embodiment, a cellular battery is equipped with a sound generating device that stores one or more audio signals that are activated upon receipt of a ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412234 | System and method for using location information to execute an action Provided are methods for executing an action in response to a request for a service using location information in conjunction with service-specific parameters. A user may request a provider of a specified service (e.g., taxi, plumber, pharmacist, etc.). In evaluatin... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412165 | DCC loop plug Systems and methods are disclosed for testing the functionality of a synchronous optical network having a data communication channel therein. The system includes a testing device connected to a network node within the synchronous optical network and a data communica... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412049 | System and method for real-time blocking of a telephone call A preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a call blocking service to which a user subscribes. The preferred call blocking service includes maintaining an updateable list of calling parties that the user wishes to block from being able to complete tele... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412048 | Integrated chat client with receiving party choice Phone systems for an integrated chat client service are provided. A representative phone system includes a call processing system operable to check a chat server for accessibility of a calling party chat client associated with a calling party and coupled to the inte... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412046 | Customer relationship management for customer service requests Providing customer relationship management (CRM) between a communications service operator and their customers includes obtaining information about a requested communications service requested by a customer, retrieving information about related and/or complimentary ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412040 | Systems and methods for providing real-time conversation using disparate communication devices Systems and methods for providing real-time conversation among a plurality of disparate communication devices include receiving a first communication from a first communication device operating in a first communication mode, translating the first communication into ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412037 | Method, system, and storage medium for providing comprehensive facsimile information within a voicemail system Exemplary embodiments relate to a method, system, and storage medium for providing comprehensive facsimile information within a voicemail system. The method includes receiving and storing a facsimile at a voicemail system. The method also includes interpreting eleme... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410137 | Support device A support device is disclosed for supporting an article. The device has a shank having a first and a second end. The first end may be driven into a member for securing the shank therein. A first and a second support member outwardly extend from the shank. The first ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409593 | Automated diagnosis for computer networks Systems for providing automated diagnosis of problems for an electronic network include a central diagnosis engine configured to include modules that rank identified policy/configuration changes into potential causes, verify the ranked potential causes and determine... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409478 | Peripheral hardware devices providing multiple interfaces and related systems and methods A peripheral hardware device may be provided for a computing system including a software operating system. The peripheral hardware device may include functional electronics configured to provide functionality for the peripheral hardware device. The peripheral hardwa... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409449 | Network and method for call management A communications network for accessing a call management profile. The network includes a database storing the call management profile, a server in communication with the database for generating an interface document including the call management profile, and an AIN ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409352 | System and method for managing sponsorships A system and method for managing sponsorships by a sponsor, in which the party requesting the sponsorship requests to use content owned and protected by the sponsor, such as trademarks, logos, and copyrighted material. An embodiment of the method involves receiving,... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409055 | DTMF Generating assistant A DTMF generating device for automatically generating DTMF tones corresponding to a predefined phone number comprises a processor, a memory, and a speaker enveloped in a credit card sized casing. The memory has stored therein DTMF tone samples corresponding to the p... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408874 | Method for moving network elements with minimal network outages in an active ATM network A method for moving permanent virtual circuits in an ATM network with minimal downtime includes creating a list of the permanent virtual circuits to be moved; building a set of shadow permanent virtual circuits using the new ATM port and a temporary set of virtual p... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406710 | System and method for controlling devices at a location A system and method for controlling, by an outside entity, one or more devices associated with a location. A representative embodiment of the system architecture comprises an internal computer system through which a device may be remotely controlled by the outside e... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406425 | System and method for managing intellectual property life cycles The present invention relates to methods and systems for managing intellectual property assets. In an embodiment, an intellectual property protection life cycle of an intellectual property asset is managed, and an intellectual property marketing life cycle of the in... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406171 | Agent scheduler incorporating agent profiles Systems and methods for scheduling of agents for a network, which in one embodiment among many, can be broadly summarized by a representative method of forecasting network data for a future time interval from past network data, determining a group of agents, forecas... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405535 | Portable battery recharge station A system and method for recharging secondary batteries. One embodiment of the present invention comprises a supervisory circuit, a voltage converter, a portable power source, and one or more of a holder and a socket. The holder is adapted to receive a specific type ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404142 | Systems and method for rapid presentation of structured digital content items A structure file defines a hierarchical structure and a plurality of content files each define at least one digital content item. Each content file can be related to a position within the hierarchical structure, thereby organizing the content files into the hierarch... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403969 | Network conferencing using method for distributed computing and/or distributed objects to intermediate host for presentation to a communications device Prior to the intermediate host conference, an Intermediate Host Conferencing Module communicates a library of digital objects and the Intermediate Host Conferencing Module to an intermediate host communications device(s). During the conference, the intermediate host... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403898 | Methods, systems, and storage mediums for implementing voice-commanded computer functions Exemplary embodiments include a method, system, and storage medium for implementing voice-initiated computer functions. The method includes translating a voice command into a machine-readable format. The voice command requests implementation of a function. The metho... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403602 | Internet-based message delivery with PSTN billing A global computer network message delivery service is disclosed. A sender enters a short message for delivery to a recipient's telephone. The sender also enters the recipient's telephone number. The sender may also enter the telephone number that he can be reached a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403600 | Person to person telephone services A method for delivering person to person services to a telephone subscriber. An embodiment of the present invention may be implemented on an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN). A telephone number of a buddy of the subscriber is associated with a buddy rule on a budd... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403768 | Method for using AIN to deliver caller ID to text/alpha-numeric pagers as well as other wireless devices, for calls delivered to wireless network A remote call notification system for incoming calls to a wireless telecommunications device. The system includes a switch, a service control point, an intelligent server, a monitoring module, and a wireless terminating trigger used on a mobile switching center. All... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401144 | Technician intranet access via systems interface to legacy systems Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a technician to access an intranet through a systems interface to back-end legacy systems. Generally, a technician logs a computer into a systems interface that permits access to back-end legacy systems. Preferably, the system... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400891 | Methods, systems and computer program products for remotely controlling wireless terminals Wireless terminals are remotely controlled by identifying a wireless terminal that is located at a premises and obtaining at least one operational authorization rule for the wireless terminal that was identified, and that applies to the premises at which the wireles... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398281 | Document repository A document repository module provides document management control and flexible indexing of electronic documents associated with a document repository. According to some of the embodiments, the document repository provides a central location to store or to access fil... | 07/08/2008 |
