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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7260189 | Systems and methods for information provision One or more voice mail messages, respectively, may be provided as one or more reminder messages. After the playing of a voice mail message, an option may be provided to use the message as a reminder message. Delivery information for the reminder message is obtained.... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246354 | NMS CORBA listener for EMS signals A system and method is described for informing an upstream NMS when any changes have occurred in an electronic system architecture through a notification listener. The listener receives signals from EMS and translates them into a readily relayable format and forward... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240096 | System and method for providing service technicians access to dispatch information A secondary source of dispatch information is provided in the event of a failure of a primary source of dispatch information. The second source of dispatch information can be accessed electronically by service technicians in the field when the primary source of disp... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231448 | System and method for automated network element database population In an illustrative method for populating a database for use in automated administration of network elements, data that describes network elements in a telecommunication system is aggregated from existing systems. The aggregated network element data is validated and ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228334 | Systems methods to selectively control forwarding of electronic mail A system and method for detecting and selectively preventing the forwarding of an electronic message, wherein the message is sent by a sender to a recipient, and wherein the message has a message body and a message header. The system comprises a wireless gateway in ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225139 | Trouble tracking system and method A trouble ticket tracking system and method including a server in communication with an electronic network and a database for storing trouble tickets in communication with the server. A user computer is in communication with the network and has access, via a graphic... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221950 | Auto sensing home base station for mobile telephone with remote answering capabilities The present invention discloses in one embodiment a mobile telephone capable of communicating with a home base station through radio signals. The mobile telephone registers with a home base station before beginning to communicate with the home base station. The home... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219137 | Technician wireline and wireless intranet access via systems interface to legacy systems Methods and systems are disclosed for a user to access an intranet from within a systems interface to back-end legacy systems. A user logs a computer into a systems interface which permits access to back-end legacy systems. The computer accesses the systems interfac... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215942 | Architecture for managing prepaid wireless communications services The present invention is directed to a system and method for managing a prepaid wireless account for voice and data communications services. According to one embodiment the communications system, having a prepaid architecture for managing a plurality of prepaid wire... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213258 | System and method for managing and controlling data A system for managing and controlling data. The system includes provisions for easily and rapidly updating and managing a computer system, particularly a complex computer system in which several computers communicate with one another. The system also includes a cent... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209890 | System and method for replenishing a wireless terminal account A system and method for replenishing a wireless terminal account of a customer of a telecommunication service provider. In one embodiment the method includes transmitting through a point-of-sale device a merchant identification, a customer mobile identification numb... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209738 | Portable communications device coupled to first network by way of second network A portable communications device (PCD) is coupled to a first network by way of a second network. The PCD is normally in radio communication with the first network, and is coupled to the first network by way of the second network when the PCD is out of radio communic... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207008 | Method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for interactive notification of events A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for the interactive notification of events is provided. A notification client application program executes in a background state and receives notifications from a business application server computer that an ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203930 | Graphical interface system monitor providing error notification message with modifiable indication of severity An interface is provided between a running computer application and a system monitor. The system monitor handles notification messages generated by the computer application. The interface includes an import module to scan a source file, extract notification messages... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203533 | Multipurpose antenna accessory for protection of portable wireless communication devices A protector for a portable wireless communication device that has a housing and a keypad. One embodiment of the protector may comprise a cover member that is pivotally attached to the housing and selectively pivotable between a first position wherein the cover cover... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203293 | System and method for monitoring incoming communications to a telecommunications device A system for notifying an Internet-accessible device of a communication placed from a first telecommunications device to a second telecommunications device by a calling party is disclosed. The system includes a switch and a node in communication with the switch. The... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203168 | System and method for managing network elements in an ATM network Reporting tools used to manage an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network. Tools include a trunk inventory reporting tool, a trunk utilization reporting tool, an exceptions reporting tool and a flow control processor activation utility. Reports generated by these t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200864 | Systems and methods for universal password control A system and method is described for controlling the password(s) of one or more programs through a universal program. The universal control program allows access to one or more other programs and allows editing of the passwords of the other programs directly through... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200820 | System and method for viewing search results A system and method for viewing search results is disclosed. A method of communicating a search result according to various views is disclosed. A method of displaying metadata associated with content of websites is disclosed. A method of displaying metadata associat... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200597 | Graphic search initiation A system for retrieving information. The system has a storage unit for storing an image that includes first and second selectable objects. The first selectable object is associated with a first metadata and the second selectable object is associated with a second me... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200425 | 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 ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200148 | System and method for analyzing asynchronous transfer mode communications Systems and methods for generating a command to monitor communications in a asynchronous transfer mode network are described. In an embodiment of the present invention, an analyst or automated system creates a command to instruct a network element to mirror a port t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197558 | Methods and systems for network element fault information processing Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for network element fault information processing. In an embodiment, a network element identifier and a network element fault information processing instruction are received. A query for network eleme... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197537 | Remote access and retrieval of electronic files A system and methods for remotely accessing, retrieving, and transmitting data offering remote data management control and verification of data delivery is provided. In an illustrative implementation, the present invention comprises a computing application operating... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197134 | 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... | 03/27/2007 |