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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5940589 | Method and apparatus for validating a subscriber terminal on a telecommunication network A method and apparatus for validating a terminal for access to a network that includes a central office having a memory for storing an equipment identity record and a local office having a memory for storing a subscriber record and an access count. The eq... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5850596 | Method and system for making unlicensed priority transmissions A first PCS unit monitors carrier activity of other PCS units in an unlicensed frequency band adjacent to a licensed frequency band used by the first PCS unit, which has a microprocessor that compiles a history table of this other carrier activity. The fi... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5825769 | System and method therefor of viewing in real time call traffic of a telecommunications network In a telecommunications network, to provide both statistical reporting functions and reporting on a call by call detail basis, a "TRAFFICVIEW" Server (TVS) system is incorporated with a MCI Traffic Statistics (MTS) system. The TVS is responsive to instruc... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5818449 | System and method for renaming a window title A system and method for renaming a title of a window that has been created and is currently displayed on a computer screen. When a user wants to rename a window's title, the user first brings the window into focus; that is, he makes the desired window the... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5805686 | Telephone fraud detection system A fraud detection system is disclosed for telephone PBX calls. The system includes a fraud data server for buffering the call detail records relating to inbound 800 number calls and outbound international calls. A threshold manager is connected at its inp... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5805691 | System and method for safely and efficiently redirecting a telephone call A system and method for efficient routing of communication paths in a telecommunications system. The system comprises a telecommunications network having a pivot node, a destination node, and a release node connected to the pivot node and having a possibl... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802144 | Minimum common span network outage detection and isolation A method and related system dynamically determines the location of a network outage in a telecommunications network. A plurality of alarm generating network equipments are located at spaced sites along the network. Alarms are generated upon the detection ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5802468 | System and method for identifying calling areas within a communication system A system and method for providing different levels of mobile communication service for a mobile station within a communication system service area. A plurality of base transceiver stations (BTSs) are coupled to a common database. Each BTS has a cellular s... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5794759 | Protective cover for switches A protective cover for use on a device having a switch. The protective cover prevents inadvertent or accidental operation of the switch, while allowing deliberate or intentional operation of the switch with the protective cover in place. The protective co... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5790809 | Registry communications middleware A computer system has a plurality of non-compatible clients and servers selectively interconnected over a network, each client capable of initiating an application in which a related compatible server is involved. Communication between the clients and ser... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5787271 | Spare capacity allocation tool An apparatus and method is described that is used to design a minimal spares network for a given communications network. Three data files are used as input which describe the communications network. The information comprising such data files include the n... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5784443 | Integrated revenue domain for telecommunication networks A system and method automatically, in real-time, create and maintain records of customer use of a telecommunication network for diverse types of service and costs. Each customer use of the network is collected and tagged in a record as an event for each s... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5774532 | Single network record construction Call records are generated from various network elements processing a call. A consolidation feed acts as a concentrator for the various records. However, since the concentrator receives the call records at different times, the invention provides a concent... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5768256 | Communications system and method providing optimal restoration of failed-paths A system and method for restoring communications between a pair of nodes, between which communications have been broken, in a network. The method comprises the steps of designating one of the nodes a SENDER node and the other a CHOOSER node, where the SEN... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5768391 | System and method for ensuring user privacy in network communications A system and method for ensuring user privacy in a messaging system where a message is sent from a sender to a recipient via a service provider. Information pertaining to the identification of a sender and recipient of a message is encrypted so that a thi... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5768361 | Flexible enhanced signaling subsystem for a telecommunications switch The Flexible Enhanced Signaling Subsystem (FESS) performs table-driven processing of incoming and outgoing messages and also handles multiple message types and trunk groups. A message received by the FESS is first processed by an incoming signaling module... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5765140 | Dynamic project management system A dynamic project management system includes a server network and a master database. The network is configured to identify a personnel resource pool including a plurality of users. A project planning tool is used to effect the project plan including a plu... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5764749 | Carrier direct calling The processing of telephone calls is described herein. A telephone call is initiated over a public telephone line using a carrier direct telephone number having a carrier specific identifier. The carrier specific identifier designates the international ca... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5764284 | System and method for measuring the fidelity of video A system and method for measuring and evaluating video fidelity. A test video signal is transmitted over a baseline system under test (SUT). A reference video signal is delayed by an amount equal to a latency of the baseline SUT. The test video signal and... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5761502 | System and method for managing a telecommunications network by associating and correlating network events System and method for managing telecommunications networks. The state of network elements is managed by associating and correlating network events across many different network domains. Network elements include tangible elements, such as hardware and equi... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5757903 | Flexible direct and shared termination call processing A method and apparatus for processing and routing termination telephone calls is disclosed. A termination telephone call is one that terminates at a specific pre-defined shared or specific pre-defined dedicated termination trunk group. The pre-defined tru... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5751949 | Data security system and method A security system and method are provided for securing user access to server tables having data arranged in rows and columns. The server table is contained in a server computer which is accessible by a plurality of user terminals joined thereto. The serve... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5748884 | Autonotification system for notifying recipients of detected events in a network environment An autonotification system that automatically performs pre-determined notification procedures based on specific messages detected from programs called traps. The present invention detects triggering events, such as job failures, abnormal ends (ABENDs), er... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748617 | Method and apparatus for emulating a digital cross-connect switch network A method and apparatus for emulating a digital cross-connect (DXC) network fully tests a telecommunication network monitoring and control system (MCS). The communication and behavior of a digital cross-connect switching network are emulated in the presenc... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748611 | System and method for restoring a telecommunications network using conservative bandwidth reservation and selective message rebroadcast A system and method for restoration of a disrupted telecommunications path between a source node and a destination node via at least one tandem node. The operation of the present invention proceeds in five phases: notification, broadcast, path trace-out, ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748229 | System and method for evaluating video fidelity by determining information frame rate A system and method for evaluating video fidelity by calculating information frame rate. A time mechanism is sampled to obtain a time video signal. A visual excitation device is also sampled to obtain an information video signal. The time video signal is ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745693 | System for gathering and reporting real time data from an IDNX communications network A system for analyzing communication network events on a historical basis based on records received from the network. A data processing system is connected via a first communications co-processor to a node of the network, permitting access to the node pro... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5742910 | Teleadministration of subscriber ID modules A mobile telephone remote programming system and method includes a mobile telephone that has a subscriber ID module (SIM) which can store control data for voice message actuation and vocoder parameters. The telephone is adapted to receive digital programm... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5737319 | Dynamic network topology determination A system and method for dynamically determining the physical connection topology between diverse network elements (DNEs) within a communication network. Each DNE is audited on a periodic basis to determine the arrangement, configuration, cross-connection,... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734811 | Segment substitution/swap for network restoration pre-plans A system and method are provided to diversely respond to changes in network topology and segment availability that occur between the time a restoration pre-plan is developed and the time it is executed. Changes that have occurred during this time are dete... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734697 | Method and apparatus for improving telecommunications system performance A method and apparatus are described which automatically allocate available physical resources of a telecommunications network to efficiently resolve network problems and improve the serviceability, availability and reliability of such networks. Large vol... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5726979 | Network management system A system and method for managing a telecommunications network. The system and method employs a network management architecture that provides an overlay in which network management functions are performed. The network management architecture includes a wor... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5726788 | Dynamically reconfigurable optical interface device using an optically switched backplane An optical interface device dynamically reconfigures a telecommunications network. The device includes an optically switched backplane connected between two stages of an optical tapped amplifier. Various modules may be plugged into the backplane for perfo... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5721914 | System and method for hierarchical data distribution The hierarchical data distribution system (HDDS) includes a top level master database system, bottom level client servers, each with its own database copy, and at least one intermediate database level. HDDS is an event driven pusher type system. The entry... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5715523 | Access control for a fixed cellular terminal using a secondary power source Access control is provided for a fixed cellular terminal using a secondary power source. Upon detecting an interruption of power from a primary power source, a signal is provided to reset a non-volatile memory in the fixed cellular terminal to erase a pas... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5687223 | Method for acquiring statistics in a telephone network employing flexibly changeable rules Data incorporated in call detail records (CDR), obtained from network switches, are subjected to processing by a statistics engine which maintains separate counts for CDR events relating to certain calls, such as 800 number and 900 number calls. Such even... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5680326 | System and method therefor of estimating optimal spare capacity for a distributed restoration scheme To estimate an optimal amount of spare capacity for a network so that efficient distributed restoration of the network can take place in the event of a network failure, parameter assumptions and network design guidelines are provided to a network modeling... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5677946 | Adapter for connecting a modem to a digital private branch exchange A device for connecting a data device having an analog output to a digital telephone having a base unit and a handset with first analog signals being coupled bi-directionally between the base unit and the handset. The device includes a first input receivi... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5677945 | Account balancing and monitoring system for a telecommunications network A system and method provide prepaid telecommunication services using credit or debit cards in a telecommunication network including a central data base. The system monitors card balances while blocking multiple use of card balances and sends warning messa... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5666831 | Anti-tampering locking system A locking system comprising a locking fastener having tamper-resistant features, and a special key having a bit at one end for engaging a socket in the head of the locking fastener to rotate the latter. The internal configuration of the socket corresponds... | 09/16/1997 |
