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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6425005 | Method and apparatus for managing local resources at service nodes in an intelligent network A resource management system for an intelligent communications network having one or more distributed service nodes, each service node for providing services relating to an event received at a network resource associated with a service node. The system co... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6418117 | Out of band messaging in a DRA network To ensure the integrity of a telecommunications network provisioned with a distributed restoration algorithm (DRA), a communications network is provided for routing signaling messages such as DRA restoration and maintenance messages among the various node... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6404733 | Method of exercising a distributed restoration process in an operational telecommunications network In a telecommunications network provisioned with a distributed restoration scheme, to determine the reactions and responses of the network while the network is "live" or operational, an exercise information message is provided to the network for presentin... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404520 | Fault isolation of an optical link by correlating PMD events with other measurements A method and apparatus performing fault management in an optical communications system including a polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensator. The method and apparatus utilizes a controller receiving notifications indicative of PMD in the system, as w... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6370120 | Method and system for evaluating the quality of packet-switched voice signals Method and apparatus for evaluating the quality of a packet-switched voice connection. The apparatus includes measurement circuitry coupled to receive a voice signal. The measurement circuitry measures rate of packet loss and at least one other objective ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6370548 | System and method for achieving local number portability A method, system and computer program product for achieving local number portability. Two databases are interfaced so that message data from one database is selectively passed to the other database and processed for transfer to corresponding requesting so... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6356633 | Electronic mail message processing and routing for call center response to same A system and a method are provided for processing and routing electronic mail messages within a call center which include and involve an electronic mail server system for routing incoming and outgoing electronic mail messages and a mail parsing system cou... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6351464 | Virtual second line hybrid network communication system A system and method for routing a telephone call on a PSTN network to a data device. The present invention utilizes an automatic call processing system that has a one number location service. A called party provides a calling profile that is stored in the... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349238 | System and method for managing the workflow for processing service orders among a variety of organizations within a telecommunications company A system and method for managing the workflow for processing Service Orders among a variety of organizations within a telecommunications company. The system and method coordinates all of the tasks and activities related to order processing among the vario... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6337846 | Quantification of the quality of spare links in a telecommunications network In a telecommunications network provisioned with a distributed restoration algorithm, the spare links via which disrupted traffic may be rerouted are categorized into different quality levels based upon their respective anticipated near term availability ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6330318 | Method of and system for interrupting and parking calls in a switched telecommunications network A method of interrupting a call between two parties in a switched telecommunications. A monitoring switch monitors the call for a party initiated interrupt signal. Whenever the monitoring switch receives an interrupt signal initiated by its associated par... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6327363 | Method and system for automated customer services A system and method for accepting customer calls for product related services and directing these calls to an appropriate customer service center. The system contains a customer service network and a customer transaction database for storing a plurality o... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6314176 | Third party call control An approach for processing a call from a calling party to a called party in which the called party requires operator assistance is disclosed. A bridging switch receives a call offer from the calling party and forwards the call offer to an automatic call d... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6314468 | System and method for managing transmission of electronic data between trading partners A method, system and computer program product for managing transmission of electronic data between network entities. Two network entities are interfaced so that Electronic Data Interchange ("EDI") data from one network entity is transmitted to the other n... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6246978 | Method and system for measurement of speech distortion from samples of telephonic voice signals A system that provides measurements of speech distortion that correspond closely to user perceptions of speech distortion is provided. The system calculates and analyzes first and second discrete derivatives to detect and determine the incidence of change... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6229606 | Method and apparatus for measuring PMD of a dispersion compensation grating A method, a system and a computer program product configured to determine a differential group delay of two sequential optical beams based on a frequency dependence of a length of an optical path traveled by the two sequential optical beams in a dispersio... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6209039 | Method and apparatus for providing an interface between a plurality of frame relay networks A system, method, and computer program product for providing a resilient network-to-network interface (RNNI) between a first frame relay network and a second frame relay network. The RNNI comprises a plurality of data links that connect a master node in t... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5978463 | Reservation scheduling system for audio conferencing resources An automated scheduling system schedules audio conferences for an audio conferencing system. The scheduling of an audio conference results in the reservation of audio conferencing resources for a designated time frame. The automated scheduling system iden... | 11/02/1999 |
