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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184793 | Multi-line telephone calling Network architectures, methods, and operations for routing telephone calls are disclosed. A customer premise includes a conventional POTS dedicated communication line to a central office switch and a broadband connection to a data network. The central office switch ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176077 | Location based access to financial information systems and methods Systems, methods, and software for identifying location based rules related to a network connected device are described. A network connected device may transmit a set of data identifying the location of the device and an identifier unique to the device to a server. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175618 | Mobile device product locator Systems, methods, and software are described for identifying a location with a mobile communications device. According to various embodiments of the invention, an electronic image is captured via the mobile communications device. A first set of data identifying the ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170189 | Cross-platform message notification Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed to provide notification of receipt of a communication across multiple platforms of potential diverse types. Cross-platform message notification can comprise receiving a request to initiate a communication fr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8156245 | Method and system for verifying modem status A system for verifying modem status for a telecommunications service provider in a broadband network serviced by a central office. The system comprising an interne interface for receiving a modem status request from the telecommunications service provider via a tele... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156045 | Methods and systems for associating customized advertising materials with billing statements The present invention, therefore, provides systems and methods for overcoming certain deficiencies in the prior art. For example, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided for producing a customized advertising insert for a particular ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8131303 | Simultaneous multi-mode WiFi differentiated by SSID Embodiments provide a wireless network with several access points connected to a communication infrastructure. Residential or business customers of the Internet are provided an Internet interface (e.g., a digital subscriber line (DSL) modem) having a wireless transc... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112449 | Systems and methods for implementing a content object access point Systems and methods for accessing and distributing content objects. Various of the systems and methods utilize a number of content object entities that can be sources and/or destinations for content objects. A combination of abstraction and distinction engines can b... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8098605 | System and method for dynamic distributed communication Growth of a distributed communication system is facilitated through dynamic addition of routing elements. A new routing element may be added to a network of routing elements by first establishing a connection between the new routing element and an existing routing e... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8086486 | Method for managing information and rendering discounts A method for managing information and rendering discounts in a billing system utilizes a rule-based engine. Customer records are processed with a rule-based accumulation engine to accumulate the data in a plurality of predetermined target accumulators. A plurality o... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078476 | Cross-platform calendar notifications Systems, methods, and machine-readable media to provide notification of calendar events across multiple platforms of potentially diverse types. In one embodiment, a method of cross-platform calendar notification can comprise detecting an occurrence of a previously s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8050281 | Alert gateway, systems and methods Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for distributing urgent public information. Merely by way of example, urgent public information, such as an alert message, may be received by, inter alia, an alert gateway device. The alert message may then be... | 11/01/2011 |
| D646258 | Communications tablet | 10/04/2011 |
| 8005483 | Mobile caching and data relay vectoring systems and methods The present invention provides systems and methods for providing mobile users with requested resources. In one such method, first and second location indicators for the mobile user are received, with each of the location indicators having a time associated therewith... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005077 | Distributively routed VDSL and high-speed information packets High-speed information packets are routed through a distributed communication system. Each packet destined for a subscriber unit is provided with an address indicating a destination within the communication system. In each distribution point along the path to the de... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7877496 | Bandwidth reservation for authenticated applications Methods, systems, devices, and software are disclosed for providing application levels of service over a network. Embodiments of the invention maintain a list of registered applications (or application providers) that have registered with a network resources provide... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877495 | Application levels of service over a network Methods, systems, devices, and software are disclosed for providing application levels of service over a network. Embodiments of the invention maintain a list of registered applications (or application providers) that have registered with a network resources provide... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7793328 | Gateway power synchronization A system for receiving network video includes a remote control with a power control input. A video receiver, controlled by the remote control, powers up or powers down based on a control signal indicating activation of the power control input. The video receiver rec... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788339 | System and method for automated download of multimedia files A system provides for the automated access and downloading of multimedia files according to a custom made listing. Prior to download, a listing of all multimedia files to be broadcast from at least one broadcast website on the Internet may be received and such infor... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7734688 | Portable wireless player and associated method A method of providing programming to a portable wireless music player includes connecting to a music service provider from a remote client and defining a play list at the music service provider through user interaction at the remote client. The player connects to th... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7697503 | Dynamic speed-dial list Methods are provided for managing communications over a communications routing network. A data store is maintained of records of communications links established over the communications routing network between a first endpoint of the communications routing network a... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7689569 | Systems and methods for managing large data environments A data management system includes a plurality of data environments. Each data environment includes data relating to items. In the system, a method of managing the data includes identifying a plurality of rules. Each rule represents a unique combination of the possib... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7688801 | Routing information packets in a distributed network Information packets are routed through a distributed routing network by determining a forwarding equivalency class (FEC) for each subscriber unit accessing the network. The FEC to which each subscriber unit belongs is based on the point at which the subscriber unit ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7614073 | Digital headend and full service network for distribution video and audio programming A digital headend architecture and full service network are provided to selectively demodulate and decode a variety of digital and analog feeds into baseband signals or pass digital programming through the headend. In accordance with one embodiment, the head end is ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7562338 | System development planning tool A system for planning and managing a software development project uses an extreme programming (XP) process and includes a graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying graphs and for entering, displaying and modifying underlying planning data. In one embodiment, the... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7523192 | Automated module tracking system for communications networks A system for tracking modules in a network includes a service history recording arrangement associated with a module. The arrangement is configured to store data relating to the module. The system further includes a data storage arrangement configured to store data ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522634 | User-to-user data relay systems and methods The present invention provides systems and methods for providing mobile users with requested resources. In one such method, first and second location indicators are received for a mobile user, with each of the location indicators having a time associated therewith. ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519709 | Systems and methods for creating network architecture planning tools A method of creating a network architecture planning tool includes receiving at a host computer system a request from a user computer to display a first object template, transmitting an electronic file comprising the object template to a user computer, receiving at ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519353 | Multi-MVNO wireless service Systems and methods for determining an optimal range of frequencies of electromagnetic waves are described. In some embodiments, mobile voice communications devices measure average power received from certain ranges of such frequencies, each range associated with a ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519172 | Implementing feature interactions between an AIN-based service and a switch-based forwarding service The present invention provides a method and system for implementing feature interactions between an AIN-based service and a switch-based call-forwarding service. In the present invention, the switch-based call-forwarding generates an Off-Hook Delay (OHD) trigger. In... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515917 | Efficiently determining the location of a mobile communications device system and methods Systems and methods related to the provision of location based services via a mobile communications device are described. A communication system is described, which may include a mobile communications device, a mobile communications base station, and a server comput... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7505452 | Systems and methods for providing pooled access in a telecommunications network A dynamically provisioned telecommunications system and methods for using such. Various of the systems include an automated carrier layer that is operable to direct one of at least two access sources to a subscriber line, and an automated service layer that is opera... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7493113 | Wireless telecommunications signal inhibition Wireless telecommunications is inhibited within a limited region by generating a noise signal within a frequency range of the wireless telecommunications and broadcasting the noise signal into the limited region. A system for inhibiting wireless communications inclu... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487170 | Location information for avoiding unwanted communications systems and methods Systems, methods, and software for identifying location based rules related to a network connected device are described. A network connected device may transmit a set of data identifying the location of the device and an identifier unique to the device to a server. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7480503 | System and methods for providing telecommunication services Systems and methods are disclosed for providing telecommunication services. In one embodiment, the system comprises an antenna at a customer premises, to transmit outbound voice communications in a wireless protocol and to receive inbound voice communications in the... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7474742 | Environmentally-controlled network interface device and methods Certain embodiments of the invention provide network interface devices, as well as systems and methods for using them. In accordance with some embodiments, a network interface device may provide a controlled environment for an interior space defined by the exterior ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7464164 | Linking order entry process to realtime network inventories and capacities A method for determining spare capacity for a video and data network from a network element database is provided. The method includes receiving a request for spare capacity in the video and data network. The request may include a service area identifier, which may b... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7454006 | Systems, methods and apparatus for providing a plurality of telecommunication services Embodiments of the invention provide network interface devices, as well as system and methods for using them. For example, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided for allowing a plurality of telecommunication information providers to... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451087 | System and method for converting text-to-voice A method for converting text to concatenated voice by utilizing a digital voice library and a set of playback rules is provided. The method includes receiving and expanding text data to form a sequence of text and pseudo words. The sequence of text and pseudo words ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7432938 | System and method for annotating electronic documents A system and method for annotating electronic documents is disclosed. The method for annotating displayable electronic documents generally includes the steps of receiving at least a first input from a first person, such as an annotator, generating, in response to th... | 10/07/2008 |
