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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7738886 | Wireless digital personal communications system having voice/data/image two-way calling and intercel hand-off A wireless digital personal communications system (or PCS) having a plurality of radio cell base stations, fixed terminals, and portable handset terminals, each having a predetermined radio cell coverage area. The wireless PCS has a full digital network interface. T... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7525950 | Calling card system for voice and data transmission over a public network A calling card system includes a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a service selection gateway. The PSTN may receive calls from communication devices that may be either voice communication or data communication. The calls may be forwarded to the service s... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7512405 | Location privacy manager for a wireless communication device and method therefor Rules of communication are established between a wireless communication device (102) and a remote source (108). Communications between the wireless communication device (102) and the remote source (108) are managed to prohibit at least on... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7406165 | Direct route ISDN primary route interface A method of operating a telecommunications network includes, in one embodiment, detecting a call at an originating switch of the telecommunications network and, when a destination for the call matches a predetermined destination, routing the call on designated data ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406161 | System and method for real-time fraud detection within a telecommunication network Real time detection of the fraudulent use of a telecommunications network is accomplished by analyzing data for each call that is occurring within the network. A signal protocol receiver is used to collect signaling protocol for each call that is occurring within th... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403934 | Script generator for automating system administration operations A script generating system includes a data dictionary adapted to include table structure data. A database management system runs a script generator, which includes a plurality of user defined templates. Activation of the script generator utilizes built-in macros wit... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391859 | Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message preferably includes a call waiting indicator and an audible representati... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388951 | Access code enhancement for caller preview service By manipulating parameters of call setup messages, calls made with a caller's access code in a caller preview service may be completed to the called party or voice mail box with caller identification information displayed. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7372951 | Call programming apparatus and method A method of routing incoming telephone calls and programming routing options and apparatus that allows incoming calls to be routed according to various criteria programmed by a subscriber. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366284 | Outage reporting for a telecommunications system An outage reporting method and system are disclosed for a telecommunications system. The outage reporting system includes a processor to record a data element value. The data element value indicates a type of outage that occurred in the telecommunications system, su... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356138 | Method of operating a virtual private network A method of operating a virtual private network includes the steps of: (a) dialing a custom number; (b) receiving the custom number at a switch (20) of a first carrier; (c) routing the call to a switch (18) of a second carrier based on having received ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356134 | Method of accessing a dial-up service A method of accessing a dial-up service involves the following steps: (a) dialing a service number (172); (b) speaking a number of digits to form a first utterance (174); (c) recognizing the digits using speaker independent speaker recognition (176 | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349682 | Home gateway system for automation and security The home gateway system (60) for home automation and security has a wireless local loop transceiver (62). A home automation controller (64) is capable of sending and receiving a message with the wireless local loop transceiver (62). A hom... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343007 | Method and system for providing calling name identification with advanced intelligent network An advanced intelligent network (AIN) for providing the name and telephone number of a calling party to a called party comprising a plurality of central offices and a service control point (SCP). The central offices are equipped with AIN software which enables them ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342892 | Controlled exception-based routing protocol validation An implementation of a routing protocol in a device is tested by testing how the device reacts to messages and message sequences having potentially adverse conditions. Examples include messages either having a specified message size which is intentionally out-of-con... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7319956 | Method and apparatus to perform speech reference enrollment based on input speech characteristics A speech reference enrollment method involves requesting a user speak a word; detecting a first utterance; requesting the user speak the word; detecting a second utterance; determining a first similarity between the first utterance and the second utterance; when the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310418 | Method of routing interLATA network traffic A method of routing interLATA network traffic includes the steps of receiving a number of dialed digits at a first service switching point (18) in a first virtual network (10). Then a query is sent to a service control point (24). When the diale... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305080 | Method, system and medium for plug-and-play downloading of speed dial lists A speed dial list associated with a telephone line is received via at least one of a computer network and a telephone network. The speed dial list is stored in a database and associated with an identifier of the telephone line. An event of connecting a telephone set... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292682 | Method and telecommunication system for transmitting a facsimile message A method and system for transmitting a facsimile message uses a public-switched telecommunications network, the public-switched telecommunication network having a messaging platform capable of storing a plurality of facsimile messages. The initiation of a telephone ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286660 | Method and system for selectively performing call information query A system and method for providing call information query stores modified call information associated with a telephone number within the local databases of a service provider's local network. The modified call information enables a service provider to unilaterally al... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286657 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification information including tailored announcements A system and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information can not be provided. A calling party is prompted by an announcement to provide the audible caller identification information. The announcement may be tailored b... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7272221 | System and method for providing telephony services to remote subscribers A system and method for providing telephony services, such as caller ID, voice mail, selective call forwarding, and the like, to a remote subscriber, typically located outside the providers regional territory. The system can include customer premise equipment (CPE) ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263356 | Global roaming services for telecommunications systems A system and method for extending a user's communications services to an airplane seat telephone terminal proximate the user while the user is aboard an airplane is provided. The system includes a Subscriber Interface (SI) for providing a Subscriber Identity Record ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260825 | System for providing DBS and DSL video services to multiple television sets Each of a plurality of remote control devices receives user-initiated video selections of any of direct broadcast satellite (DBS) channels, digital subscriber line (DSL) video content, and combinations of DBS channels and DSL video content. Based on the selections, ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260196 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification and privacy management Processing a call from a calling party at a calling communication station to a called communication station includes detecting signalling information for the call, including determining whether standard caller identification for the calling communication station can... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260385 | Method of providing caller identification for calls placed over an internet The invention uses the advanced intelligent network to provide caller identification for calls placed over the internet (24). A long distance call placed with an internet carrier results in the originating SSP (14) forwarding the call to an originating... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257198 | Method, system, and article for informing a telecommunication customer of a future performance estimate for a telecommunication feature A performance of a telecommunication feature for a telecommunication customer is monitored. Based on the monitored performance, if an estimate of future performance of the telecommunication feature for the telecommunication customer is determined to be unfavorable, ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254225 | Call programming apparatus and method A method of routing incoming telephone calls and programming routing options and apparatus that allows incoming calls to be routed according to various criteria programmed by a subscriber. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248681 | System and method for real-time fraud detection within a telecommunication network Real time detection of the fraudulent use of a telecommunications network is accomplished by analyzing data for each call that is occurring within the network. A signal protocol receiver is used to collect signaling protocol for each call that is occurring within th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242950 | Location determination using historical data A plurality of wireless network access points (NAPs) each having a known location are provided. The wireless NAPs comprise shorter-range NAPs and longer-range NAPs. An associated precedence is assigned to each of the NAPs. A history database is to track a sequence o... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233654 | Method and system for providing the name of the state of a calling party A method for providing the names of the city and state of a calling party to a called party when the calling party's name is unavailable. The method utilizes the calling party's telephone number to determine the names of the city and state from which the calling par... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233651 | Method and system for providing enhanced call waiting and caller identification An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call. The present embodiments notify the customer that a current call is waiting in an effective manner t... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225329 | Enhanced CSU/DSU (channel service unit/data service unit) In an embodiment, a communication node coupled to a first data network and a second data network is disclosed. The first data network is a wide area data network. The communication node includes a first data interface to the first data network, a second data interfa... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224789 | System and method for routing both toll-free and caller-paid telephone calls to call service centers A system and method of routing both caller-paid and toll-free telephone calls includes a local exchange network and an interexchange network in communication with a call routing processor. The call routing processor receives status information on at least two call s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224785 | Method and system for providing enhanced caller identification A system (100) and method deliver audible caller identification information when standard Caller ID information can not be provided, even when a subscriber to the service has per line blocking. A service control point (106) detects the directory number... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221685 | Method and system relating to bandwidth utilization The present disclosure is generally directed to a system and method of measuring transport utilization of data that is to be multiplexed and transmitted over a digital transport facility. In a particular embodiment the method includes receiving at least one frame of... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222072 | Bio-phonetic multi-phrase speaker identity verification A speaker identity claim (SIC) utterance is received and recognized. The SIC utterance is compared with a voice profile registered under the SIC, and a first verification decision is based thereon. A first dynamic phrase (FDP) is generated, and a user is prompted to... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218717 | Method, system, and article for audibly identifying a called party A dialed number of a called party is received from a calling party. Based on the dialed number, a name of the called party is retrieved from a database. An audio message which includes the name of the called party is generated and communicated to the calling party. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209551 | Provisioning unified messaging system services In a particular embodiment, a method of assigning identifications for unified messaging system subscribers is provided. The method includes assigning a unique temporary identity to a subscriber of a unified messaging service and upon the subscriber's first access to... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206793 | Generalized file matching method and system A master file is updated based on a plurality of transaction files by reading the master file exactly once. A record and its associated key value are read from each of the files. A current key value is set to an optimum of the last-read key values for all of the fil... | 04/17/2007 |
