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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5812525 | Methods and systems for managing bandwidth resources in a fast packet switching network Methods and systems for resource management in a fast packet switching communication network are disclosed. A packet containing an address field identifying a source endpoint and a destination endpoint is received. A bandwidth constraint based upon the so... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5802157 | Method and apparatus for controlling outgoing calls on a telephone line A service for screening outgoing telephone calls. The service allows a subscriber to determine the times of day and/or days of the week when she wants her outgoing calls on her telephone line to be restricted to numbers which have been approved by her. Ca... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5793762 | System and method for providing packet data and voice services to mobile subscribers A system and method for providing internet data and voice services to mobile subscribers is directed for use in cooperation with Internet Packet Data Network (IPDN) and an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) having an existing wireline switch. The system a... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5774860 | Adaptive knowledge base of complex information through interactive voice dialogue A method and system for providing user access to complex information through interactive voice dialog. The computerized method includes the provision of a memory and storage in the memory of a plurality of selected words which may be recognized in predete... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5752159 | Method for automatically collecting and delivering application event data in an interactive network A method is disclosed for automatically collecting and delivering multimedia application event data in an interactive network. The interactive network includes a server and a plurality of client stations. In operation, an event of a multimedia application... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5724597 | Method and system for matching names and addresses A method and system for matching textual strings representing customer names/addresses is disclosed. The textual strings are first transformed by a plurality of predefined filters. The transformed textual strings are then compared utilizing a plurality of... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5715432 | Method and system for developing network analysis and modeling with graphical objects A method for developing a network analysis and modeling application program includes the step of interactively selecting and displaying a graphical object. An instantiation of the graphical object is representative of at least a portion of a network. The ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5706279 | Methods and systems for managing packet flow into a fast packet switching network Methods and systems for controlling a flow of packets being forwarded by a customer premises equipment to an endpoint of a fast packet switching network having a plurality of virtual connections provisioned from the endpoint to a plurality of destination ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5703655 | Video programming retrieval using extracted closed caption data which has been partitioned and stored to facilitate a search and retrieval process The present invention is a system and method for retrieving segments of stored video programs using closed caption text data. The closed caption text data is extracted from video programming signals received by the invention. Text records based on the ext... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5694558 | Method and system for interactive object-oriented dialogue management A method and system for processing a user dialogue using dialogue-state objects. The method and system are implemented using an interactive computer system. The interactive computer system includes a dialogue manager and application control logic. The met... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5685000 | Method for providing a linguistically competent dialogue with a computerized service representative Desired tasks are modeled as a plurality of database slots. Each of the slots is opportunistically fillable by a predetermined set of values in accordance with a predetermined set of user utterance recognition rules. The user utterance recognition rules i... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5684921 | Method and system for identifying a corrupted speech message signal A method is disclosed for identifying corrupted speech signals in a call receiving mode of a voice messaging system. The method includes the step of receiving a message signal. The message signal represents an audio message. The method next includes the s... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5673386 | Method and system for identification of software application faults A software application fault identification method and system. The method and system include software and accompanying computer hardware platforms for detecting a software application fault, determining a severity of the fault, and identifying a source of... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5623492 | Methods and systems for managing bandwidth resources in a fast packet switching network Methods and systems for resource management in a fast packet switching communication network are disclosed. A packet containing an address field identifying a source endpoint and a destination endpoint is received. A bandwidth constraint based upon the so... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5615254 | Methods and systems for dynamic routing in a switched comunication network Methods and systems of traffic routing in a circuit switched communication network having a plurality of switches and a plurality of trunk groups connecting the switches are disclosed. The methods include a step of determining a set of alternate routing p... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5615121 | System and method for scheduling service providers to perform customer service requests A scheduling system is disclosed for scheduling tasks for fulfilling a series of service requests. When each service request is received, a determination is made as to the amount of resources a task requires to provide the requested service. Further, a pr... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5604789 | Method and system for providing a digital wireless local loop A method and system for providing a digital wireless local loop for use by a wireless transceiver, e.g., a portable handset, in an indoor environment utilizing an outdoor base transceiver. Upon determining that the portable handset is located in an outdoo... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5602596 | Method for navigating a complex multimedia structure at an interactive user station A method is disclosed for navigating a complex structure at an interactive user station. The complex structure includes a plurality of nodes and each node includes at least one presentation element. The interactive user station includes a processor, a mem... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5597312 | Intelligent tutoring method and system A computer based intelligent method and system for tutoring a student in an interactive application. The method and system include a computer system for selecting a mode for an adjustable teaching parameter, generating a student model, and monitoring a st... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5596625 | Method for routing emergency calls during busy interface channel conditions A method for routing enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) calls from a mobile emergency user to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). The method is directed specifically for use in a wireless communication system which includes a plurality of base stations each of w... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5581596 | Method for controlling call processing in a microcellular personal communications services system A method for controlling call processing in a microcellular Personal Communications Services (PCS) incorporating Distributed Radio Port Controller (D-RPC) architecture. The method is specifically adapted to effect the routing of voice channels when a call... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5568604 | Method and system for generating a working window in a computer system A method and system for generating a working window on a video monitor in a computer system is provided. The method comprises the steps of determining if a user has performed a first predetermined input stroke along at least a portion of the touch-sensiti... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5550971 | Method and system for generating a user interface adaptable to various database management systems A method and system for generating a user interface in a database management system. A semantic data model is used to describe a database in terms of data types stored in the database and functional types that describe relationships between the data types... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5535263 | Method for recording subscriber specific messages in an advanced intelligent network A method for recording subscriber specific messages in a telephone call for use in telephone services, particularly, for use in cooperation with an AIN Service Switching Point (SSP), an AIN Service Control Point (SCP) and an Intelligent Peripheral (IP). A... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5420914 | System and method for real time carrier selection A method and system for real time selection of an inter-exchange telephone carrier for a telephone call. The system includes a processing, storage and routing equipment capable of performing the method steps of generating a call information signal, storin... | 05/30/1995 |
