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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185615 | Message, control and reporting interface for a distributed network access system In a network access system including an external processor and a programmable access device, the external processor transmits a control message to the programmable access device to establish a configuration of the programmable access device. The programmable access ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184641 | Method and system for providing secure communications between proxy servers in support of interdomain traversal An approach provides interdomain traversal to support packetized voice transmissions. A request is received and specifies a directory number for establishing a communication session from a first endpoint to a second endpoint. The first endpoint is behind a first net... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180870 | Programmable access device for a distributed network access system A programmable access device for use in a network access system includes first and second network interfaces through which packets are communicated with a network, a forwarding table utilized to route packets communicated between the first and second network interfa... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175965 | System and method for providing prepaid services via an internet protocol network system A system and method are disclosed for providing prepaid services via an open network architecture system having access to a network, such as the Internet via an Internet protocol. The architecture system is operated by a system operator and includes a customer profi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170947 | Fraud detection based on call attempt velocity on terminating number A method of identifying fraud in a telecommunications system, the method including receiving data related to a current call placed from an originating ANI to a terminating ANI, where the received data includes the terminating ANI and a billing number used to place t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161080 | XML based transaction detail records The present invention is directed to a method for managing transactions in a telecommunications network. The method includes creating an XML transaction detail file. At least one transaction detail record is stored in the XML transaction detail file in response to a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155515 | Method and apparatus for sharing common capacity and using different schemes for restoring telecommunications networks A system and method for responding to a failure in a communications network. The failure is detected by a router, which then transmits data from the protection port. A signal is sent from the router to a optical cross-connect system indicating the failure and causin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155122 | Linking autonomous systems with dual premise routing domains The present invention is directed to a system for linking a first autonomous network system to at least one second autonomous network system. The first autonomous network system having a first private IP address space and the at least one second autonomous network s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140980 | Method and system for providing conferencing services An approach is provided for supporting multi-media conferencing. Textual information (e.g., text associated with a presentation) is received for display during a conference session to multiple participants. For a particular participant, configuration information cor... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139746 | Caller treatment in a SIP network In a SIP network, SIP servers are provisioned with information used to authenticate subscribers and entities that will be placing calls. This information can be used during call establishment to allow or deny calls, as well as to determine the appropriate party to b... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139729 | Systems and methods for handling calls associated with an interactive voice response application A method for processing a call is provided. The method includes receiving an inbound call leg via a network device. The inbound call leg is processed using an interactive voice response (IVR) device, and an outbound call leg is generated based on processing the inbo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131853 | External processor for a distributed network access system An external processor for a network access system having a programmable access device includes a service controller that provides at least one service for network traffic, a message processor that processes network messages for service processing by the service cont... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130922 | Systems and methods for providing emergency contact services An emergency contact platform provides emergency contact services where usual communications have been disrupted. The emergency contact platform may include a server to receive registration information including a phone number associated with a phone when communicat... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126722 | Application infrastructure platform (AIP) Disclosed is an application infrastructure platform (AIP) having an application service provider (ASP) environment including multiple ASP systems providing application services to customers, and a common services environment including hardware and software and manag... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121894 | Early-payment discount for e-billing system An Early Payment Discount (EPD) mechanism that enables customers to automatically receive an early payment discount for paying their invoice electronically, e.g., via electronic funds transfer (EFT), through an e-Billing system within a designated number of days fro... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121261 | Systems and methods for providing interpretation services A communications platform provides communication services for parties communicating in different languages. The communications platform may receive a language interpretation request from a first party via a telephone device and identify first and second languages as... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108930 | Secure self-organizing and self-provisioning anomalous event detection systems An approach for providing managed security services is disclosed. A database, within a server or a pre-existing anomalous event detection system, stores a rule set specifying a security policy for a network associated with a customer. An anomalous detection event mo... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103139 | Methods and systems for controlling fiber polarization mode dispersion (PMD) A method is provided for predicting an installed performance parameter of an optical fiber cable. The method includes obtaining a measurement indicative of a value of the performance parameter at a first moment in time. A measurement indicative of a value of the per... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8086635 | Compliance monitoring A managed service may include a device configured to receive a request for access information and to send the access information to a reviewer based on the request. The managed service may receive input information from the reviewer, where the input information refl... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085760 | Method of and system for providing intelligent network control services in IP telephony A method and system for providing intelligent network control services in IP telephony, wherein the system includes a location manager and an IP telephony proxy server. The location manager includes an interface to a legacy telephony service control entity and the I... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073777 | Integrated business systems for web based telecommunications management The specification discloses a method of doing business over the public Internet, particularly, a method which enables access to legacy management tools used by a telecommunications enterprise in the management of the enterprise business to the enterprise customer, t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068609 | Method and system for secured wireless data transmission to and from a remote device The device tracking location adherence and route adherence technology, according to an exemplary embodiment of this invention, at least provides for secure message reception from a remote device. The present invention allows for secure data transmission between a re... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068437 | Determining the effects of new types of impairments on perceived quality of a voice service Empirically derived models are used to relate user perception to objectively measurable characteristics, under a criterion of nearly perfect co-variance between predicted MOS values and the variations in the values of the objectively measurable characteristics. In t... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8041820 | Dial-up access manager A network access management tool includes a dialer that connects users to a network, such as the Internet. An integrated phonebook automatically looks-up optimal phone number(s) to dial. The network access management tool may additionally help the user to automate v... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040876 | Intelligent network and method for providing voice telephony over ATM and alias addressing A method may include receiving, at a network device, from a calling party location, an input setup message that includes a called party phone number value; determining whether the input setup message includes a voice telephony over asynchronous transfer mode (VToA) ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032541 | Network management system A system includes a relational database and processing logic. The relational database is configured to define a relationship between a group of logical activities and groups of physical commands that perform the logical activities. The processing logic is configured... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019057 | Systems and methods for generating and testing interactive voice response applications A method for testing an interactive voice response application may include storing a number of files associated with interactive voice response applications. The method may also include receiving a selection from a user, where the selection corresponds to a first on... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018949 | Apparatus and method for providing a network termination point Apparatus and method for providing a termination point for service emulation instances in an access network is provided. In an embodiment, the service emulation instances are implemented utilizing, for example, pseudowires. Communications to and from the access netw... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015574 | Method, system and computer program product for a lightweight directory access protocol client application program interface A device, including a computer readable medium storing executable computer instructions for implementing an application program interface (API). The API including a function call for enabling communications between a calling application and a client on the device, t... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015414 | Method and apparatus for providing fraud detection using connection frequency thresholds An approach provides detection of unauthorized use of data services. A determination is made as to whether connections supporting remote access to a data network are completed. The number of completed connections associated with a selected attribute is tracked over ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014496 | Systems and methods for providing network-based voice authentication A system enables voice authentication via a network. The system may include an intelligent voice response engine operatively coupled to the network for receiving transaction or access requests from a plurality of telecommunications devices over the network. A speech... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010571 | Method, system and program product that utilize a hierarchical conceptual framework to model an environment containing a collection of items A method, system and program product are disclosed for enabling a user to construct a conceptual hierarchical framework representing a virtual or physical environment. The framework may then be populated with a collection of items. Users may graphically and intuitiv... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995916 | Verification of path integrity in optical switch network To verify the integrity of optical paths through and among optical switches, optical signals are provided with co-propagating supplemental signals. The supplemental signals preferably have at least one characteristic which allows distinguishing one supplemental sign... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991134 | Intelligent telephone set An intelligent telephone set is disclosed that includes a caller-ID circuit that extracts a call identifier from an incoming call. A call processing circuit in communication with the caller-ID circuit assigns the incoming call to a caller category associated with th... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983254 | Method and system for securing real-time media streams in support of interdomain traversal An approach provides interdomain traversal packetized voice transmissions. A request is received from a first endpoint of a first domain for establishing a communication session with a second endpoint of a second domain. A tunnel is established by a TURN (Traversal ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978840 | Provisioning system for network resources A method and system of provisioning resources installed in a network element. Resources are installed in the network element. As resources are placed into service, a notification is transmitted to the vendor. The vendor generates an invoice, and the service provider... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978830 | Broadcasting voicemail replies A messaging device may include a memory configured to store a first message from a first caller and intended for a called party and to store information identifying a group that includes a number of broadcast parties that include the first caller. The messaging devi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975917 | Providing directed content to anonymous customers A method includes electronically identifying a first item that a customer intends to purchase while the customer is shopping and electronically providing content to the customer in response to the identifying to entice the customer to purchase a second, different it... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974836 | System and method for voice user interface navigation A Voice User Interface (VUI) or Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system utilizes three levels of navigation (e.g. Main Menu, Services, and Helper Commands) in presenting information units arranged in sets. The units are “spoken” by a system in a group to a human... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971237 | Method and system for providing fraud detection for remote access services An approach provides fraud detection in support of data communication services. A usage pattern associated with a particular account for remote access to a data network is monitored. The usage pattern is compared with a reference pattern specified for the account. A... | 06/28/2011 |
