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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7986719 | Packet header compression for lossy channels The disclosed systems and methods provide for the compression and decompression of packet headers. An uncompressed header can be compressed in size to form a smaller, compressed header, such that the compressed header can include values that can be used to re-produc... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7725126 | Hybrid communications link A hybrid communications link includes a slow, reliable communications link and a fast unreliable communications link. Communication via the hybrid communications link selectively uses both the slow, reliable communications link and the fast, unreliable communication... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7574660 | Method and system for service-enablement gateway and its service portal A method and system for dynamic service support is presented. A portal-page service and an interface bundle are installed at the gateway. A customer service at the gateway, based on the interface bundle, is installed at the gateway. The portal-page service searches ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7564957 | Method and system for call center screening Methods and systems are provided for call center screening that enable a network service provider to dynamically control service request traffic directed to selected service centers. An Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) service is configured to intercept calls orig... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7457859 | Connectivity service-level guarantee monitoring and claim validation systems and methods A system monitors performance in a network that includes several network resources. The system obtains a list of targets in the network. The targets include selected ones of the resources. The system sends a request to the targets, receives responses from the target... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7447636 | System and methods for using transcripts to train an automated directory assistance service An automated directory assistance (130) includes a training system (210). and a directory assistance system (220). The training system (210) trains and maintains the directory assistance system (220). The training system (210 | 11/04/2008 |
| 7424427 | Systems and methods for classifying audio into broad phoneme classes An audio classification system classifies sounds in an audio stream as belonging to one of a relatively small number of classes. The audio classification system includes a signal analysis component [301] and a decoder [302]. The decoder [302] in... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415012 | Systems and methods for high speed packet classification Systems and methods are disclosed for classifying packets with a rule. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes receiving a packet; determining a key value for the received packet; identifying a rule corresponding to the determined key value by searching a s... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404010 | Methods and apparatus for integrating services for accessing the world wide web Web pages retrieved by a browser core are translated into user interface component definitions and page information. The definitions and page information are transmitted to a user device which recomposes the definitions and page information into a format for present... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401023 | Systems and methods for providing automated directory assistance using transcripts An automated directory assistance (130) includes a training system (210) and a directory assistance system (220). The training system (210) trains and maintains the directory assistance system (220). The training system (210... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392378 | Method and apparatus for routing data traffic in a cryptographically-protected network The present invention is useful for routing data traffic in data communications networks where some or all of the network interface links are protected by cryptographic techniques, e.g., encryption. The invention routes datagram traffic in such networks toward inter... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383580 | Computer virus detection and prevention A system (140) prevents the spread of viruses in a network (100). The system (140) receives a hash value from a remote device (130), compares the hash value to a group of hash values associated with data messages including viruses, and ge... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366492 | Method and system for mobile location detection using handoff information Methods and systems for mobile station location detection. A mobile station measures signal strength of each of a set of signals associated with the mobile station, then determines whether a number of signals in the set is less than a predetermined threshold. Based ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359499 | Method and apparatus for eliminating unwanted telephone calls In accordance with the principles of the present invention, unwanted calls may be prevented. In particular, information about a particular destination is stored in a registry at a clearinghouse server located within a network, e.g., the public telephone network. Whe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7346043 | Allocation of channel capacity in multiservice networks Methods are described which enable the operator of a network such as an Internet protocol (IP) network to allocate ingress and egress channel capacity for the use by different services or for use by different service providers. The methods can prevent a service prov... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7316513 | Optical-fiber mechanical splicing technique A portable optical-fiber cutter is used to slice a first optical-fiber at an advantageous angle to control reflections and at a suitable length to mate with a similar second optical-fiber that was pre-sliced at a complementary angle in the factory and configured as ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318050 | Biometric certifying authorities A biometric certifying authority (BCA) management system and method provide and maintain a hierarchical relationship among biometric certifying authorities in the issuance of biometric certificates. Biometric certificates may be used in all electronic transactions r... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313402 | System and method for evaluating accuracy of an automatic location identification system A method (38) and system (56) evaluate the accuracy of an Automatic Location Identification (ALI) system (36) deployed within an environment (20) and configured to location a wireless communication device (24) originating an emerge... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305256 | Method, apparatus and program for providing user-selected alerting signals in telecommunications devices A method for operating a user communication device (18a, 18b, 19a, 19b), and a program and user communication device that operate in accordance with that method. An interface (2d, 2b, | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295978 | Systems and methods for using one-dimensional gaussian distributions to model speech A system for recognizing speech receives an input speech vector and identifies a Gaussian distribution. The system determines an address from the input speech vector (610) and uses the address to retrieve a distance value for the Gaussian distribution from a ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281199 | Methods and systems for selection of multimedia presentations A variety of techniques for both (1) viewing multimedia-based information in accordance with user controls for speed and direction of the multimedia presentation and in accordance with a user selection device being in a particular location and (2) presenting multime... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277955 | Streaming content The disclosure describes techniques that enable a server to receive content submitted for delivery to a user and stream the submitted content to a receiver associated with the user. Such content may streamed along with generic, shared content. To handle strea... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7242776 | Method and apparatus for the generation and distribution of random bits A system (100) and method for the production and distribution of random bits is disclosed. The system uses a truly random source (102) to generate random data. The random data is sent to an input interface (104), which converts the random data t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240368 | Intrusion and misuse deterrence system employing a virtual network A method and apparatus is disclosed for increasing the security of computer networks through the use of an Intrusion and Misuse Deterrence System (IMDS) operating on the network. The IMDS is a system that creates a synthetic network complete with synthetic hosts and... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239629 | Multiservice network A multiservice network for delivering enhanced communication services to customer devices attached to either the PSTN, such as telephones and fax machines, or devices attached to the Internet or private data networks, such as PCs or other IP devices, is presented. E... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7158790 | Determining service coverage for metropolitan wireless networks A method is provided for determining service coverage for a wireless network using information indicating quality of service coverage for the wireless network, wherein the information is determined using wireless devices in conjunction with the wireless network. Whe... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158803 | Emergency services for wireless data access networks A system [100] for facilitating wireless data communication may include an operations center [110] configured to implement access control rules [305] within an emergency zone [200] and an access device [130/310] configured to provi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155007 | Systems and methods for reducing noise in ADSL transmissions A system (242) processes asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) signals. The system (242) receives a signal that includes an ADSL signal and transient noise (230). The system (242) isolates the transient noise (230) in the signa... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7130298 | Systems and methods implementing internet screen dialing for circuit switched telephones A computer system includes an input device (210) and at least one processor (205). The processor receives (600) an electronic document that includes data representing a telephone number. The processor further receives input via the input device ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7110558 | Systems and methods for automatically adjusting the volume of an audio source A system adjusts audio levels so as to maintain a constant perceived audio level at a user's location. The system includes a sensor (110) and an audio device (120). The sensor (110) receives a first audio signal, receives at least one data packe... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7099281 | Passive system and method for measuring the subjective quality of real-time media streams in a packet-switching network In accordance with the present invention, a portion of a packetized data stream is copied from a data network without interfering with the flow of the data in the network. A known test signal is then substituted for the information contained in each copied packet to... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092506 | Systems and methods for providing audio information to service agents A system permits a customer service agent to receive and listen to an audio recording from a caller on a voice device (110), and thereby prepare to support the caller before connecting directly with him/her. The incoming call may originate on a public telepho... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092888 | Unsupervised training in natural language call routing A method of training a natural language call routing system using an unsupervised trainer is provided. The unsupervised trainer is adapted to tune performance of the call routing system on the basis of feedback and new topic information. The method of training compr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076047 | Method and apparatus for determining the carrier used for an AIN call The present invention provides a method for determining the carrier that should be used for a particular AIN call. The following information is derived for each call: the originating calling party number, the terminating called party number, the originating LATA, th... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072669 | Method for localizing the position of a wireless device Systems and methods for localizing the position of a wireless device using a plurality of coordinated highly directional or adaptive antennas to detect signals from the wireless device. Because of the directional nature and/or adaptive processing of the antennas, of... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7061914 | Schemes for determining whether all of the fragments of a datagram are received Schemes for determining whether all of the fragments of a datagram are received are described herein. The schemes described herein can allocate fifteen bits of memory to one or more counters to facilitate a determination of whether all of the fragments of a datagram... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043250 | Systems and methods for forming and operating a communications network Methods are provided for forming and operating mesh communications networks. A primary application of these methods would be for a network for interconnecting telephone central offices. Compared to current networks, a network based on these methods may provide highe... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039166 | Apparatus and method for visually representing behavior of a user of an automated response system A system for visually representing user behavior within an interactive voice response (IVR) system of a call processing center generates a complete sequence of events within the IVR system for plural calls to the call processing center, the plurality of calls being ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035934 | System and method for improving traffic analysis and network modeling A system (800) improves a network designer's ability to analyze a data network having several routers. The system (800) accesses static routing information and/or open shortest path first route summarization information, determines an identity of a net... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024627 | System and method for providing a graphical representation of a frame inside a central office of a telecommunications system A method is provided of presenting to a user a visual representation of a frame 275 resident at a central office 20 of a telecommunications system. The method includes the steps of: accessing a database including data as to a current condition of the f... | 04/04/2006 |
