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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398281 | Document repository A document repository module provides document management control and flexible indexing of electronic documents associated with a document repository. According to some of the embodiments, the document repository provides a central location to store or to access fil... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7379464 | Personal digital gateway Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for enabling a virtual personalized network. Communications are established with a personal digital gateway to control access, sharing, security, and/or management of up-to-date personalized data exchanged between or a... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376704 | Methods, systems, and products for converting between legacy systems Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling a telecommunications network-based information system (NBIS). A data connection is established with a rule-based application dataserver of a telecommunications network facility to control access, sharing, notification, ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357308 | System and method of automatically displaying patient information Systems and methods of automatically or semi-automatically loading patient chart information onto a patient room computer system. The systems and methods involve using the patient room computer system to obtain patient identifying information, then requesting the pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360160 | System and method for providing substitute content in place of blocked content A method for blocking content from being presented at a client device including substitution of alternative content. The client device recognizes and evaluates the received tags and blocks content based on a user profile. Substitute content is then identified and pr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349526 | Methods for testing cable pairs in a telecommunications network Methods are disclosed for testing cable pairs in a telecommunications network. One method connects a test line to a telecommunications switch. The test line is connected to an inactive cable pair. The inactive cable pair has no telecommunications service established... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345592 | Control unit A hand-held remote control unit for controlling the operation of a television and other electronic audio/video components, such as a VCR, DVD player, or home stereo, operates in a different mode for use as a video game controller. The location and position of the pu... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346662 | Methods, systems, and products for indicating receipt of electronic mail Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for delivering an indication of an email message's arrival. The email message is received and identifies at least an addressee. The addressee is looked up in a database that associates multiple addressees to a shared Inte... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346658 | System and method for notifying an offline global computer network user of an online interaction A system and method for notifying an offline global computer network user of an online interaction in which the offline user could participate. The system and method specify notification criteria of the offline user, monitor activities occurring on the global comput... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341126 | Ladder support systems A ladder support system that may be mounted on a ladder rung or other securing structures and may further be shaped to provide lateral support to the ladder when a pole or other supporting structure is positioned on the ladder support. The ladder support may also be... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343416 | Methods, systems, and products for providing communications services amongst multiple providers Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method discovers multiple communications networks available to a client communications device. A request for communications service is communicated from the client communications... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340252 | Methods, systems, and products for selective broadcast enhancement Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for selective broadcast enhancement. A registration request includes a randomly selected a generic access number (GAN) and a hardware serial number (HSN). A registration response comprising the randomly-selected generic a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333597 | Telephone synchronization with software applications and documents A method and system are provided for locating and retrieving stored computer files that are related to an incoming telephone call directed to a computer user. A called party receives a telephone call while the called party is operating her computer. A computer telep... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324638 | System and method for managing communications A communications network-based system and service is disclosed. The service permits subscribers to control and manage incoming telephone calls. Subscribers can establish preferences for how calls will be handled by a communications network if the calls are received ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317714 | Internet call waiting messaging Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for providing Internet Call Waiting (ICW) Messaging Services. In an embodiment, a calling party places an incoming call to a called telephone number having an active ICW session and data connection. A telecommunication... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313617 | Methods and systems for a communications and information resource manager Methods and systems for managing the communications and information resources of a user. A manager interfaces with communications systems such as a telecommunications and/or data network. The manager allows a user to participate in, keep track of, log, monitor, and ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304960 | Methods and systems for provisioning SONET elements Methods and systems are disclosed for provisioning a SONET network. One method acquires a SONET Capacity Activation report. The report contains information for telecommunications network equipment connected to the SONET network. A target identification number is gen... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304983 | Methods and systems for enhancing internet call- waiting messages Methods and systems are disclosed for notifying a called station of an incoming call. The called station has a busy status as a result of a connection to a data network via an access server. Because the called station is connected to the data network, and thus “bu... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296297 | System and method for using web-based applications to validate data with validation functions Clients using standard software protocols may access stored validation functions in order to perform validation functions on data via a number of methods including Internet applications, a Java RMI server, a CORBA gateway server and graphical screen interphase appli... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287354 | Vinyl siding wire channel An apparatus and methods of use for a wire channel device that is positioned between an upper siding panel and a lower siding panel along the side of a building and that routes, supports, and/or secures one or more wires. The wire channel device includes an upwardly... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277715 | Methods, systems, and products for demographic discounting Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for providing a discount to a device. One method obtains a location of the device and obtains a demographic indicator associated with the device. The discount is retrieved from memory, and the discount is... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272633 | Methods and systems for a communications and information resource manager A manager interfaces with communications systems such as a telecommunications and/or data network. The manager allows a user to participate in, keep track of, log, monitor, and engage or direct activities relating to communications. The manager may include user data... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269250 | System and method for processing traffic study requests A system and method for processing traffic study requests in a communications network. The system provides a log-in window for a user identification validation. If a user is an authorized user of the system, the system provides a window for displaying a CPNI disclai... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269835 | Method and system for managing timed responses to A/V events in television programming Exemplary embodiments provide an incentive for a viewer to watch and react to audio/video programming. For example, the viewer may be prompted during a program to provide an indicated response to an event within an indicated time period. Thereafter, the indicated re... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262695 | Network interface device An apparatus is disclosed that provides a gateway function. The apparatus has an enclosure surrounding a network interface device. The network interface device has a communications network interface to a communications network and a power line network interface to a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263102 | Multi-path gateway communications device Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for enabling a virtual personalized network. Communications are established with a personal digital gateway to control access, sharing, security, and/or management of up-to-date personalized data exchanged between or a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257387 | Method and system for emergency control of a voice/data communications device Emergency remote control communications systems and methods provide remote access to, activation of, deactivation of, monitoring of, communications with, and/or otherwise management of a Voice-Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications device (and/or another perip... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254221 | Methods, systems, and products for providing communications services Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method receives a communication from an originating party, with the communication intended for a receiving party. A database of pre-created data messages is accessed, with the da... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248688 | Virtual physician office systems and methods Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling a virtual physician office (VPO) that uses a network-based physician practice application and leverages the assets of a shared, communications network of legacy systems. A data connection is established with a rule-base... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7225462 | Systems and methods for managing web user information Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for managing information concerning users of a network web site. The system includes a web server for providing access to various network resources, such as web pages and applications and an applicat... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224698 | Edge side assembler Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for enabling a virtual personalized network. Communications are established with a personal digital gateway to control access, sharing, security, and/or management of up-to-date personalized data exchanged between or a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219366 | System and method for providing video services Set top boxes are provided with access to full EIT data streams without having to off-tune from one transport to another. If off-tuning is required, however, a locking mechanism substantially reduces or eliminates service interruption. Data in the additional EIT dat... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216256 | Methods, systems, and products for verifying integrity of web-server served content Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for verifying the integrity of web server content. One method communicates with a server specified by a Uniform Resource Locator. Content specified by the Uniform Resource Locator is retrieved. If the content contains an ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7167122 | Remote control device with directional mode indicator A remote control device including a processor and a motion detector in communication with the processor. The device also includes at least one in put device in communication with the processor and a directional mode indicator in communication with the processor, the... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7140033 | Methods and systems for controlling consumer electronics external devices via data delivered to a device This document discloses systems and methods for enabling viewers to control and manage programming and to control external consumer electronic devices through the use of a STB or other device. This invention provides command information that is embedded into an EPG ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136472 | System and method for privacy management A privacy management system is disclosed for when a calling party has a private telephone number. Privacy screening services allow a subscriber to manage and monitor incoming telephone calls, such that unwanted calls are not terminated to the subscriber. When a call... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130400 | Graphical animation and sound for Internet Call-Waiting messages Methods and systems are disclosed for selecting the content of Internet Call-Waiting messages. One method includes providing a selection of content for an Internet Call-Waiting message and allowing a customer/user to select the content of the Internet Call-Waiting m... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127051 | System and method for providing advanced telephony services using a virtual telephone number Systems and methods for providing advanced telephony services to telephone numbers served by telecommunications networks lacking the infrastructure to provide these advanced services directly are described. In an embodiment of the present invention, a service-provid... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127400 | Methods and systems for personal interactive voice response A personal interactive voice response system with a web-based interface allowing the user to specify treatment of incoming calls based on voice or touchtone responses provided by the calling party. A graphical user interface available over a computer network, such a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7103168 | Methods and systems for implementing personal dialing plans A network-based personal dialing plan that allows a user to associate dialing strings of any length with easy-to-remember, user-selected aliases. A user may also define dialing rules, such as automatically adding digits to the directory number when the called number... | 09/05/2006 |
