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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127986 | Converged Voice Services Novel tools and techniques for providing a subscriber with converged voice services, in which calls to one of the subscriber's telephone numbers is routed to some or all of the subscriber's telephone numbers (e.g., sequentially or simultaneously, depending on system con... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127988 | System and method for encoding telephone call data using varying codec algorithms A method and system for transmitting a call over a packet switched network. A gateway server receives a telephone call and converts analog voice signals associated with the telephone call to a stream of digital data. A first part of the digital data is processed using a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127989 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO COMMUNICATE MEDIA DATA ACROSS DIFFERENT NETWORKS Example methods and apparatus to communicate media across different networks are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves determining, with a processor, whether a second network device in a second network has a capability associated with a first descriptor in a fi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127991 | METHOD OF SELECTING A NETWORK RESOURCE A method and apparatus are provided for selecting a network resource, in which a “controlled-entity” device connected to an IP network (20) is also capable of accessing at least one other physical and/or virtual telecommunications network. According to the me... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127987 | PACKET ROUTE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, VoIP SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VoIP VOICE CALL QUALITY A packet route management device, a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) system, and a method of controlling voice call quality. The packet route management device may manage a packet route in an effort to control VoIP voice call based on bandwidth information of packet ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131640 | ENABLING PRESENCE INFORMATION ACCESS AND AUTHORIZATION FOR HOME NETWORK TELEPHONY In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating a presence server in a home network is provided, the method comprising: receiving a request for presence information; sending an event notification to all subscribed control points informing them of ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127990 | Multiple Carrier Gateway System, Method and Apparatus A system, method and apparatus adapted to provide multiple voice communication carriers access to a data network via a single gateway.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127917 | System for Interconnecting Standard Telephony Communications Equipment to Internet Apparatus includes a communication predelivery receiver, configured to communicate with and relay both IP addressed overhead and IP addressed payload data from an originating communication device. The communication predelivery receiver includes a screener configured to,... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120106542 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL THAT PERFORMS NETWORK PACKET COMMUNICATION USING SIP SERVERS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM A communication terminal that determines the types of SIP servers, and stores SIP server information in association with the determined types so that SIP communication can be normally performed. The communication terminal carries out network packet communication using t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106540 | Secure Traffic Separation and Management Method The present invention is a method for securing internet communications between various voice over IP (VoIP) applications. The method enables VoIP Devices to operate within multiple IP networks which are physically connected to the VoIP Device in a manner that ensures in... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106400 | HOME NETWORK ENABLED ANSWERING SERVICE In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for handling an incoming call for home network telephony is provided, the method comprising: receiving an incoming call at a device in a home network, the incoming call including identifications of a caller and a ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106543 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONNECTING OR COUPLING ANALOG AUDIO TONE BASED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OVER A PACKET DATA NETWORK An automated telecommunications system includes a first system operable to receive PSTN compatible audio frequency signals, to decode and interpret said incoming signals according to the message format and a modem protocol being used, and transmit digital messages to a ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106541 | IP PHONE AND DESKTOP SHARING METHOD An Internet protocol (IP) phone establishes a voice communication with a remote IP phone, and establishes a desktop sharing connection with the remote IP phone upon a sharing key being pressed. The IP phone captures local desktop display data of a local computer, and tr... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081501 | INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION AUDIO AND VIDEO CALLING A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a media controller having computer instructions to execute a soft-phone client application on the media processor, receive an audio call or a v... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082154 | DATA DRIVEN CONFIGURATION OF CALL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS A call manager uses a call management application in conjunction with a live dial database to control routing of calls for managed devices. To generate the live dial database, the call management application accesses configured route patterns and enters these patterns i... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A BLUETOOTH-ENABLED ETHERNET INTERFACE In one embodiment, a method includes determining when a relay arrangement is available to pair with an endpoint. The relay arrangement is arranged to wirelessly communicate with the endpoint and to communicate over a wired network. The method also includes authenticatin... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069837 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FATE SHARING IDENTIFIER IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a first portion of an identifier associated with a communication session involving a first endpoint that generated the first portion of the identifier. The method also includes receiving a second port... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK SWITCH ELEMENT Method and system for a network switch element is provided. The switch element includes a plurality of megaports, each megaport uniquely identified by a unique megaport address identifier for network addressing. Each megaport includes a plurality of operational ports, e... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120051268 | INDUCED ANSWERING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CIRCUIT SWITCHING-BASED TELEPHONY A user terminal in a telecommunications network includes a circuit-switched (CS) telephony device and a packet-switched (PS) data processing device. The CS telephony device receives a CS-alert signal from the network for an incoming CS call and derives from the CS-alert... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051254 | VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL DIAGNOSTICS Embodiments disclose a method that may be used for diagnosing, for example, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) sessions. The method may include establishing a first streaming session between a first telephone and a server using session control messages and establishing... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044931 | Via Site for Managing Network Bandwidth A system for using one or more via sites to manage network bandwidth, according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a first call manager at a source site receiving an offer message to connect a call. The offer message includes an endpoint media settings... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044820 | GATEWAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL COMMUNICATION A gateway device and method for establishing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication includes setting coding methods of the VoIP, and setting quality of service (QoS) parameters corresponding to each coding method. In response to dialing a VoIP phone call from... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044929 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CREATION AND TRANSPORT OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FLOWS TO A DISTRIBUTION NETWORK Methods and apparatus for creation and transport of multimedia content flows to a distribution network. The system includes a method for transporting a content flow to an access network for distribution to devices coupled to the access network. The method includes trans... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044930 | Device initiated DQoS system and method A Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) cable modem system is coupled to: i) via a local area internet protocol (IP) network, a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) device operating Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for signaling a VoIP media session; ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120039312 | ENHANCED REGISTRATION MESSAGES IN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEMS An enhanced Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) registration message having extended header information that is used by an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (“IMS”) core to determine the registration status of a mobile device and the physical location of th... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039311 | VOICE CALL DETECTION Systems and methods for detecting a voice call are described. In one aspect, a data stream is identified and analyzed to determine whether the data stream is associated with a single device. The data stream is further analyzed to determine whether it is actively communi... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033586 | Method of Transmitting Data in a Communication System A method, terminal and program, the method comprising: at a second terminal, receiving a first signal transmitted from a first terminal via a communication network; transmitting a second signal from the second terminal to the first terminal; outputting the first signal ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033661 | DISTRIBUTED IP-PBX SIGNAL PROCESSING Techniques are described by which an IP telephone system leverages the digital signal processing functions of end-user IP telephones by distributing signal processing tasks typically carried out by a centralized IP-PBX. The end-user IP telephones publicize their signal ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120027010 | ALARM SYSTEM IP NETWORK WITH PSTN OUTPUT Alarm customers on VoIP may use an adapter for conversion to Internet Protocol (IP) signals or may have an alarm system that uses IP signals to transmit alarm signals over the Internet. IP signals from alarm customers may go to any monitoring center for alarm system mon... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027011 | INTELLIGENT FORMATTING OF VOIP TELEPHONE NUMBERS A system and method are disclosed for intelligent formatting of VoIP telephone numbers. The intelligent VoIP formatting system includes a presentation and user interface layer, an E.164 formatting engine, a location routine, and a database of telephone number data which... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027009 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF A communication device electronically connects with a phone and includes a control unit, a relay, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) interface, a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network interface, and a ring signal detector. The relay is electronically conne... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027006 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINT VOICE AND DATA TRANSMISSION A method for multiplexing voice and data communication using a communications network is presented. In the method, at least one voice bit from a voice bit stream is retrieved, and at least one data bit from at least one data bit stream is retrieved. When the voice bit s... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027007 | CABLE MODEM AND NETWORK REGISTRATION METHOD A network registration method of a cable modem boots the cable modem with a default packet cable (PC) protocol, detects the network server through a network when the cable modem is booted, and determines whether the network server has been detected. When the network ser... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026923 | CONNECTION OF A COMMUNICATIONS UNIT TO THE SOFTPHONE OF A PC A PC containing a softphone is connected to a headset (14) by means of a control unit (9) which is connected to a USB gate (6) in the PC. The PC has a security function, which means that the PC can be accessed only by users who e.g. know an access c... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027008 | Addressing Techniques For Voice Over Internet Protocol Router An apparatus and method for increasing available ports on a voice router is provided. A first gateway and a second gateway are assigned a single port number for a data stream, the direction of packet flow is identified to determine a destination gateway. The destination... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120020252 | SERVICE EXECUTION ACROSS LEGACY AND INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM DOMAINS Systems and methods for service execution across legacy telecommunications networks and Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) domains are described. In one aspect, a convergence gateway is deployed in an IMS network to interface between the IMS network and a lega... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020351 | CALL BARRING A application relates to call barring. Typically, PBX systems have the ability to bar calls originating from both an individual phone and group of phones. However, with nomadism/hot-desking in large organisations comprising typically many PBXs, often from different manu... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020350 | APPLICATION SERVICE INVOCATION BASED ON FILTER CRITERIA An Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) device includes a memory configured to store a subscriber profile, where the subscriber profile includes at least one criterion relating to an event that occurs after a session request has been forwarded to a terminating p... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120014382 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TERMINATING COMMUNICATION REQUESTS A IP telephony service allows customers to form user groups. Each user group can include multiple telephony devices that are associated with one or more users. One or more group identifiers would be associated with each user group. When an incoming communication is dire... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014381 | VOICE SERVICE IN EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM Methods and apparatus to manage voice service in evolved packet systems are disclosed. An example method in a user equipment (UE) with a first indicator related to voice services in an Evolved Packet System (EPS), the method includes receiving a Non Access Stratum (NAS)... | 01/19/2012 |
