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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120106728 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATING COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES Methods and systems providing access to integrated communications services are disclosed. A notification of a call to a user is received at a device associated with the user, the device being connected to a data network and including a base unit, a handset, and a user i... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120051527 | TELEPHONIC SERVICE AND POWER SUPPLY STATUS MANAGEMENT OF A COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEPENDING ON THE PRESENCE OF A USER To manage a continuity of telephone service in relation to a user associated with a communication terminal (TC) and with at least one communication device (DC), a server (SC) connected to the communication terminal and to the communication device is able to power off th... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120027192 | Location-Based Forwarding of a Communication The invention provides a method and a system for forwarding a telephone call. The inventive method includes receiving a telephone call from a calling party line to a called party line, determining a location of the called party, determining a proximity of the location o... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120020255 | Local Route Groups and Transformation Patterns In one embodiment, method can include: receiving an address in a call agent, the address being associated with a call; triggering a trunk group selection algorithm in response to at least a portion of the received address, the trunk group selection algorithm providing a... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020470 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION FORWARDING For enabling the forwarding of communication requests directed by callers to callees who are subscribers of a carrier network (4) and users in an enterprise network (5), forwarding-profile information is received in a computerized central unit (2). ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120014518 | ENHANCED SERVICES PROVIDED USING COMMUNICATION REDIRECTION AND PROCESSING Processing a communication is disclosed. A first request to establish communication is received at a redirection node from a requesting communication participant. A destination communication participant associated with the request is determined. A communication session ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120002799 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DIRECT TELEPHONE CALLS TO ADVERTISERS A system and method for highlighting telephone numbers that are sponsored by advertisers on electronic content, and directing voice calls to those numbers to the corresponding advertiser. The call advertising system receives parameters of an advertising campaign from an... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110317826 | Family Branch Exchange A Family Branch Exchange (FBX) overcomes limitations of conventional residential telephone technology to inexpensively provide more useful and advanced residential telephone services. For example, a method of providing automatic call forwarding comprises receiving, at a... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311038 | SEMI-SUPERVISED TRAINING OF DESTINATION MAP FOR CALL HANDLING APPLICATIONS A method of semi-supervised synonym inference for a call handling application, such as automated directory assistance or call routing, is described. In one embodiment the method comprises examining a database of caller interaction results from a directory assistance sys... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110311036 | Call Routing in Telephone Switch Based on Duplicate Leg Detection The disclosed technology described herein provides devices and methods for disconnecting only the duplicate legs of a call which may have been twice or more received on a telecommunications switch for the same phone call. In embodiments of the disclosed technology, the ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110293084 | MANAGING CALL FORWARDING PROFILES Call forwarding profiles corresponding to call forwarding settings based on time, location, and/or presence states of a called party are created. Different call forwarding settings are then activated based on corresponding predefined call forwarding profiles. Users are ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293085 | Private Branch Exchange This private branch exchange includes a control portion parallelly forwarding an incoming call on an outside line to a plurality of recipients through one or more of a first telephone communication portion, a second telephone communication portion and a third telephone ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110280389 | RELAY PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, RELAY PROCESSING SYSTEM, RELAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM When a call from a call terminal to a called terminal is received, a relay processing device transmits calling terminal specific information that specifies the calling terminal to the called terminal by using data communication. The calling terminal specific information... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110261945 | Intelligent Disposition Manager When a communication is directed to an intended recipient, a determination may be made by an intelligent communication disposition manager as to whether one or more available communication devices of the intended recipient are available for routing the incoming communic... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261942 | Device-to-Device Call Disposition Device-to-device call disposition is provided. When a call is received at a first telecommunications device, a determination may be made as to whether a second device has been designated to receive a notification of the inbound call and to allow for call disposition at ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110188648 | COMPUTER-TELEPHONY INTEGRATION IN A SERVICE PROVIDER ENVIRONMENT One embodiment of the present invention provides a method and system for handling a telephone call. The method comprises receiving an incoming call at a computer-telephony server located as service provider equipment within a telephone network, followed by setting up a ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110142223 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CALL FORWARDING SET-UP AND MODIFICATION This invention proposes providing support for remote call forwarding set-up for IP desk phones via messaging. Whenever a user wants to set-up or change call forwarding for his/her IP desk phone, the user can send a Short Message (SM) to user's IP desk phone. The user ca... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110135085 | Adaptive phone for users with intellectual impairment Exemplary methods and apparatuses are provided for assisting a subscriber, e.g., a subscriber with cognitive limitations, in making decisions concerning contacting a called party. In response to a subscriber's request to speak to the called party, a cognitive processor ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110123013 | Providing a value added service available in a first network to a subscriber in a second network Method and communication system for providing a value added service, such as an intelligent network (IN) service, which is available in a first network (5), to a subscriber (3) in a second network (7). The first network (5) comprises a first ... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110069825 | USER-CONTROLLABLE TELEPHONE CALL PROCESSING Embodiments of the invention include a system to process telephone calls. The system can receive a telephone call and identify the telephone number of the calling party. A database of processing instructions then specifies whether to block the telephone call, forward th... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110069826 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORWARDING CALLS PLACED TO A TELECOMMUNICATIONS DESTINATION The present invention provides a method for forwarding calls placed to a primary destination comprising receiving at least one call forwarding profiles, each call forwarding profile having a predefined duration and at least one call forwarding destination, receiving an ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110051919 | Affecting Calls To A Person Associated With A Telecommunications Terminal Based On Visual Images and Audio Samples Of The Environment In The Vicinity Of The Telecommunications Terminal A video camera and microphone associated with a telecommunications terminal are used to gather information about the environment in the vicinity of the telecommunications terminal. Such information includes, but is not limited to: (i) how many people are in the environm... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110051719 | PROVIDING A CALL SERVICE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Methods and systems for providing company call service in wireless and wired integrated network are provided. For example, a call between an employee's wireless device and a client's device can be connected while indicating the employee's wired telephone number as a cal... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110051918 | Systems and Methods to Redirect Incoming Contacts Systems and methods are provided for contact channel redirection to improve agent routing/assignment efficiency and customer experience. For example, the system may redirect a customer, waiting in a queue for an agent for telephonic communications, to a chat agent for o... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110019808 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC ASSIGNMENT OF OUTBOUND AND INBOUND CALL IDENTITY A system and method for automatic assignment of outbound and inbound call identity between a salesperson and a client is disclosed. For automatic assignment of outbound call identity between a salesperson and a client, a salesperson places a call to the telephone number... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100322403 | System and Methods for Enhanced Multimedia in VoIP Networks Calls placed to a call recipient bypass the terminating messaging system, creating an enhanced message in the call originator's messaging system and delivering the enhanced message using alternate routing information. A caller creates enhanced messages for a call recipi... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100310062 | CONVEYING SERVICE INVOCATION INFORMATION WITHIN MULTIMODAL CONVERSATION SYSTEMS Service invocation information including call routing, reasons for redirections, and similar information are provided to party requesting a communication session and recipients of an enhanced communication system along the call routing path as the request is routed. Som... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100266110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMER PREMISE BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and an apparatus for providing a customer premise based feature. For example, the method receives a call directed to a customer, wherein the call is associated with a customer premise based feature. The method then forwards the call to a customer premise based ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100245534 | Method and apparatus for the efficient transmission of multimedia streams for teleconferencing A teleconferencing system in which a teleconference controller advantageously uses information relating to the network topology layout of remote nodes which are to participate in a teleconference, and then advantageously directs the transmission of video and/or audio st... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100246796 | FORWARDING APPARATUS, TELEPHONE SERVER, FORWARDING METHOD, AND FORWARDING SYSTEM A forwarding apparatus includes: a transmission source acquisition part for acquiring a first telephone number of a telephone corresponding to a transmission source of digital information; a call destination receiving part for receiving, from the telephone server, a sec... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100239083 | Method for restricting and remotely configuring call forwarding services The present invention provides a method for restricting and remotely configuring call forwarding service in wireless or wireline communication systems. An originating switch receives a call request from a calling communication unit. The call request includes an indicati... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100220850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING ENCRYPTED VOICE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN AN EXTERNAL DEVICE AND TELEPHONY DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK A telecommunication system that can selectively establish communications with one of a plurality of telephony devices associated with a particular telephone number for a device in an enterprise network. More particularly, the system is configured to route an incoming te... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100189248 | Implementing Method and System for UE Redirection Service of Sharing Pui The present invention discloses a method for implementing a redirection service for UEs sharing a PUI in an IMS, comprising: when a UE in a PN registers at a PNM AS, the PNM AS fetching the UE Identity and establishing a corresponding relationship between the identity a... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100172483 | CONVERSATION OF A PHONE CALL INTO A SMART PUSHED VOICE MESSAGE A method and system for ensuring that a phone call from an initiating user reaches a target user, when the phone call is non-deliverable in real time. The phone call is converted at an instant voice messaging (IVM) server into an entity that can be delivered to the targ... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100150149 | DIRECTORY NUMBER MOBILITY UTILIZING DYNAMIC NETWORK DISTRIBUTED DIAL-PEER UPDATES Methods, logic, apparatus, and systems are provided to support cross cluster directory number (DN) extension mobility (EM) using dynamic network distributed dial-peer updates in a communication networks, which includes a plurality of clusters or systems and each of the ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100128857 | CALL FORWARDING SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING VIRTUAL PHONE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH LANDLINE AND OTHER DISCRETE TELEPHONE UNITS A system and method for forwarding calls to virtual phone numbers, the virtual phone numbers associated with landline and other discrete telephone units. A user cellular telephone can receive the calls for the virtual phone numbers, based on preferences specified by the... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100124323 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CALL FORWARD INDICATOR Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a system and a method for providing a call forward indicator to enable a called party to identify a forwarded call. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving calling information for placing a telephone call. The meth... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100111282 | Remote monitoring of phone calls A communication system includes a plurality of endpoints associated with predetermined groups of endpoints; a server adapted to store for each group of endpoints a list of the endpoints, among the plurality of endpoints, associated therewith; and a communication network... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100111281 | Variable-Time Call Forwarding To Voicemail Unanswered calls route to voicemail after a variable number of ring cycles based on a history with the voicemail user. The history may include the caller's identity, the user's answering history, and user preferences. If the caller is not identified, an unanswered call ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100098235 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORWARDING TELEPHONE CALLS BASED ON PRESENCE INFORMATION A call forwarding system forwards telephone calls based on presence information of a user as reported by computing devices associated with a telephone number. When a telephone system receives an incoming call directed to one of the telephone numbers of the user's comput... | 04/22/2010 |
