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| 20100329443 | System and Method for Providing Mobile Based Services for Hotel PBX The invention relates to a method and system for providing mobile based services for hotel PBX having an external number assigned which includes the steps of providing each hotel room which provides the mobile based service with at least one mobile station comprising a ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100166170 | Method and Apparatus for Relaying Calls A dual mode user terminal for a calling party can make calls over both a conventional cellular network and a packet data network using VoIP protocols. If the called party is not available to receive a VoIP call over the packet data network, the user terminal for the cal... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100150335 | CALL ROUTING An inbound traffic allocation module is configured to store, in a database, data received from a plurality of site-services, and to determine a route capacity based at least in part on the received data, data received from each of the site-services including data relate... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20090268897 | METHOD FOR SELECTION AND ROUTING OF AN INBOUND VOICE CALL TO AN APPROPRIATE NETWORK FOR COMPLETION A method of directing a call includes receiving a call connection request, the call connection request including an identifier associated with a called party. The method also includes determining a network category associated with the called party in response to receivi... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090116634 | ACCOMMODATION OF TWO INDEPENDENT TELEPHONY SYSTEMS Independent telephony systems are integrated by using symmetric forking from both systems. Calls received by either system are forked to the other system. Thus, a call can be accepted by one of the systems, using its external interfaces, and presented to all devices in ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090086933 | CALL ROUTING USING VOICE SIGNATURE AND HEARING CHARACTERISTICS In an example embodiment, a system that appropriately routes calls to an agent at a contact center based on the agent's voice and/or hearing characteristics. The agent is selected by matching speech and hearing characteristics of a caller with the speech and hearing cha... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090080637 | DIALING PLAN REMOVAL A request to delete a dialing plan is received. A list is generated of switching modules that are connected to a central processor of a telephone switch. Each switching module is queried to determine if the switching module includes a copy of the dialing plan. It is det... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20080260139 | System and Method for Voice Over Internet Protocol Using a Standard Telephone System A system and method is provided for routing telephone calls on a standard telephone network to one of a PSTN network and a VoIP network. The system comprises at least one telephone capable of making local and long distance calls on the network. A Central Office is coupl... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080232573 | User-Programmable Call Progress Tone Detection A telecommunications system is disclosed that enables a telecommunications switch to be “user” programmable in the “field”—in contrast to only programmable by the manufacturer or third-party software company—with audio samples. Each audio sample is exemplar ... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080198998 | Strategic Telecom Optimized Routing Machine A method of routing calls through a network (5) includes: receiving an incoming call at a signaling transfer point (STP); transferring information related to the incoming call to a routing engine by decoding ISUP signaling information related to the incoming call... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080192916 | Routing Based Upon Origin of a Call The invention relates to a data communications network and a method of operation thereof. A data communications network (14) is described which includes a call server (58, 60, 62, 64) for the purpose of signalling, and a routing server (66, 68) for ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080165946 | Direct Route ISDN Primary Route Interface A method of operating a telecommunications network includes, in one embodiment, detecting a call at an originating switch of the telecommunications network and, when a destination for the call matches a predetermined destination, routing the call on designated data trun... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080152118 | System and method for virtual wireless roaming A system and method is provided for call routing from a wired telephone switch. A wireless device is registered with a database of the wired telephone switch. Incoming wireless calls destined for the wireless device are routed to a standard telephone. The wireless devic... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080152091 | Priority-Based Call Routing The present invention provides methods, apparatuses, and computer media for re-routing outgoing calls from a communications terminal. A call routing module selects a set of re-routing plug-ins. One of plug-ins determines re-routing information for an outgoing call based... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080101344 | Method and System to Provide Redundancy for Calls In a method for providing redundancy for calls, a calling subscriber generates a first call to a called receiver. An originator is provided, associated to the calling subscriber, and having intelligence of creating at least one additional call associated with the first ... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080101583 | INTERNET TELEPHONE SYSTEM ENSURING COMMUNICATION QUALITY AND PATH SETTING METHOD An LSP control unit checks whether or not there is a label switching path of a hundred to thousand times of a band necessary for transferring a VoIP packet between a pair of edge label switch routers in response to notification from a VoIP packet control unit. When ther... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080101571 | CALL ROUTING METHOD A call processing method is disclosed. A first station initiates a call to a second station. Call information associated with the initiated call is evaluated by comparing the call information with information in a fraud database. Completion of the call is prevented if t... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080031439 | QUERYING ASAP POLICY SYSTEMS Methods and devices for querying any-service-any-port policy systems are disclosed. A method for a network device to route calls using policy considerations receives a call request associated with a call and queries a policy system to determine if the network can accept... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080019498 | System and method for routing both toll-free and caller-paid telephone calls to call service centers A system and method of routing both caller-paid and toll-free telephone calls includes a local exchange network and an interexchange network in communication with a call routing processor. The call routing processor receives status information on at least two call servi... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080008308 | System and method for routing calls A method and system of routing calls. In a particular embodiment, the method includes prompting a caller of a call for caller information with a first system. The first system has a first interface characteristic. The method further includes selecting a destination for ... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070071215 | INTERNATIONALLY ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATIONS A communication system that is configured to communicate with more than one call manager systems, the communication system comprising a routing system configured to receive signaling for a call wherein the signaling indicates a called number including an international c... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070064910 | Method and apparatus for providing called party information to a coverage point during survivable processor operation Called party information is provided during survivable processor mode operation of a branch included in a distributed private branch exchange communication system for support of features that require information identifying the called party. More particularly, a coverag... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20060222158 | Call contents interception method for a communications network A method is used to intercept call contents for provision of the contents to a monitoring authority for example the police or security services. The method identifies a network device in a bearer path to act as an intercept access point. This device is then instructed t... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060182256 | Method and system for handling calls in a communication network A call processing system receives a call request, and in response, generates a call identification, establishes context information, and transfers the call identification and the context information. A context server receives the call identification and the context info... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060165228 | Transferring multiple dialogs of a call Communicating a call having a number of dialogs includes initiating a call between a first endpoint and a second endpoint. A first connection for a primary dialog of the call is established according to a feature. The first endpoint determines that the primary dialog ha... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20060140383 | Network re-routing systems and methods A telecommunications system includes a local data switch in communication with a first interexchange carrier network and a customer computer in communication with the local data switch. When there is a disruption in a first interexchange carrier network, the customer co... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060072737 | Dynamic load balancing between multiple locations with different telephony system An allocation component allocates its received calls among a plurality of telephony systems including a first telephony system and a second telephony system. A first routing protocol (RP) component distributes those of the calls allocated to the first telephony system a... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20060045254 | Telecommunication resource allocation system and method A telecommunication system includes telecommunication resources, points, and a connection manager. The connection manager is configured to establish connections between the telecommunications resources and the points in response to a request from an application. The con... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060034444 | Integrated chat client with receiving party choice Phone systems for an integrated chat client service are provided. A representative phone system includes a call processing system operable to check a chat server for accessibility of a calling party chat client associated with a calling party and coupled to the internet... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20060029204 | Selective processing of calls using alternative network telephony A system and method are disclosed for selective processing of calls using alternative network telephony. Called party data is received indicating a destination to which a calling party using a local telephone equipment desires to place a call. It is determined transpare... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060023860 | Method of detecting misrouted inter-office transport facility routes in a telecommunications system A method of detecting misrouted inter-office transport facility routes in a telecommunications system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of provisioning orders corresponding to a plurality of newly requested inter-office facility routes to be added ... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060013379 | Failsafe configuration for alternative network telephony A failsafe configuration for alternative network telephony is disclosed. An indication as to whether an alternative network telephony call processing system is available to process calls from an associated piece of telephone equipment is received automatically and trans... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20050286704 | Routing data based on comparative income values To select routing of communications in a network with a plurality of paths between a first location and a second location, a routing choice is determined from among the plurality of paths based at least in part upon at least one of a communication-success amount of mone... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050243987 | Process and server for routing telephone calls Process for managing calls to users of telecommunication networks, comprising the steps during which: the users each enter at least one call routing rule associating at least one condition applied to an incoming call characteristic with a routing action for the incoming... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050232407 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for organizing, managing, and selectively distributing routing information in a signaling message routing node Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing and selectively distributing routing information in a routing node are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for selectively distributing routing information in a routing node includes organizing internal... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050220288 | Technique for routing a call to a call center based on the geographic origin of the call A telephone or other communications device may be identified by a telephone number based on a home area (e.g., “NPA” or area code). When a caller is traveling with a cellular telephone, for example, the caller may call an information assistance service to provide in... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050201544 | Automated operator assistance with menu options A subscriber implements and accesses telecommunications services, using a graphical user interface (GUI) via the Internet, and an interactive voice response (IVR) system via the public switched telecommunications network (PSTN). The subscriber can create preferences for... | 09/15/2005 |
| 20050175166 | Emergency call completion for VoIP based on location of call originator Emergency calls placed from telephone devices connected to a data network are completed to the appropriate public safety answering point (PSAP). In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for completing an emergency call comprises receiving a call from a devic... | 08/11/2005 |
| 20050135594 | Computer-based telephone call management Some embodiments provide a telephone and a computing device coupled to the telephone, the computing device to selectively route telephone call signals to the telephone based on user-specified rules. ... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050117732 | Automatic telephone line switch An apparatus (40) and method for switching a customer-premises telephone line (36) between a plurality of local telephone networks (35). The local telephone networks may have different electrical and operational characteristics. Using less than 100 ... | 06/02/2005 |
