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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110299522 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NEW COMMUNICATION SERVICES OVER EXISTING WIRING The invention provides apparatus for providing a next-generation communication system over existing wiring. In one form the apparatus includes an input to receive broadband signals carrying next-generation communication data, a processor to extract the next-generation c... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110044441 | Device and method for preventing ion build-up in liquid crystal displays A desktop network protocol telephone set has a network interface for connecting the telephone set to a local area network. An audio interface provides audio signals to and from a handset of the telephone set. A processing circuit is responsive to communications from the... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110013757 | User programmable communication services It is desirable to a user who subscribes to one or more communication services (e.g., telephone, Internet and TV services, etc.) provided by a telecommunication service provider (telecom) can personalize his/her communication service. To that end, the telecom is recepti... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100316203 | Telephone functions for computers An enhanced telephone emulation computer system including a minidialer program for controlling a computer to add telephony functions which can be invoked from whatever active program is currently controlling the computer. The minidialer program controls the computer to ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100142687 | HIGH AVAILABILITY ARCHITECTURE FOR COMPUTER TELEPHONY INTERFACE DRIVER A method of providing communication services includes configuring a primary computer telephony interface driver to interface a computer telephony interface server with an application for transmitting client information between the application and the computer telephony ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100046500 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NEW COMMUNICATION SERVICES OVER EXISTING WIRING Various embodiments of the invention provides apparatus for providing a next-generation communication system over existing wiring. In one form the apparatus includes an input to receive broadband signals carrying next-generation communication data, a processor to extrac... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100008482 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING CONNECTIONS IN A COMMUNICATIONS PATCHING SYSTEM USING COMMON-MODE CHANNEL SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS Communications patching system and methods utilizing common-mode channel communications are provided for identifying patch panel ports to which a backbone cable is connected in a communications patching system, for identifying a patch panel port to which a horizontal ca... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090296902 | VOIP MONITORING SYSTEM AND VOIP MONITORING METHOD A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system includes two or more VoIP terminals, a monitoring server (30), and a soft switch device (10). The soft switch is capable of determining whether or not phone number associated with at least one of the two or more... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090262911 | Repeaterless Backhaul Using the concepts of inverse multiplexing, repeaterless backhaul can be provided on loaded or unloaded loops. Inverse multiplexing can effectively support a large bit rate capacity between the conversion equipment and the CO-side equipment by utilizing a large enough n... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090257571 | INTERFACE MODULE An interface module for a telecommunications network service entity, the interface module being operable to communicate with an application provided on the telecommunications network service entity and a session layer of the telecommunications network service entity, th... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090252069 | POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT NETWORK SYSTEM A point-to-multipoint network system using an in-house telephone line includes a master modem and a plurality of slave modems. The master modem is configured to allocate at least of a plurality of downstream bandwidths (hereinafter, referred to as a first bandwidth) and... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090161842 | INTERACTIVE WEB INTERFACE FOR INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE Described are a system and method for establishing a communication session between an end user and a communication destination of an interactive voice response (IVR) system. A click-to-call server transmits a web page over a network for display in a browser window at a ... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090122968 | Authentication system and method A method of authorising a user of a first packet-based communication network to access a second packet-based communication network. The method comprises: receiving an authorisation request from a user terminal of the user at a first network element of the first packet-b... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090110161 | DIGITAL TELEPHONE INTERFACE DEVICE Various embodiments of this invention are directed towards a digital telephone interface device for use with PBX systems. One or more embodiments of the invention augment the audio data transmitted between the digital telephone and PBX such that periodic beeps or inputt... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090097621 | COMPUTER TELEPHONY SYSTEM, METHOD AND SERVER A computer telephony system allows a user to control different communications terminals at different times via a second system, external to the computer telephony system. The computer telephony system comprises a plurality of communications terminals each of which has a... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090052642 | VOICE AND DATA EXCHANGE OVER A PACKET BASED NETWORK WITH AGC A signal processing system which discriminates between voice signals and data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier. The signal processing system includes a voice exchange, a data exchange and a call discriminator. The voice exchange is capable of exchanging voice si... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090003562 | NETWORK TERMINAL AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM A network terminal includes an operating system on which a plurality of user environments can run in parallel, a plurality of calling units corresponding to the plurality of user environments respectively, and a plurality of cooperative units corresponding to the plural... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090003561 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HYBRID TELEPHONY SERVICE The systems and methods for a hybrid telephony service may provide a plurality of user accounts that each user may have a circuit-based telephony service identifier, a packet-based telephony service identifier and a mapping instruction for the user account. The systems ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080317225 | Communicating Modem or Multimedia Terminal Adapter Status to a Handset for a Cordless Telephone A cordless telephone system provides indication of event information for customer premises equipment. The cordless telephone system includes a base station and handsets. The base station receives event information from the CPE. The base station transmits the event infor... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080299948 | Presence over existing cellular and land-line telephone networks Presence information is received and processed at a base station from one or more wireless headsets or wireless telephones. The base station is coupled to a PSTN network or cellular network. The base station outputs a plurality of caller selectable options associated wi... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080152101 | WEB-BASED TELEPHONY SYSTEM AND METHOD A method and a system to establish an Internet telephone call from a terminal device. The method may comprise displaying a graphical user interface of a web telephone on the terminal device. In response to displaying the graphical user interface, a script interpreter of... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080152102 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A communication system including a plurality of terminals; and a switchboard connected to the terminals, includes a means for causing each of the terminals to register an identifier and an address of the terminal itself in the switchboard; a means for, when one of the t... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080107249 | Apparatus and method of controlling T-communication convergence service in wired-wireless convergence network The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling a T-communication convergence service in a wired-wireless convergence network, and more particularly, a method and apparatus for providing a function of controlling the T-communication convergence ser... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080059604 | Data transfer between a business intelligence system to a bank analyzer system An apparatus and method for integrating data from a business intelligence system to a bank analyzer system includes the usage of a universal framework. The apparatus and method includes selecting a first data set of denormalized data disposed within the business intelli... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080056469 | IN-BAND SIGNALING FOR DATA COMMUNICATIONS OVER DIGITAL WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS An inband signaling modem communicates digital data over a voice channel of a wireless telecommunications network. An input receives digital data. An encoder converts the digital data into audio tones that synthesize frequency characteristics of human speech. The digita... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080043944 | JACK DETECTION CIRCUIT A jack detection circuit includes a transition circuit and an AD converter. The transition circuit linearizes analog signals sent from a switching circuit. The AD converter converts the linearized analog signals to digital output signals thereby decreasing the complexit... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080037737 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING AUTOMATIC TRANSFER OF TELEPHONE CALLS For use with call transfer circuitry associated with a central office, an automatic transferring system and method for automatically transferring a telephone call from a called party to a subsequent party and a surveying system incorporating the system or the method. In... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080025484 | COMPUTER INTEGRATED WITH TRADITIONAL TELEPHONE AND VOIP A computer integrated with traditional telephone and VoIP includes a network module, a south bridge chip and a telecom adapter module. The network module is connected to the Internet for providing an Internet connection function to enable the computer to make or receive... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20070263804 | TELEPHONE WITH ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH MOBILE PHONES The present invention relates to a PSTN telephone, which is adapted to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and is capable of communicating with a mobile phone embedded with a wireless module by a wireless manner, which comprises: a power source, capable of provid... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070116257 | Sealing current terminator for inhibiting oxidation and methods therefor Methodologies and structure are provided for use in a communications line that transmit data without plain old telephone service (POTS), or splits the POTS service from the data service, to inhibit oxidation of electrical connections within the physical communications l... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20060203982 | Method and system for auto-routing fax and voice signals A method and system for auto-routing signals including receiving an incoming call from a sender, determining whether the incoming call includes data signals, and toggling between a fax mode and a voice mode based upon the determining step, wherein the fax mode includes ... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060171516 | Phone apparatus combined with keyboard A phone apparatus combined with keyboard comprising a keyboard. A sound transmission device and a phone line socket are disposed on one side of the keyboard. The phone line socket is connected to a phone module in the keyboard, resulting in having both a computer operat... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060072722 | System and method for optimizing digital subscriber line based services A method is provided that can be used for modifying a control parameter associated with a digital subscriber line (DSL) service. Initially, a real-time performance parameter is received from a first termination unit that is coupled to an DSL circuit. The real-time perfo... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20060067488 | Method and apparatus for spectral containment over telephone service lines A method for providing spectral containment over telecommunications service lines is provided. The method includes selecting a filter having spectral characteristics corresponding to a predetermined passband. The method also includes connecting the filter in series to a... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20060018449 | Telephone call routing Network architectures, methods, and operations for routing telephone calls are disclosed. A customer premise includes a conventional POTS dedicated communication line to a central office switch and a broadband connection to a data network. The central office switch and ... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20060018448 | Routing telephone calls via a data network Network architectures, methods, and operations for routing telephone calls are disclosed. A customer premise includes a conventional POTS dedicated communication line to a central office switch and a broadband connection to a data network. The central office switch and ... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20060008061 | Integrated filter and modular jack for voice over digital subscriber line service An integrated filter and modular jack for filtering a voice signal delivered over a digital subscriber line between a first communication circuit and a second communication circuit where the voice signal includes analog and digital portions. The modular filter jack incl... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20050271190 | Telephone disconnect control The present invention provides a telephone user a convenient means of temporarily disconnecting their telephone line to avoid unwanted distraction by the telephone when the need arises. It may also be used for security against unauthorized use of the telephone. It does ... | 12/08/2005 |
| 20050185775 | Method and apparatus for disconnecting an off-hook customer premises equipment from a communication network The present invention provides a method and apparatus for disconnecting a CPE from a communication network. When a CPE goes off-hook, the CPE is automatically disconnected from the communication network. An alert is provided at the CPE that indicates that the CPE has be... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050100146 | High-speed telephone connection A data communication device comprises a data input cable, a data output cable, and a selective connector. The data input cable has a first plurality of data lines arranged in a first order. The data output cable has a second plurality of data lines arranged in a second ... | 05/12/2005 |
