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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120083244 | MOBILE TELEPHONE HOSTED MEETING CONTROLS Technologies are described herein for controlling components associated with a room using a mobile phone. A gateway is configured to receive a command from a mobile phone. Upon receiving the command, the gateway determines whether the command is a room command or a pres... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120003969 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING A GROUP CALL A method, device, and system for establishing a group call among a plurality of communication devices. The method includes initiating a group call among at least some of the plurality of communication devices, wherein each communication device uses a unicast communicati... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110319063 | METHODS SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MASKING PHONE NUMBERS OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES Communications involving mobile communication devices and an intermediate compute of a trusted third party host such that people can communicate with each other through the intermediate computer while not disclosing their phone numbers and/or other contact information t... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110306329 | REMOTE VEHICLE DATA ACCESS DURING A MULTI-WAY CALL WITH A VEHICLE TELEMATICS UNIT A system and method for obtaining data during a multi-way call involving at least a vehicle telematics unit, call center, and third party such as a public safety answering point (PSAP). While connected together in at least a three-way voice call, the connection from the... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110300840 | ON THE ROAD GROUPS A mobile or in-vehicle communication system and method facilitate communication among groups. The system and method also facilitate the creation of such groups. The system and method may convert speech from one member of the group to text for distribution to other membe... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110300841 | MEETING LOBBY FOR WEB CONFERENCING A conferencing system provides the scheduling of virtual meetings with meeting lobbies so that a meeting presenter can conduct a virtual meeting without the need to send out invitations to attendees. A person that wants to conduct a virtual meeting can schedule with the... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110300839 | SYSTEM FOR RECORDING A TELEPHONE CALL A system effective to generate information relating to a telephone call. The system comprises a mobile calling telephone, a called telephone, a memory, and a first processor in communication with the memory. The first processor is effective to receive a request from the... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110281569 | Method and Apparatus for Conferencing of Text Messages A system and method are provided which provide a text messaging conference among at least three users who communicate on different first communication channels. A message initiated by a first user is received on one of the first communication channels. The message seeks... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110217966 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING TRANSFERRING OF CONFERENCE CALLS USING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES Systems and methods for facilitating transferring of a conference call. In some embodiments, users of a secure mobile device may be provided with the ability to transfer a media session for use in a conference call to a non-secure communication device. The method may in... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110212714 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED CALL INFORMATION DISPLAY DURING TELECONFERENCES An example aspect includes a mobile device that can perform a method where a conference call schedule is kept in a calendaring application, which is made to reference a temporary entry in a contact manager, which tracks access information, such as a dial-in number, an a... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110195685 | Detecting and Responding to Incidents Disclosed are various embodiments for detecting and responding to incidents. In at least one computing device, it is determined that an incident associated with a personal communication device has occurred. A conference including a plurality of conference participants i... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110165867 | Handling an Audio Conference Related to a Text-Based Message A client for a text-based messaging application for a dual-mode mobile communication device may initiate an audio conference based on a text-based message. Contents of fields of the text-based message may be extracted and utilized to construct an audio conference reques... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110159860 | METHOD FOR MANAGING APPOINTMENTS IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE A method for managing appointments utilizes an appointment management system installed in a communication server between communication devices. The appointment management system receives a request list from one of the communication devices used by an originator. The req... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110149809 | Web-Enabled Conferencing and Meeting Implementations with Flexible User Calling and Content Sharing Features A plurality of embodiments is presented in relation to conferencing solutions. Consistent with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method is implemented by a computer processing arrangement. The method provides conferencing services between participants. A web-ac... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110143736 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMART REDIALLING FOR CONFERENCE CALLS A wireless device and method are provided for redialling of conference calls comprising: establishing a call connection based on a first dialled number; monitoring for subsequent numbers dialled after the establishment of the call connection; determining if the subseque... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110135077 | Geospatial Telephony System A geospatial telephony system initiates conference calls between participants based on location of participants. For example, a node within the system can receive a location at which a first communication device is geospatially located and can enable a conference call t... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110130131 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION SENSITIVE CONFERENCE CALLING Systems and methods for providing location based conference calling services on communications networks. Location information relating to a device is passed to a location sensitive conference calling system. The location sensitive conference calling system uses the loca... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110081896 | System and Method for Connecting to a Audio Conference Service Using a Mobile Communications Device A mobile communications device for connecting to a conference call hosted by an audio conference service. After receiving a meeting invitation and storing information relating thereto, the mobile communications device dials a first sequence contained in a first link to ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110053554 | COMMUNICATING THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN A PUSH-TO-TALK OVER CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS A telecommunications system is described which allows a push-to-talk: over cellular (PoC) communication session to be established between PoC Clients comprised in respective mobile terminals (1A, 1A′, 1B). The PoC Clients form a group of devices b... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110028136 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING NETWORK HOLD A method, a master short range accessory, and an ad-hoc personal area network device for pairing with multiple slave communication devices are disclosed. An audio user interface 310 may interact with a user. A primary device interface component 372 may cre... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110014901 | MOBILE TERMINAL FOR MULTI-PARTY CALL AND MULTI-PARTY CALL METHOD A multi-party call method provides connecting a multi-party call with a plurality of non-control terminals by a control terminal. Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) signals are received from a part of the plurality of non-control terminals to which call termination comman... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014902 | Conferencing system A method for administering conferencing resources in a communications system comprising a plurality of terminals and a conference server, the method comprising: transmitting from a first terminal to the server a first message comprising a request for a resource capable ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100323677 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOTING IN A TELECONFERENCE USING A MOBILE DEVICE Methods and systems for voting in a teleconference through the use of a telecommunication device are disclosed. The telecommunication device receives a digital vote request signal and transmits a digital vote signal from the user. A teleconference system is disclosed th... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100317331 | PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE DATA PROCESSING UNIT The present invention provides a data processing unit that provides elements of a full-featured telecommunications system without the cost and infrastructure requirements of conventional private branch exchange (PBX) systems. A system according to various aspects of the... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100273466 | USER INTERFACE TECHNIQUE FOR MANAGING AN ACTIVE CALL A portable electronic device includes a housing, a processor supported by the housing, a memory coupled to the processor, and a communications transceiver coupled to the processor. The transceiver is configured to support voice conference calling between more than two p... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100248704 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR THE ACQUISITION, TRANSMISSION, AND REPRODUCTION OF SOUND EVENTS FOR COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS A process for the stereophonic acquisition, transmission, and reproduction of sound events for communication applications in telephony with headphones and microphones available for each participant which to each ear area of every participant is assigned a combination co... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100227597 | MOBILE CONFERENCING AND AUDIO SHARING TECHNOLOGY A method and apparatus is provided for setting up a voice conference call or sharing audio content. The method includes the steps of providing an audio mixer that receives an audio input from each of at least three audio interfaces of the conference call, mixes the audi... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100223044 | Method and System for Directing Media Streams During a Conference Call A system for directing media streams during a conference call, including an enterprise, at least one network provided within the enterprise and in communication with a plurality of communication devices, a platform provided within the enterprise and in communication wit... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100222045 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD A wireless communication terminal includes a first wireless communication section configured to wirelessly communicate with a first wireless communication terminal via a base station, a second wireless communication section configured to transmit and receive data to/fro... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100216443 | Method and system for mobile call conferencing A system and method for providing conference calls in a client-server environment is described. In some aspects, conference calling is made possible and efficient for mobile users, including mobile hosts of the conference call who may arrange and set up the conference c... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100208625 | METHOD OF JOINING A CONFERENCE CALL In a computer-implemented method of joining a user to a conference call event an interface associated with a time management software application is displayed. The interface displays information relating to the conference call event including a date for a conference cal... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100203875 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD A SIP server generates a second call request for calling out group talk members corresponding to a first call request on the basis of the received first call request. Prior to transmitting the generated second call request to the group talk members, the SIP server trans... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100197288 | Call Routing Method and Device A wireless device uses a software application that enables the device to communicate with a remote service provider device over a wireless link. The user initiates a call to a third party by dialling the telephone number of the third party the user wishes to communicate... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100188473 | Conferencing System Utilizing a Mobile Communication Device as an Interface Initiating a conference in a conferencing system (e.g., a videoconferencing or aduioconferencing system). Input may be received to the conferencing system from a mobile communication device. The input may specify one or more participants in the videoconference, e.g., by... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100167711 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING COMMUNICATION GROUPS A method and system for creating a communication group (105). The method can include the steps of identifying (210) a plurality of mobile units (110) to be part of the communication group, initiating (220) a mating procedure between the mobil... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100167710 | Telephone call handling Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a user input region. The apparatus is configured to move a first icon displayed on the apparatus in response to a received input at the user input region. The apparatus is configured to assign the first icon to a ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100158231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING GROUP COMMUNICATION A method for enabling group communications includes: establishing a group identity for a communication group comprising a first set of communication devices, and storing an identity for each of the communication devices in the first set; establishing a session to associ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159830 | IN-HEADSET CONFERENCE CALLING Systems and methods for establishing conference calls using a headset are presented. The headset includes a wireless communications transceiver operable to form a first local wireless link with a first local telephone in communication with a first far end telephone user... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100105371 | METHOD FOR ADDRESSING BROADCAST MESSAGE IN TRUNK SYSTEM The method of present invention is used for addressing broadcast message in trunk system, in which said trunk system includes base station, mobile station. Said method includes the following steps: adding a index of trunk broadcast time slot newly, all the mobile statio... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100081419 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE THEREOF A communication method and a communication device thereof are provided. The communication method includes the steps of: displaying a calling window when a telephone connection between a calling party of the communication device and a called party is established; display... | 04/01/2010 |
