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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6081708 | Multi-network communication system for organizations having digital cellular radio network terminals A communication system for organizations whose communications are assured via an international private telecommunication network and at least one other network enables a user of an accredited mobile radio terminal to pre-empt the setting up of a call via ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6080202 | Universal compatibility software system for services in communication and information processing networks A method to control feature interaction and ensure compatibility among disparate service features, resources and terminals of a communications network is provided. Resource devices and terminals access a compatibility message bus via interface agent modul... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6078658 | Call control system in an intelligent network A call control processing system in an intelligent network providing a service to a subscriber terminal of a user when the user requests a service such as a conference call. The call control processing system has an internal primitive unit for managing th... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6072793 | Electronically controlled main distributing frame An electronically controlled main distributing frame (ECMDF) establishes main distributing frame (MDF) type connection in response to control signals without requiring a craftsperson to connect a jumper wire. In accordance with one application of such ECM... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6058104 | Communications webs for PSTN subscribers Systems for connecting telecommunications infrastructure lines to telephones, handsets, computers, telecopy machines and other end user interfaces or consumer electronics devices in a residence or business. Systems according to the present invention inclu... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6029065 | Remote feature code programming for mobile stations The base station of a wireless communications network determines what features a mobile station will support, then downloads information to the mobile station which will notify the mobile station of which network features are available and how they may be... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6026294 | Information transmitting apparatus Message information to be transmitted to a cellular phone set is stored and the cellular phone set is called by using a short distance telephone number. If the line cannot be connected, the short distance telephone number is changed to a long distance tel... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6009157 | Automatic call back under control of a telephone terminal Telephone terminals directly implement an automatic call back feature by establishing a logical channel between two telephone terminals when a calling telephone terminal is unable to complete a call to a called telephone terminal. Via the logical link, th... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5999610 | Managing feature interactions in a telecommunications system such as an intelligent network A method for managing communications between a service origination node and a plurality of serving nodes where the serving nodes are simultaneously active for a particular trigger to thereby generate a reply to the service origination node. The method inc... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5949762 | Apparatus and method for processing multiple telephone calls An apparatus for processing telephone calls is connected between a primary rate ISDN (PRI) telephone line and a host computer. Telephone call data is transferred between the host computer and remote analog, basic rate ISDN (BRI) and/or PRI remote sites. T... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5943320 | Method of charging for the use of a telecommunications service, as well as a switching system, a service control point, and a network management facility The invention relates to a method for charging for the use of a telecommunication service, as well as to a switching system, a service control point and a network management facility. A service request is transmitted from a subscriber (A) via a telecommun... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5943319 | Packet format interface for telecommunication instruments Improved telecommunication apparatus is realized with a structure that is tailored to interact with the telecommunication network strictly in packet format. The apparatus includes circuitry for creating either control or information packets, where each pa... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5943321 | Circuit set-up and caching for multimedia multipoint servers An MMS circuit set-up system includes a real time link manager (RTLM) which is coupled to the audio video controller (AVC) of the MMS. The AVC receives data from the MMS reservation system about the starting and ending times for conferences and sends comm... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5940378 | Call control in exchange suitable for intelligent network In addition to an array of basic call modules each containing a description of a procedure for causing a call state transition from current stable state to next stable state, IN call modules are provided that are activated as tasks independently of the ba... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5926464 | Customer telecommunication interface device with built-in network features Improved telecommunication apparatus is realized with a structure that is tailored to interact with the telecommunication network strictly in packet format. The apparatus includes circuitry for creating either control or information packets, where each pa... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5920618 | Apparatus and method for managing telephony-based services An apparatus and method are provided for managing the operation and interaction of one or more telephony-based services (such as AIN-based services). A feature interaction manager is utilized performing a predetermined decision process to determine which ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5916302 | Multimedia conferencing using parallel networks A conference server system, for internal use in the public switched telephone network (PSTN), links to public data communication networks (e.g. the Internet) for distributing computer displayable data between participants in voice telephone conferences. T... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5909651 | Broadcast short message service architecture In certain wireless communication systems, including at least some CDMA cellular systems, short messages can be delivered to mobile stations in a broadcast fashion using a common forward (downlink) channel sometimes referred to as the Paging Channel. Econ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5892819 | Call forward managed rerouting A method and system of managing call forwarding includes establishing criteria for selecting among possible links between nodes for forwarding calls from an originating node to a destination node. In the preferred embodiment, the selection of the possible... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5883883 | Apparatus and method for testing the administration of network based supplementary services Whether or not the provisioning of a given BRI is properly administered is determined by providing a collection of processes which exercise the known network provided supplementary services in a predetermined fashion. Specifically, a predetermined, i.e., ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5881131 | Analysis and validation system for provisioning network related facilities An administration system for a public switched telephone network (PSTN) includes a service order processing system receiving a service request from a customer requesting service for a customer location, and determining whether the service request is provi... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5867484 | Switchable multi-drop video distribution system A technique for controlling node equipment in a SONET ring transmission system. Control signals from a control center are transmitted in a selected byte of the SONET frame to each node coupled to the SONET ring. Each SONET node includes a decoder for deco... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5818819 | Methods for performing intellignet network services with an ISDN network terminator located at a subscriber's premises Disclosed are call processing methods which are performed by a network terminator located at a subscriber's premises. The network terminator is coupled to a digital network and a communication device at the subscriber's premises and can perform call waiti... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5812533 | Service provision in communications networks A communications network offers a variety of services to the customer while being able to add or modify the portfolio of services available. A service delivery infrastructure is provided, which would sit in the Service Control Point of an intelligent netw... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5790173 | Advanced intelligent network having digital entertainment terminal or the like interacting with integrated service control point A digital entertainment terminal, such as a set top box, is used as a subscriber interface in the Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN). The digital entertainment terminal interacts with the Integrated Service Control Point (ISCP) and central office switches... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5787162 | Apparatus and method for scheduling urgent communication sessions Communication systems, terminals and methods are provided which are capable of supporting, and/or being used in conjunction with, communication session scheduling. The communication systems include a plurality of terminals, ones of which are operative to ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5778056 | Broadband network and method for connecting information providers A broadband system includes a broadband switch network, a broadband session controller, and a broadband service control point. The broadband network provides connections between information sender/receivers in response to instructions from a broadband ser... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5768262 | Methods for performing intelligent network services with an ISDN network terminator located at a subscriber's premise Disclosed are call processing methods which are performed by a network terminator located at a subscriber's premise. The network terminator is coupled to a digital network and a communication device at the subscriber's premise and can perform call waiting... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5748618 | Multilevel arbitration in a data conference A method data conferencing system, and storage medium for arbitrating among requests for services affecting objects of a distributed data conference supported by the data conferencing system, the requests for services originating from a plurality of nodes... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5742673 | Generic service coordination mechanism for solving supplementary service interaction problems in communication system A generic service coordination mechanism solves feasible service interaction problems taking into account real-time processing constraints within telecommunication networks. The coordination mechanism limits service interaction complexity within an active... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5696815 | Method and apparatus for delivering caller identification information and services In an intergrated broadband and telephone network, caller identification information is delivered to a remote user through a service control point which retrieves nee information from a database in the telephone network and sends ring telephone instructio... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5680611 | Duplicate record detection A method for detecting duplicate records generates a checksum (222) for each record and compares the generated checksum (222) to checksums stored in check files (30). In a particular application, a system (10) for processing call detail records utilizes a... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5657451 | System for determining whether to accept new supplementary services based upon identified types of supplementary service interactions and identified supplementary service interaction criteria A generic service coordination mechanism solves feasible service interaction problems taking into account real-time processing constraints within telecommunication networks. The coordination mechanism limits service interaction complexity within an active... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5650994 | Operation support system for service creation and network provisioning for video dial tone networks An operational support system includes service creation, service activation and service control functions to provide on-line service activation for video information providers (VIPs) and video information users (VIUs) on a video dial tone network. The ope... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5621729 | Receiver controlled communication system In this communications architecture, a receiver or a receiver control entity acting on behalf of the receiver or a group of receivers, controls the communication of voice, data, or video from individual senders. This is accomplished by placing a Registrar... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5610915 | System and method therefor of viewing call traffic of a telecommunications network In a telecommunications network, to provide both statistical reporting functions and reporting on a call by call detail basis, a Traffic View Server (TVS) system is incorporated with a MCI Traffic Statistics (MTS) system. The TVS is responsive to instruct... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5600643 | Broadband intelligent telecommunications network and method providing enhanced capabilities for customer premises equipment A Broadband Intelligent Network employs an ATM fast-packet switch to route signaling cells from a calling party to a switch port directly connected to a network controller. The signaling cells carry a service request for download of a program module or da... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5600639 | Broadcast method for simultaneous switching of an announcement to a plurality of subscribers of a communication system A broadcast method for simultaneously switching an announcement to a plurality of subscribers of a communication system is provided. Given announcements that are to be disseminated according to the broadcast method of the invention, a call should be switc... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5583927 | Method and apparatus for integrating telephone and broadband networks A broadband service control point provides processing instructions and data to a broadband session controller and an information sender/receiver. The broadband session controller communicates with a user's settop controller and video information providers... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5574778 | Method and apparatus for providing video services A system and method for video-on-demand and videoconferencing services using a broadband switch network, a broadband session controller, and a broadband service control point. The broadband network provides connections between information sender/receivers... | 11/12/1996 |
