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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7151781 | System and method for providing session admission control A system and method for providing session admission control are provided. Generally, a source of a communication request and a session director are utilized. The session director allocates bandwidth to accommodate a bandwidth allocation request from the source, ensu... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151753 | System and method for establishing a conference call A system and method for establishing a conference call in an Internet Protocol (IP) telecommunications network between a conference owner and a plurality of other conference participants. The IP network includes a conference server and at least one Call State Contro... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149534 | Peer to peer information exchange for mobile communications devices The invention discloses various methods whereby mobile communications devices, connected to a communications network can share data by acting as both clients and servers. Specifically contemplated is the sharing of GPS assistance data. Also disclosed is the formatio... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149521 | Method, system and apparatus for providing mobility management of a mobile station in WLAN and WWAN environments A method, system and apparatus for internetworking WLAN and WWAN environments are disclosed. More specifically, a method, system and apparatus for providing mobility management of a mobile station in WLAN and WWAN environments are disclosed. Roaming and handoffs are... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149291 | Method and apparatus for reducing inbound traffic congestion in a voice frame network The invented method of reducing voice frame network inbound traffic congestion first determines whether a first defined threshold level of inbound voice and data traffic is reached. If so, then the method discriminates between inbound voice and data traffic within a... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149223 | Enhanced fiber nodes with CMTS capability Enhanced Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) functionality, including programmable digital domain modulators and demodulators for dynamic channel assignment, is incorporated into Fiber Nodes (FNs) or mini Fiber Nodes (mFNs), yielding enhanced Fiber Nodes (eFNs). T... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146163 | Sender-address-based telecommunications operator callback system and method A Sender-Address-Based Telecommunications Operator Call-back System and Method is disclosed. Unlike the prior systems, the present invention eliminates the use of a direct inward dialing telephone number. The system recognizes a triggering email or SMS message and a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145899 | System and method for providing shared line appearances in a distributed call routing network A method for routing calls in a packet-based network includes receiving a call request at a first call manager from a device that is coupled to the packet-based network. The call request includes a telephone number associated with a plurality of telephony devices th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145884 | Speaker tracking on a single core in a packet based conferencing system A distributed conferencing system having a plurality of conferencing nodes to connect groups of participants to a conference. Each of the conferencing nodes provides for the connection of one or more participants to the conference. Each node includes a DSP for distr... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145883 | System and method for gain control of audio sample packets Determining gain factors for a sequential multiplicity of audio sample packets by first determining a comparison peak value for a present such packet by multiplying a highest sample value by a previously predetermined gain factor, determining a hysteretic peak value... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143177 | Providing a presentation on a network having a plurality of synchronized media types A presentation system is disclosed for synchronizing a performance of a plurality of presentation content portions at a network node, wherein, when two such content portions are to be presented concurrently at the network node, at least one is delayed until the othe... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142537 | Interface call signaling protocol A third generation (3G) gateway provides the facilities for extending a number of internet protocols between a second generation (2G) network and a 3G network. The various messages of a session initiation protocol (SIP) are extended to provide user identification an... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139791 | Apparatus and method for providing access to a data stream by a plurality of users at a same time A system for providing access to a data stream by a plurality of users at a same time. A data stream splitter manager listens for new client device connections. When a new client device connection is identified, the data stream splitter manager generates a pseudo-te... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139379 | Monitoring telephone conferences through a network of computer controlled display terminals, each associated with a telephone station and displaying a user-interactive monitoring page Monitoring of any conventional telephone conference in which a requisite set of conference attendees respectively at a corresponding set of telephone stations are connected into a telephone conference. In association with the telephone conference, a communication ne... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139266 | Configuring equivalent multi-stage interconnection networks in the bit-permuting style Equivalence among bit-permuting networks and the mechanisms for the conversion between equivalent networks. Multistage switching networks in the bit-permuting type and banyan-type can be classified into equivalence classes. One network can usually be replaced by ano... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139249 | Method and apparatus for an audio bridge A method and apparatus to form an audio bridge session are described. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139248 | Electronic conference system using presentation data processing based on audience equipment information In an electronic conference system, a speaker's equipment acquires information regarding the audience's equipment from the audience's equipment, produces presentation data for transmission suitable for the audience's equipment, by applying a prescribed processing to... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136387 | Method of and system for providing quality of service in IP telephony A method and system for providing quality of service in an IP telephony session between a calling party and a called party establishes a high quality of service ATM virtual circuit for the session between first and second devices, each of the devices having ATM capa... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136373 | Interception call signaling method and apparatus between a gatekeeper and an intelligent peripheral in a voice frame network Telecommunications apparatus between a voice frame network gatekeeper and an intelligent peripheral, e.g. an interactive voice response unit (IVR), includes a voice frame network connection for coupling the same. The apparatus further includes a protocol over the co... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136356 | Packet data transfer method and packet data transfer apparatus Flow identifier data of layered audiovisual data to be processed on the occurrence of congestion, as well as control code data for initiating or terminating the discard of packet data, is retained. When congestion occurs, selective transmission units perform discard... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136398 | Method and apparatus for adding functionality to an existing conference call A method for synchronizing media in a call includes receiving a first input stream of packets of a first media type at a first call resource, generating a first output stream in response to the media streams, receiving synchronization information from a second call ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134135 | Fault management in a VDSL network A method for managing a plurality of failures in a video and data network is provided. The method includes discovering a failure in the video and data network. The failure is correlated with the plurality of failures to determine related failures. A root cause of th... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133896 | Providing a presentation on a network A presentation system is disclosed for distributing a performance of a presentation synchronously to a plurality of client nodes on a network such as the Internet. The presentation system distributes presentation content data to a plurality of network server nodes, ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130282 | Communication device for providing multimedia in a group communication network A system and method for providing group communication services is disclosed. Each of a plurality of group communication devices coverts media, such as video, audio, image and/or data into data packets suitable for transmission over a data network, such as the Intern... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130280 | Enhanced call service packet data terminal In communication system (200), a packet data terminal (102) (e.g., personal computer (PC), personal digital assistant (PDA), telephone, mobile radiotelephone, network access device, Internet peripheral, and the like) initiates, coordinates, and control... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129969 | Telephone unit having telephone directory with picture data and method for generating telephone directory with picture data When a telephone unit communicates with a communication party using a television telephone function, a receiving portion of the telephone unit receives compressed moving picture data from the communication party having a moving picture encoder through a communicatio... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127526 | Method and apparatus for dynamically loading and managing software services on a network device The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for dynamically loading and managing software services on a network device. A service environment ported to the network device includes a service environment kernel and a virtual machine. The service environme... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127487 | System and method for sidebar functionality in a regular conference system A system and method for establishing a conference between a first user and a second user. The first user has an audio stream. The second user has an audio stream. The conference has an audio stream. A temporary conference is created. The audio stream of the conferen... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127210 | Wireless communication apparatus This invention relates to a wireless communication apparatus including a discovery unit which discovers the completion of connection with another wireless communication apparatus, a mode setup unit which sets up a mode which defines processing for a signal for perfo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127053 | Call scheduling on a telephone network using a telephony interface A system and method to allow telephone subscribers to schedule calls for future placement on a telephone network using a telephone interface. In an illustrative implementation, a telephone subscriber part of an AIN telephone network is offered a call scheduling serv... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126954 | Virtual gateway A virtual gateway bridges voice and related signaling traffic between multiple endpoints behind the same or different Network Address Translation devices or firewalls or neither. The virtual gateway also serves as a mixer when used in a teleconferencing mode, which ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126816 | Camera latch A portable computer is disclosed. The portable computer includes a base. The portable computer also includes a lid that pivots relative to the base. The portable computer further includes a latch including a data capture device such as a camera that is configured to... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124166 | Duplicating digital streams for digital conferencing using switching technologies Using switching technologies to duplicate packets of a digital stream (e.g., digital video stream) sent from one workstation to multiple recipient workstations, where the switching technologies enable the multiple streams sent from the switch to the recipient workst... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123906 | Integrated telephony service An integrated telephony service can provide users with a single phone number and a single handset for use as a cordless device at a stationary location and for use as a mobile device. Incoming calls can be routed to the handset at the stationary location over a land... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123611 | Packet switching In a method for cell level scheduling for handling multicast traffic in routing devices, such as cross-bar switches having, a plurality of ingress line interface cards (LICs), a plurality of egress LICs, a cross-bar and a controller, multicast and unicast data traff... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120146 | Method and network for interconnecting separate multicast channels acquired for separate bus systems In a communication network where multiple bus systems are interconnected by a bus bridge, a first node attached to a first bus system acquires a first channel for transmission of packets to a first multicast address and broadcasts a first message pertaining to the f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117445 | Multi-mode communication apparatus and interface for contacting a user A system and method for providing multi-mode communication options on a data processing device. A method according to one embodiment of the invention includes: receiving an incoming electronic message having an identifiable sender address; querying data storage to d... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117265 | System for controlling communications in a network based on a previous place name and relocated place name displayed on terminals of current conversation participants A communication system is arranged to efficiently control communications as being conscious of location information of a mobile body. The communication system includes an address list managing unit, a data supplying unit, a call connecting unit, a display unit, and ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117152 | System and method for speech recognition assisted voice communications A communication system includes communications equipment having a voice input device, an acoustic output device, and a visual display device. The communications equipment receives voice information from a user using the voice input device, converts the voice informa... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116787 | Perceptual synthesis of auditory scenes An auditory scene is synthesized by applying two or more different sets of one or more spatial parameters (e.g., an inter-ear level difference (ILD), inter-ear time difference (ITD), and/or head-related transfer function (HRTF)) to two or more different frequency ba... | 10/03/2006 |
