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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7116670 | Method and apparatus for extending point-to-point/asynchronous transfer mode services to client computer systems A method for managing an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell includes transmitting an ATM cell from a server system to a broadband modem. The ATM cell is forwarded from the broadband modem to a client system. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113777 | Access method in communications systems with different service feature classes, and a corresponding communications system Subscriber terminals of different service feature classes are accessed on access channels of a communication system with different service feature classes. At least two access channels (RACH1, RACH2) of a different service feature class are provided in... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113998 | System and method for grouping recipients of streaming data A data stream is transmitted to groups of individuals making separate requests for the data stream. The groups may be arranged by placing a maximum number of requesters in a group or by grouping the requesters making requests within a discrete period of time. The in... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113992 | Decomposition architecture for an MCU The present invention allows the resources of multiple multipoint control units (MCUS) in a multipoint multimedia communication system. A plurality of multimedia terminals support different multimedia conferencing protocols, and a multipoint control unit communicate... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113579 | Method of conference calling supplemental service using intelligent peripheral in intelligent network A method of providing supplemental service for conference calling using an intelligent peripheral in an intelligent network is disclosed. By using a specific resource of an IP, various good quality services can be provided by connecting a Service Switching Point (SS... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113514 | Apparatus and method for implementing a packet based teleconference bridge A method and apparatus for effecting multi-party teleconferencing that avoids the need for tandem vocoding of packet based information from conference call participants. In particular, the teleconferencing bridge infrastructure utilizes packet tagging of encoded pac... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110928 | Apparatuses and methods for modeling shared bus systems A software-implemented shared bus system model for modeling a shared bus system that includes a plurality of devices interconnected via a shared bus. The system model includes a first device model for partially modeling a first one of the plurality of devices, the f... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111056 | Method, apparatus and article of manufacture for web-based control of a unified multi-service communication system A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for controlling the call control, service control, and user interface functions of a legacy telephone system from a web application. The web application communicates with a legacy call server and controls the legacy ca... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111049 | System and method for providing internet based phone conferences using multiple codecs A method of communicating digitized speech from a transmitting forum participant comprises the step of receiving a data structure that includes said digitized speech. The data structure is analyzed to determine whether the digitized speech is redundantly represented... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110417 | Instance memory handoff in multi-processor systems A given DSP, when processing signals of a channel, stores channel instance data in a multiplexed memory in association with itself. If the channel processing task changes to one for which the given DSP is not optimised, the given DSP moves the channel to an appropri... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110368 | System and method for distributed multi-party call control A system and method of distributed multi-party call control are provided. The method includes the steps of establishing a first leg of a multi-party call, adding a second leg of the multi-party call, associating the second leg with the first leg of the multi-party c... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107308 | Low cost, stateless, full-featured information appliance In one of the many embodiments of the present inventions, a system is provided which includes at least one server to execute at least one session where the at least one session includes data associated with a user. The system also includes at least one stateless cli... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103667 | Announced session control A method and system manages media stream connections in a media session, for example a multimedia conference, that is to take place over multicast capable links provided in networks configured for Internet Protocol operation, (i.e., the communications network known ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103087 | Frequency hopping spread spectrum scheme for RFID reader A system and method is provided for implementing forced frequency “hops” if the time it takes to perform a particular transaction is greater than the time available on a particular carrier frequency. In one embodiment of the present invention, a radio frequency ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103059 | Scalable 2-stage interconnections Modifications to the 2-stage interconnection to allow flexible scalability. Different switching fabrics having a range of different sizes can be constructed out of the same set of I/O switching nodes through this modified 2-statge interconnection, which can further ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103011 | Use of IP-multicast technology for 2-party calls in mobile communication networks A wireless communication system 200 comprises a connectionless packet network 201 coupled to a plurality of sites 203–208. Upon a first communication unit (213) initiating a call request for a 2-party call with a second communication un... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103010 | Application independent telephone call initiation There are disclosed methods and apparatus for telephone call initiation. An application program causes a telephone number to be displayed. A user activates the displayed telephone number. A telephone call module recognizes the activation of the displayed telephone n... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103009 | Call optimization in ad-hoc conference calls A method and system for adding a participant to a conference call. A feature of the method and system is that with respect to individual invitees to ad-hoc conference calls, the conference call can essentially be “turned around” and treated “as if” the indiv... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099340 | Enhanced CMTS for reliability, availability, and serviceability A Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) is partitioned into Line Cards, I/O Cards, and a midplane to provide enhanced Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability. Each I/O Card provides a cabling interface for coupling an assigned Line Card to other portions of a ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099306 | System and method for internet protocol telephony advertisement protocol The present invention provides a system and method that provides for call completion of VoIP telephone calls. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a telephony advertisement packet comprising addressing information and storing the telephony adverti... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096383 | System and method for virtual router failover in a network routing system In a network routing system, a control blade provides for redundancy and failover of virtual routers (VRs) instantiated by objects running on processing engines of the several virtual routing engines (VREs). When the control blade detects a failure of one processing... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096284 | Receiving device connected to IEEE1394 serial bus The processor of a receiving device does not execute acquisition and release of resources of a band and a channel for the isochronous data transfer every time the processor receives data from the sending device by isochronous transfer, but executes the acquisition o... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096255 | System and method for providing a roster list of temporary contacts having expiration periods designated by a user in an instant messaging environment A system for providing temporary contact aliases is provided. A representative system includes a database system operable to store at least one resource list comprising a plurality of contacts associated with at least one user. The plurality of contacts comprising a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096080 | Method and apparatus for producing and distributing live performance When each live performance signal is transferred from one live performance providing apparatus to the next, with the live performance providing apparatuses having the respective connection orders thereof, the live performance signal is mixed with a live performance ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096037 | Videoconferencing bandwidth management for a handheld computer system and method Methods of establishing communication sessions from multiple mobile devices as well as managing available conferencing bandwidths is disclosed. One of the methods disclosed includes establishing a communication session between mobile devices and a group of conferenc... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095759 | Combined telephone PBX and computer data router with pooled resources System resources are pooled and allocated in an optimal manner to handling telephone voice traffic or to handling computer data traffic. A combination of mechanisms is used to achieve higher statistical multiplexing on a network interface by dynamically adjusting th... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095734 | Distributed virtual tandem switch A distributed network switching system includes a data network. The system also includes multiple access interworking function (A-IWF) devices each operating as a gateway that enables customer premises devices to directly interface into the data network. The system ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092875 | Speech transcoding method and apparatus for silence compression A first CN code (silence code) obtained by encoding a silence signal, which is contained in an input signal, by a silence compression function of a first speech encoding scheme is transcoded to a second CN code of a second speech encoding scheme without decoding the... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092379 | Internet telephony arrangement and method An arrangement which includes a telephone and an interface unit, which interfaces the telephone to both a standard switched telephone communications network and an Internet communications network, is disclosed. The interface unit includes an input coupled to the tel... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089016 | Channel allocation method for radio data calls having different bandwidths A channel allocation method for radio data calls having different bandwidths to each other in a radio data call processing structure between a mobile switching system and an IWF is disclosed. The method includes receiving a data call connection request; allocating a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088685 | Modular multi-media communication management system with an integrated service for wide area network wireless telephones The present multi-media communication management system comprises a controller that interfaces with a plurality of communication space stations and with one or more communication medium service providers. Each communication space station may be coupled to a wide are... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085258 | Instant messaging with voice conversation feature An instant message (IM) communication method. An IM communication method can include the steps of: detecting a voice communications identifier in an IM transmitted by a sender; responsive to detecting the voice communications identifier, displaying a selectable icon... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085244 | Floor control language A telecommunications method and system of floor control, for enabling at least one conference participant to access a shared object or resource for purposes of input. A floor control command signal establishes at least one floor control policy, and the floor control... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085243 | System and method for providing reservationless conferencing A video teleconferencing method for providing reservationless conferencing. The method involves creating a conference profile identifying selected connection parameters; allocating a dial-in number; notifying participants of the dial-in number; detecting a call from... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082315 | Mobile station and method of use in radio communications A method for setting up a group call within a dispatch radio communication system is disclosed. Additional stations which are not programmed to respond to a transmitted group identification code (GIC) are enabled to join the call. The method comprises steps carried ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7082120 | Method and communication system for setting up an H.323 or SIP connection from a source network to a connection destination which is external to the source network An H.323 or SIP connection is set up from a source network (LAN1) via at least one packet-oriented transit network (WAN1, WAN2) to a connection destination (EG2) which is external to the source network. The connection is set up via gatewa... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079838 | Communication system, user equipment and method of performing a conference call thereof This invention relates to a communication system (200), user equipment (201,211) and method of performing a conference call. The communication system (200) employs discontinuous transmission and has a plurality of user equipment (201, 211, 21... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079495 | System and method for enabling multicast telecommunications A communication network is provided that includes a unicast telephony device, and a plurality of multicast telephony devices operable to receive multicast media streaming transmitted to a multicast group address. The communication network further includes a multicas... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076554 | Internet service telephone communication connection method First and second telephone sets each comprise telephone set control units, voice codecs, and accumulating units. When the first telephone set, which is a subscriber of an internet service provider network, sends out internet service connection point data to the seco... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075900 | Software based single agent multipoint conference capability A method and apparatus are provided for providing a three-party connection among a first, second and third call participant during a voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) telephone call. The method includes the steps of providing a respective first and second port wit... | 07/11/2006 |
