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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7680098 | Determining group availability on different communication media Techniques are disclosed for determining, for each candidate communication medium, the availability of one or more telecommunications endpoint users for participating in a communication session of interest (i.e., either new or existing) via the evaluated medium. In ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680099 | Jitter buffer adjustment For enhancing the performance of an adaptive jitter buffer, a desired amount of adjustment of a jitter buffer is determined at a first device using as a parameter an estimated delay. The delay comprises at least an end-to-end delay in at least one direction in a con... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675902 | Method for realizing signaling agent based on MEGACO protocol A method for realizing signaling agent in a network system, the network system comprises media gateways and a media gateway controller in different networks, and at least one agent equipment on a boundary of different networks; each media gateway under the same medi... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675900 | System and method for interfacing between signaling protocols A telecommunications network (10) includes a gateway (18) receiving signaling information in a media gateway and call session control format from a Class 5 softswitch (26). The gateway (18) converts the media gateway and call sessi... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675907 | IP telephone system, IP telephone apparatus and method for identifying destination user An IP telephone system includes a source IP telephone apparatus, a destination telephone apparatus, a Web server and an ENUM server. The IP telephone apparatuses function as base stations for multi-handset telephone systems and are connected to an IP network. The We... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675903 | Dynamic contact list management system and method A dynamic contact list management (DCLM) method and system operable in a communications network environment. In one embodiment, upon receiving a communication request from an originating party over a first network towards a networked party, a query is generated for ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675906 | Media communication system, and terminal apparatus and signal conversion apparatus in said system Disclosed is a media communication system in which communication of media such as sound, image and the like is performed between first and second terminals, each of which is constructed so as to be capable of IP communication, via an IP network. The system includes ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675901 | Method and an apparatus for mapping an MPEG transport stream into IP packets for WLAN broadcast A method for mapping from an MPEG-2 transport stream to an IP-based RTP/UDP/IP stack for broadcasting service in a WLAN. All the mapping functions may be performed in a receiver transcoder (FIG. 2). Mobile devices such as laptop computers, cell phones and PDA... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675904 | VoIP terminal capable of having conversation through both internet and PSTN A VoIP terminal, which supports to make a phone call through both PSTN and Internet is disclosed. A local subscriber may choose to have a conversation through PSTN or Internet on his own. Besides, by reference to a switch such as a relay, the VoIP terminal is able t... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675905 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for selectively performing global title translation based on message type Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for selectively performing global title translation based on message type at an SS7 network node. A message is received indicating route-on-global-title. A message type of the received message is determin... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7672296 | Real-time communications system of high communications quality and media terminal apparatus A VoIP system has plural CPE units connected to an IP network as parties to be connected with each other. Each CPE unit is composed of a VoIP-IF circuit and an audio codec circuit. The VoIP-IF circuit executes at least one of the coding process to the first audio fr... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672295 | Method and system for design for run-time control of voice XML applications A method and system for implementing run-time control over voice application behavior. The method includes identifying a plurality of control point locations within a given voice application and a plurality of corresponding required responses to the control points. ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672297 | Mediation system and method for hybrid network including an IMS network Mediation systems and methods for hybrid networks including an IMS network. A system and method mediates an IMS network having a serving call state control function (S-CSCF) for providing session control for user endpoint (UE) devices with an alternative network to ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672294 | Methods and devices for achieving parallel operation between IP and analog phones An IP bridge phone for operatively coupling one or more analog phones to a digital communications network to support parallel communications is disclosed. The IP bridge phone includes a phone handset interface adapted to connect to a phone handset, an analog phone i... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668156 | Apparatus and method for a voice portal A voice portal and a method for operating a voice portal are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, voice a voice portal is connected to multiple telephones of various protocols by both a voice signal interface and a data signal interface. The voice ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668157 | Presence based telephony A device is provided including a processor and a display configured to list more than one presence enabled contact. A user agent is configured to indicate an availability status of the device to a presence server. The user agent is at least partially executed by the... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668155 | IP telephony system, VoIP terminal, and method and program for reproducing hold sound or audible sound used therein A hold sound and audible sound data memory area of a memory holds a plurality of types of hold sound and audible sound data which are stored in a payload format of an RTP packet. An RTP/hold sound or audible sound switching function writes one of an RTP packet and t... | 02/23/2010 |
| RE41123 | Apparatus, methods and systems for anonymous communication Anonymous voice communication between a first station and a second station is facilitated by providing an interface that allows input of a transaction specification from at least one of the first and second stations. A reference code associated with the transaction ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664102 | System and method for providing a plurality of multi-media services using a number of media servers to form a preliminary interactive communication relationship with a calling communication device A system and method for processing a plurality of requests for multi-media services received at a call control element (CCE) defined on the system from a calling communication device. The system includes a Network Routing Element, a Service Broker (SB), at least a p... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664104 | PPP terminating equipment, network equipment and method of responding to LCP echo requirement In a PPP terminating equipment 100 connected with a switch fabric and terminating PPP link, the PPP terminating equipment 100 has an LCP echo requirement detecting section 20 detecting whether or not a received packet is the LCP echo requirement... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664100 | Voice-over-IP telephone devices and systems A method for a service provider to provide telephone service between a first telephone and a second telephone includes connecting to the first telephone, receiving a request from the first telephone to make a call to the second telephone using a VoIP number, mapping... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664103 | Method for providing VoIP services for wireless terminals The present invention relates to a system and method for wireless telecommunication in a packet-based network comprising a Software Radio Port (SRP) which functions as a radio base station and a VoIP gateway to interconnect the wireless network with the VoIP packet ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664095 | Systems and methods for registering a client device in a data communication system A two-way wireless communication system comprises a central authority in communication with a plurality of client devices via both a circuit switched data communication system and a packet switched data communication system. The packet switched communication system ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664096 | Remote location VOIP roaming behind firewalls A connection between an external host and a host internal to a network (e.g., VPN or LAN) and located behind a firewall and/or NAT-enabled device is established and maintained. A dynamic DNS server is updated with the remote location (RL) information associated with... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664098 | Systems and methods for gathering usage detail information for packet-based networks The present invention relates to systems and methods for recording usage of real-time audio, video and data communication services over packet-based networks. The present invention can collect call detail record information from a network gatekeeper and analyze the ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664101 | Method and apparatus for supporting multiple active sessions on a per user basis A method and apparatus for establishing multiple application sessions, such as video, audio, voice, and data sessions, and displaying them on a video display device such as a television are disclosed. These sessions can be independent of each other or the user can r... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664099 | Method and apparatus for providing shared services The present invention enables an overlay capability to be invoked on network systems and elements that are designed to support multiple customer bases. Depending on the registered identification of the user, screens and other user interfaces that provide access to f... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664097 | Telephone service via networking A system and method for providing telephone type services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network, such as the internetwork commonly known as the Internet. In preferred embodiments, public switched telephone networks utilizing program controlled switching systems are... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660298 | Systems and techniques for optimistic caching for address translations Various embodiments directed to managing a call connection are described. In one or more embodiments, a call management module may retrieve a network address associated with a telephone number, initiate a first call connection using the network address from a call t... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660296 | Reliable, high-throughput, high-performance transport and routing mechanism for arbitrary data flows The present invention leverages an existing content delivery network infrastructure to provide a system that enhances performance for any application that uses the Internet Protocol (IP) as its underlying transport mechanism. An overlay network comprises a set of ed... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660293 | Network, private branch exchange, and multi protocol communication terminal control method for use in the exchange There is disclosed a private branch exchange in which an SIP terminal is capable of receiving great variety of services provided by the private branch exchange without upgrading version of software of the SIP terminal itself. A standard SIP protocol control module | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660294 | Voice-over-IP enabled chat A network-based system and method for providing anonymous voice communications using the telephone network and data communications links under the direction of a Call Broker and associated network elements. A user (the call initiator) present in a text chat room ses... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660292 | System and method for isolating network clients A network device includes at least one first network port, at least one second network port, a MUX unit and a switching unit. The MUX unit is connected to the at least one first network port. The MUX unit includes a trunk circuit and an output. The trunk circuit is ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660295 | Telephony and data network services at a telephone A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with fu... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660297 | Voice over IP forwarding A system for forwarding packed-based media in a network, the system comprising: a) at least one forwarder, configured to extract at least one packet of media from at least one media source accessible to the forwarder, and to forward the extracted packet of media to ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7656861 | Method and apparatus for interleaving text and media in a real-time transport session Text is interleaved and transported along with media data over the same real-time Internet Protocol (IP) media transport session. A network processing device identifies text characters corresponding with text signaling. The identified text characters are formatted i... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656862 | Methods, systems, and devices for providing voice-call services responsive to a dialed sequence A connection is established in a communications network responsive to receiving a Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) signal at a port having an assigned sequence associated therewith. A dialed sequence corresponding to the received DTMF signal is identified. If the di... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656860 | Personal communication service network interface device According to the invention, a telephonic communication system for integrating wireless phone service with home phone service is disclosed. The telephone communication system includes a first communication and second communication channels and a telephone switch. The... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656863 | Method for soft switch call control and soft switch device using the same A method for soft switch call control and a soft switch device therefore are provided. The soft switch device acquires an initial address message (IAM) at a calling side, analyzes information of the calling party and the called party based on the acquired initial ad... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656864 | Data network computing device call processing A telecommunications service node is connected to a data network using a packet data protocol and a telephone network using a circuit switched protocol. The service node is also connected to a wireless roaming network using the IS-41 signaling protocol. The service ... | 02/02/2010 |