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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7894422 | System and method for transporting a call A communication processing system handles a plurality of calls. On a call-by-call basis for each of the calls, the system receives a control message indicating a route identifier for the call, receives a voice band communication for the call, and determines if the v... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889720 | Outlet with analog signal adapter, a method for use thereof and a network using said outlet An outlet (70, 75, 76, 78, 79) for a Local Area Network (LAN), containing an integrated adapter (21, 25) that converts digital data to and from analog video signal. Such an outlet allows using analog video units in a digital data network (80), e... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889719 | Method and apparatus for communication channel switch A method and an apparatus for selecting a communication channel according to usage patterns maintained in a database for multiple communication channels available to reach a recipient are described. Each communication channel is associated with at least two communic... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889717 | Multiservice use of network connection capability A system that controls access to a communications network in accordance with a network service includes a service controller and a network connector. The service controller receives a request for the network service from an end system, provides the end system with a... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889721 | Selecting an adaptor mode and communicating data based on the selected adaptor mode A device selects a mode and communicates data based on the selected mode. The device comprises at least one interface circuit configured to monitor analog audio signals from a customer premise equipment device and a processor circuit. The processor circuit assigns a... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889718 | Determining physical location of network devices Determining a physical location of a network device includes determining a network address associated with the network device and correlating the network address with a physical location. The network address associated with the network device is an address of the ne... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889715 | Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) management Techniques are described herein which are operable to manage Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication. ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889716 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for using an E.164 number (ENUM) database for message service message routing resolution among 2G and subsequent generation network systems Methods, systems, and computer program products for using an E.164 number (ENUM) database for message service message routing resolution among 2G and subsequent generation network systems are disclosed. According to one method, a message including message service me... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889714 | Apparatus and method for testing voice systems in a telecommunication network A test controller for use in a telecommunication system is provided for inexpensively and quickly testing a telecommunication device. The test controller receives a test call from an originating terminal and allocates a voice path within the telecommunication device... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885252 | IP telephone apparatus A source IP telephone inputs, from its numeric keypad, a telephone number of a call destination and obtains, from an ENUM server, a NAPTR record of the destination IP telephone based upon the input telephone number of the call destination. By referring to a search t... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885253 | Synchronization of session-initiation-protocol proxy databases An improvement in the design and operation of telecommunications networks is described in which when a caller's telecommunication terminal does not know the address of the called party's telecommunications terminal, the caller's telecommunication terminal contacts o... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881283 | Customizability of event notification on telephony-enabled devices A system and method of notifying a user of events in a customizable manner during and not during a voice call is provided. According to one aspect, the notifications are configurable to be dependant on whether or not there is an active voice call. Notifications may ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881282 | System and method for interfacing a broadband network and a circuit switched network A method is provided managing a call using a digital communication device, where the device provides an interface between a public broadband network and a public circuit switched network. In one example, the method includes receiving a request at the device from eit... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881286 | Method for distributing and executing service logic A method of distributing and executing service logic across private and public networks for the generation and provision of telecommunication services is disclosed. The functionality and capabilities associated with both Intelligent Network (IN) and non-IN compliant... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881281 | Border control system, method, and software A communication network comprising a plurality of border controllers, a first packet voice network, a second packet voice network coupled to the first packet network by the plurality of border controllers, and a master border controller coupled to the plurality of b... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881284 | Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the playout delay of audio signals Disclosed is a method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the playout delay for audio signals, which mainly includes three parts of dynamic adjustment, i.e., playout delay, silence length, and jitter buffer size. In the invention, the time for playout delay is r... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881285 | Extensible interactive voice response The present invention discloses a system and method for providing interactive voice response (IVR) applications executable on individual communication devices. Unlike current IVR applications that run from centralized voice servers, the present invention describes a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876743 | Conversational bearer negotiation A method of setting up a session between peer user terminals of a communication system, wherein at least one of the user terminals is a dual-mode terminal having access to both an IP-based packet-switched access network and a circuit-switched access network, and the... | 01/25/2011 |
| RE42042 | System for controlling processing of data passing through network gateway between two disparate communications networks A control system is provided for controlling the aspects of data conversion and routing of data passing between two disparate communications networks. The system operates from a network-connected computer node running a software application. The computer node acquir... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873028 | Method and apparatus for a flexible peripheral access router The present invention provides a method for a local area network router, that allows communication between a number of remotely located users, and a plurality of peripheral devices connected to the local area network router. Users may access the local area network u... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873029 | System and method of providing multimedia communication services A system and method of providing multimedia communication services is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving contextual information including a subscriber identification associated with a wireline communication device at an intelligent ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873031 | Methods and systems for converting signals Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: receiving, at a subscriber interface line card, an analog signal from a POTS subscriber loop circuit; quantizing the analog signal into a plurality of digital samples; encoding the plurality of digital samp... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873030 | VoIP call routing information registry including hash access mechanism A VoIP call routing information registry including a hash access mechanism. In particular implementations, a method includes receiving a telephone number; computing a hash of the telephone number; accessing a registry wherein the registry comprises a plurality of en... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869424 | Systems and methods for voice and data communications including a scalable TDM switch/multiplexer Integrated communications systems having a scalable or upgradable TDM switch fabric (i.e., e.g., TDM-controlling switch/MUX) are disclosed. At a first point in time a system is first sold, installed and utilized with a first TDM capacity, using a first TDM switch/MU... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869425 | System and method for providing requested quality of service in a hybrid network Telephone calls, data and other multimedia information is routed through a hybrid network which includes transfer of information across the internet. A media order entry captures complete user profile information for a user. This profile information is utilized by t... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864752 | Bearer path resource matching in a wireless communication network Call setup in a wireless communication network that includes a circuit fabric and a packet fabric. The originating MSCe receives an origination message including a call termination identifier, and a predictive bearer path matching mode is determined. When the origin... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864753 | Electronic loop provisioning methods and systems Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: receiving, at a subscriber interface line card, an analog signal from a POTS subscriber loop circuit; quantizing the analog signal into a plurality of digital samples; encoding, via high-quality audio codec... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860083 | Shared knowledge in a telephone system An information handling system comprises a IP network connecting a hub to a multimedia server and the hub to a data server, and the hub to an IP telephony device that is then coupled to a network device. When a telephone in one local area network within a wide area ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860082 | Telephone system and terminal device therein According to one embodiment, a telephone system comprises a plurality of terminal devices and a main unit. The terminal device realizes telephone communication via a packet-switched network. The main unit accommodates the terminal devices via the packet-switched net... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860080 | Service provisioning in telecommunications system comprising call control service capability servers This invention describes a method of service provisioning in a telecommunication system, which telecommunication system is comprised of configurations of service switching point (SSP), service capability server (SCS) and service provisioning equipment, which configu... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860081 | Optimization process and system for multiplexed gateway architecture Process and system for optimizing one of uploading and downloading of at least one file through at least one lender in multiplexed gateway architecture. The process includes identifying available lenders coupled to a multiplexed gateway within a vicinity of a borrow... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856009 | VoIP gateway apparatus To allow a call received from an accommodated device to arrive at the other party by diverting the call from an IP network to a detour network even with different numbering systems between communications over the IP network and over the detour network. A VoIP gatewa... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7852831 | Method and system for providing private virtual secure Voice over Internet Protocol communications A method and system for secure Voice over Internet Protocol (IP) (VoIP) communications. The method and system provide secure VoIP voice calls, video, Instant Messaging (IM), Short Message Services (SMS), or Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communications while maintaining privacy... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852832 | Method and apparatus for providing secure interface to externally hosted application servers A method and apparatus for enabling a network provider to provide a security server in a packet network, e.g., a VoIP network that allows a third party partner to interface an application server hosted in the third party's network with the VoIP network infrastructur... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852828 | Extended telephony functionality at end points A system includes telephony devices that provide services and applications through the execution of scripts in web pages. ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852833 | System for switching from an established media path to a new media path in a packet based network There is described a system for switching from an established media path to a new media path for packets transmitted between first and second end points in a packet based network. An instruction is transmitted to the first end point instructing it to set up a new re... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852830 | Methods and apparatus for enhancing wireless data network telephony, including quality of service monitoring and control A system for wireless communication comprises an architecture of routers connected to a network and having connected transceivers for wireless transmission and reception of data, and a plurality of hand-held communicators adapted for users to communicate with the ne... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852829 | Packet reassembly and deadlock avoidance for use in a packet switch Practical packet reassembly in large, multi-plane, multi-stage switches is possible by using a scheduling technique called dynamic packet interleaving. With dynamic packet interleaving scheduling, if more than one packet is contending for the same output link in a s... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7848311 | Communication apparatus An internal terminal that connects to a DNS server, the server storing and managing a telephone number for communication and an external NAPTR record, the internal terminal including: a terminal communication controller that accesses the DNS server and notifies the ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848312 | Method and systems for toll-free internet protocol communication services This document describes Toll Free IP (TIP), a business model and its enabling methods to provide no-charge-to-user (“toll-free”) connectivity through IP-based access networks (e.g., public wireless hotspot networks based on IEEE 802.11), which may be operated by... | 12/07/2010 |
