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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7583792 | Testing a data-processing system with telecommunications endpoints A method and apparatus are disclosed that provide a technique for testing a data-processing system that enables communications between two or more telecommunications endpoints. An example of such a data-processing system is a Session-Initiation Protocol (SIP) proxy ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7420963 | Method and apparatus for testing emergency response service in a telephony environment A test emergency response location (ERL) is used to exercise an emergency response (ER) service. The test ERL does not have any connections to the real external PSAP or OSAN and only routes the call to synthetic phones or agents. A 911 call is intercepted and routed... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7359490 | Systems and methods for facilitating placement of telecommunications test calls A method for placing a test call in a telecommunications network. The method includes retrieving an indication of a translation change for a telecommunications switch from storage and placing a test call to test whether the translation change was successful. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7302045 | System and method for monitoring time-related connection data detected by a network node A method and system for verifying the connection-related communications data registered by a network node, where the connection-related communications data are used for the calculation of charges includes establishing at least one predetermined test communication co... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7231210 | Method and apparatus for automatically generating call flow test scripts The invention comprises a method and apparatus for generating at least one test script for testing at least one service. Specifically, the method comprises obtaining information associated with at least one call flow associated with the at least one service, automat... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224776 | Method, system, and apparatus for testing a voice response system A method of testing a voice response system can include establishing a communications link between a test system and the voice response system, sending a signal to the test system over the voice link indicating that a voice prompt is to follow, and sending the voice... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7203284 | Systems and methods for facilitating placement of telecommunications test calls A method for placing a test call in a telecommunications network. The method includes retrieving an indication of a translation change for a telecommunications switch from storage and placing a test call to test whether the translation change was successful. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7174002 | Method and apparatus for ascertaining the capacity of a network switch Performance parameters of a switch may be ascertained by observing its behavior during a brief interval of high call volume. This may be achieved by accumulating call messages on a queue before allowing them to be processed together as a group. Without increasing th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164758 | System, evaluation device and method for verifying connection-related communication data determined by a digital exchange A system and method for ensuring that a digital switching exchange is able to properly collect data on the charges incurred for pay connections by providing a verification of the accuracy of the communications data records generated by the digital switching exchange... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7154855 | Method and system for determining dropped frame rates over a packet switched transport The present invention relates to a method for detecting dropped packets in a network that includes a packet switched network. The method includes establishing a telephonic connection between a first network location and a second network location. A set of N waveform... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151819 | End-to-end network testing The invention includes a system and a method for testing a communication network. The inventive method transmits a first signal from a first point to a second point of the communication network, where the first and the second points are remotely located. The inventi... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7061142 | Inline power device detection According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for providing power to a device coupled to a communications switch through a data line is provided. The method includes determining that the device includes a diode. The method also includes providing power to t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6914962 | Call-flow verification method and apparatus After implementation of an interactive voice response (IVR) system providing voice prompts (i.e., utterances) to aid a telephone caller, it is desirable to provide call-flow verification to validate system accuracy, particularly under high-volume or saturation calli... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6853708 | End-to-end network testing The invention includes a system and a method for testing a communication network. The inventive method transmits a first signal from a first point to a second point of the communication network, where the first and the second points are remotely located. The inventi... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6834099 | End-user communications test system The invention is a method and system for remotely testing network paths diagnosing problems in establishing a communications link between a call-routing component and a target component in a telecommunications network environment. The test system permits a call to b... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6823051 | Traffic distribution generator A method for generating and distributing telephonic traffic. The method includes receiving a call profile from a user interface, generating a traffic distribution from the call profile. The method then creates a traffic profile from the traffic distributions and rec... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6819745 | Method and apparatus of testing a POTS circuit and DSL circuit through a splitter A simple means is provided to test the cross connect wiring of a communications system which uses a POTS splitter to separate broadband and narrow band signals. A suitable frequency test signal such as 1 KHz tone is fed at sufficient amplitude to the broadband port ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6724865 | Arrangement for measuring response times in a voice response system using a bulk call generator A bulk call generator is configured for measuring the response time of a telephony-based interactive response system by detecting the presence of prescribed signaling messages and in-band prompts, where the in-band prompts include tones (such as DTMF tones) recogniz... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6594344 | Auto latency test tool A system and method for measuring latency in voice communications is presented. In an exemplary embodiment, latency is measured by establishing a call between a first and a second telephony device, and measuring a latency between a signal originating at t... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6483909 | System and method for providing service assurance for prepaid telecommunication services A prepaid service assurance system provides service assurance for a prepaid telecommunication system by generating a call to the prepaid telecommunication system. In response to the call, the prepaid service assurance system then receives an actual respon... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6411679 | Apparatus and method for call progress timing measurement in IP telephony A method and apparatus for measuring call setup time is presented. A first device in a network sends a signal to a second device. The first device monitors for a response from the second device and adjusts an answer tone setting for the second device base... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6366645 | System and method for providing service assurance for prepaid telecommunication services A prepaid service assurance system provides service assurance for a prepaid telecommunication system by generating a call to the prepaid telecommunication system. In response to the call, the prepaid service assurance system then receives an actual respon... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6160871 | Communications test system The invention is a test system that gives the user a single point of control to generate calls and run tests on a switching system for use in a communications network. The test system is capable of generating calls through a tandem switching system withou... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6154523 | Method and system for linking a toll switch A system and method for connecting a voice band link box to a telephone switch to facilitate trunk-related testing. The system includes a remotable trunk transmission unit being interconnected to the telephone switch and interfacing with the testing devic... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5940472 | Intelligent services network test system A telecommunication services test system which can be used to automatically test services that include intelligent network elements such as automated response units, and manual network elements such as manual operator consoles and the like. The test syste... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5809108 | Automated test call generation and execution system A test system and method that generates and executes test calls and verifies signaling for test calls using in-band, out-of-band and ISDN signaling. The test system captures signaling data from the origination and termination sides of test calls that use ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5761272 | Method of and system for performing telecommunications stress testing A method of and system for managing telecommunications system testing. The system displays a list of available originating and terminating bulk call generators. The user can graphically select the bulk call generators to be used in the test and can commun... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5572570 | Telecommunication system tester with voice recognition capability Connection is made directly or via a switched telephone network between a tester and a telecommunication system to be tested. User data, such as voice signals, and signalling data, such as DTMF signals are generated by the tester to cause the telecommunic... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5488648 | Behavior monitoring and analyzing system for stored program controlled switching system A test and diagnostic tool for stored program controlled telecommunications switching systems captures the occurrence and timing of "events" arising from subscriber actions and from actions which occur within blocks of software in the telecommunication sw... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5369680 | Pro-active billing and routing test set An apparatus for verifying the central office billing translations from a remote location is disclosed. The system includes a processor with software which generates patterned telephone calls through a test set at the switch at a switching station to all ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 4852144 | Traffic generator analog A call processing monitor method and apparatus for dynamically verifying the operation of a telephone switching center having a plurality of originating lines and a plurality of terminating lines. This verification is accomplished by a telephone line pair... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4430530 | Telephony system with automatic test call generator for remote port groups A telephony network with a digital central office and one or more remotely located digital satellite units. Each digital satellite unit connects to a number of remote subscriber lines and monitors these lines to establish communications through interconne... | 02/07/1984 |
