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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7433450 | Method and system for connection verification The present invention provides a method and system for connection verification. An embodiment includes a DSL based system, with a tester resident at a central office respective to a DSLAM. When a problem is encountered by a subscriber, the tester can be readily conn... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7231211 | Apparatus and method for monitoring a trunked radio communications system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring a trunked radio communications system by using some type of radio scanning receiver that is not designed for that purpose. In addition, the invention provides a method for automatically determining... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7116759 | Method, system and computer program product for facilitating the analysis of automatic line insulation testing data A method for analyzing automatic line insulation testing data comprising receiving an electronic version of ALIT test results and parsing the ALIT test results to extract error data. The error data is inserted into an ALIT database. The ALIT database includes one re... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7042984 | Method for inspecting transmission channels in a communications system having peripheral modules Transmission channels indicated as occupied in a communications system having peripheral modules are inspected for preparing subscriber-side transmission channels. A test sequence transmitter on the system side transmits a test sequence to a control unit for a selec... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7020088 | Method for operating a data network A method for operating a data network, which includes at least one transmission link, defined by a transmitter and a receiver, wherein in test mode the actual level reserve in the direction of the sensitivity limit, thus between the actual transmitting power of the ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6944132 | Transmission apparatus, order wire transmission system and order wire monitoring method An order wire monitoring method monitors form a monitoring control terminal a quality of an order wire line which couples transmission apparatuses via multiplexed lines which multiplex and transmit main and order wire signals. A transmission apparatus which is to tr... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940949 | Ring, tip, ground testing tool An apparatus and a method for determining faults in a telephone line. The apparatus has an enclosure housing a switch. The switch is for electrically communicating with a ring wire of a telephone line, with a tip wire of the telephone line, and with an electrical gr... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6792079 | Remote access for cable locator system A system for transmitting operational control messages to a plurality of remotely-disposed cable-locating transmitters uses a spare communication line associated with each transmitter to carry the control messages from unit to unit. In the case of a fiber optic cabl... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6738758 | Adaptive bucket indexing mechanism to effectively manage service activation requests A method for decomposing a service activation request (SAR) into sub-requests for specific network resources and classifying the SAR with an adaptive bucket value based on the dynamic performance characteristics of the corresponding network resources. Each SAR has a... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6577711 | Methods for detecting defective communications lines Methods and apparatus are disclosed for identifying defective communications lines. The method generally involves passively detecting signals symptomatic of and generated by a defective communications line rather than by a user accessing a communication n... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6466648 | Repetitive call control method, switch using the method, and recording medium storing repetitive call control program A switch includes a repetitive call detection unit which detects a repetitive call which occupies channels in an identical channel group. A release unit releases the channels occupied by the repetitive call when the repetitive call is detected. A restrict... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6453015 | Telephony testing system An electronic relay matrix (22) is connectable between a plurality of customer telephone lines and a plurality of testers (2, 201 -203). The electronic relay matrix (22) includes a line matrix (80) having a plurality of relay assembl... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6453016 | Method and apparatus for detecting and locating a fault in a telecommunications environment The invention presented herein is directed to a remotely addressable maintenance unit (RAMU) working in conjunction with a test head at the central office for detecting and locating faults in digital subscriber loop (DSL) and/or plain old telephone system... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6430266 | Apparatus and method for examining and standardizing line connections An apparatus and a method a method for testing, configuring, and evaluating a transmission line. The method receives a set of command and data signals through an input/output interface and processes the command and data signals from the input/output inter... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425132 | Ingress testing of CATV system utilizing remote selection of CATV node A CATV system in which a technician in the field requests via a field client that a node of the CATV system be tested for ingress. The CATV system includes a headend facility that is coupled to a CATV distribution network. The CATV distribution network in... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6389111 | Measurement of signal quality A test stimulus includes two signals RR, S. Signal S is transmitted to a customer equipment interface and over a system under test to a complementary remote apparatus. The test apparatus has two inputs processed by a number of functional elemen... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6366562 | Monitor particularly suited for naval tactical data system interface type E A monitor is provided that is used to transmit data being exchanged over a NTDS Type E interface to an instrumentation system. The monitor is electrically isolated from the instrumentation system and comprises a directional coupler that passes and inhibit... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6343114 | Remotely addressable maintenance unit The invention presented herein is directed to a remotely addressable maintenance unit (RAMU) working in conjunction with a test head at the central office for detecting and locating faults in digital subscriber loop (DSL) and/or plain old telephone system... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6324260 | Channel check test system When there is an error in setting of a companding law of an encoder or a decoder, there is a problem of an error in judgment although it should be originally judged that the continuity of the testing channel does not exist. Therefore, a channel check test... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6304633 | Testing system for voice system equipment in switchboard A testing system for voice system equipment in a switchboard includes a testing maintenance terminal for inputting telephone number information of an ordinary subscriber's telephone that is to be designated as a maintenance party telephone. The testing ma... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301345 | Key telephone system and maintenance method therefor There is described a key telephone system which enables rewriting of the main program of the key telephone system, recovery of the key telephone system from a failure, and maintenance of the key telephone system such as diagnosis in an immediate, flexible... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6295339 | Audio verification of digital subscriber line connection A test matrix switch-associated mechanism conducts an interactive communication session with the butt set of an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) technician, to verify the intended connectivity of a digital subscriber line pair through the switch to... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6282265 | Two-ended wireline pair identification system A two-ended, line-driving and receiving/tone signal analysis system performs line connection verification applying a low-distortion, low-amplitude test signal to one end of a cable pair under test and monitoring the response of a remote end wireline pair.... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6278769 | Signaling method for invoking a test mode in a network interface unit A network interface device intended to be placed approximate to the customers equipment and remote from a central office of a telephone company ("TELCO"). The purpose of the network interface device is to allow the twisted pair transmission line between t... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6233312 | Inter-circuit line fault location in telecommunication networks Circuit faults between different circuits in a telecommunications network are located. In this invention a test signal is generated on a particular circuit and all adjacent circuits are tested for the presence of the test signal. Using information from a ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6163595 | Way finding with an interactive faceplate An interactive electronic module (IEM) is adapted as a retrofit module for use in modular network equipment to provide real time analysis of trunk line signal performance and to detect trunk line signal faults, the IEM including a faceplate display panel ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6157704 | Subscriber line test system for access network A remote terminal in an access network where a plurality of exchange and subscriber telephone sets are connected, is provided with an incoming call prohibition control unit for transmitting an incoming call prohibition signal or an incoming call prohibiti... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6154524 | Method and apparatus for automatically and adaptively adjusting telephone audio quality and DSL data rate in a DSL system In a communications environment where it is desirable to allow the simultaneous transmission of digital subscriber line (DSL) signals and conventional plain old telephone service (POTS) signals on a single two-wire communication line, a method and apparat... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6134302 | Voice path testing in telecommunications system The present invention relates to a method of testing voice paths in telecommunications systems where said voice paths include voice compression and decompression, and to an apparatus for achieving the same. More specifically, it relates to such a method a... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6078964 | Establishing direct communications between two hosts without using a high performance LAN connection In a computing network environment having a gateway device that is electronically connected on one side to at least one local area network and on other side to a plurality of initiating hosts, an apparatus for establishing direct communication between a f... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6058161 | System and method for programmable telephone subscriber line test A system and method for providing software-implemented, programmable testing of telephone subscriber line power conditions. The system detects subscriber line faults including resistive faults and foreign voltages on a telephone subscriber line. A user in... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055299 | Connector block with built-in array test feature A connector block including a built in test device for testing a pair of wires connected to the block. The connection block includes a first terminal that is connected to a first one of the pair of wires and a second terminal that is connected to a second... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6049591 | Grievance call processing system A grievance call processing system capable of automatically shifting a grievance call reception state to a test state. An electronic switchboard notifies the telephone number information of a subscriber to a workstation, which stores and displays the tele... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6026144 | Method for improving the administration of the telephone local loop plant In a method of administering a telephone local loop plant, a substantial portion--preferably at or above 80%--of the existing narrowband plant is caused to be "dedicated," so that constituent segments of an existing local loop therewithin are not allowed ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6023734 | Establishing direct communications between two hosts without using a high performance LAN connection In a computing network environment having a gateway device that is connected on one side to at least one local area network and on other side to a plurality of initiating hosts, a method of establishing direct communication between a first initiating host... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5943391 | Method and device for a debugger and test data collector A computer system comprises a plurality of user computers interconnected through a public-switched telephone network and trunk lines, and also includes a plurality of Remote Data Processing Nodes (RDPNs) similarly connected to each other and to the user c... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5940473 | Testing apparatus for testing signaling of a switching system A signaling test apparatus for testing a trunk register transmitting/receiving signaling, a subscriber service signal tone, a subscriber DTMF transmitting/receiving signaling, and a CCT transmitting/receiving signaling in a switching system. The signaling... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5930334 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the operation of telecommunications equipment In a telecommunications system, the amount of time a subscriber device is effectively out of service as a result of some fault or failure in telecommunications equipment is monitored. Subscriber devices are connected by corresponding subscriber communicat... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5912946 | Method for detecting improper delivery of parameters, in an initial address message, from an interconnecting switch A method for detecting improper delivery of parameters in an initial address message (IAM), such as a calling party number (CPN), for calls set up to a switch over SS7 trunk groups connected to other carriers is described. When a call originates from a sw... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5907670 | Distributed processing method for checking status of processor in electronic switching system An electronic switching system having a plurality of processors connected to an internal switching network in a chain structure of a linked list form and a maintenance processor for checking status of each individual processor connected to the internal sw... | 05/25/1999 |
