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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940907 | Method, system, and article for placing a telephone call to a previously-called party Upon receiving a service code from a calling party, a list of parties previously called by the calling party is retrieved. An audio message is generated based on the list, and communicated to the calling party. A dialed input indicating a selected party from the lis... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7792258 | Customer menu Methods of processing a call initiated by a caller and received by a call processing system wherein, in at least one embodiment, information specific to the caller's identity is obtained, at least one message is selected automatically and based on the obtained infor... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7536000 | Communication method for real-time caller information broadcasting by integrating network with telephone switch The present invention relates to a communication method integrating network and extension forwarding to automatically broadcast caller messages to specific computer IP addresses, which will transmit in real-time the caller messages to a computer specified by each ex... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7433454 | Method for displaying calling party information in network telephone system, and network telephone system, gateway apparatus, and information terminal An object of the invention is to enable the user, in the case of a wired telephone, to check an incoming call even when the user is not present near the telephone and, regardless of the type of the telephone, enable the user to check calling party information when a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7359722 | Apparatus and method for deleting a text message received in a mobile communication terminal Disclosed is an apparatus for deleting a text message received in a mobile communication terminal including an information detecting unit for detecting deletion time information from the received text message; a time checking unit for checking whether the deletion t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359861 | Inter-language translation device A computer system with an appropriate set of instructions to allow the computer system to serve as a translation device for use in a structured interview between an interviewer using a first language and an interviewee in a second language in order to minimize or el... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7340023 | Auto baud system and method and single pin communication interface In an auto baud system and method, the baud rates between two communicating devices are synchronized by timing the transmission of a plurality of bits by counting the cycles of a reference clock. The number of cycles counted is then divided by the number of bits cou... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333597 | Telephone synchronization with software applications and documents A method and system are provided for locating and retrieving stored computer files that are related to an incoming telephone call directed to a computer user. A called party receives a telephone call while the called party is operating her computer. A computer telep... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330899 | Apparatus and method for developing applications with telephony functionality One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates developing applications with telephony functionality. The system includes a session initiation protocol (SIP) gateway configured to interface with a public switched telephone network (PSTN). ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320019 | Method and apparatus for automatically checking e-mail addresses in outgoing e-mail communications The present invention provides a system and method for detecting incorrect e-mail addresses in outgoing e-mail communications. In a first embodiment, a domain name database creates a table of domain names by automatically storing the domain names of e-mail addresses... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315982 | User-tailorable romanized Chinese text input systems and methods Methods and systems for romanizing Chinese ideograms allow a user to create a personalized spelling dictionary that converts a user's desired roman-alphabet spelling to an equivalent Chinese character. A phonetic combination from a standard Chinese dialect is select... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7286821 | Communication terminal having personalisation means In the development of mobile communication there is a trend towards more personalized ways of communication and forms of expression. By using a User-to-User Signalling (UUS) supplementary service that allows a served subscriber to send/receive a limited amount of su... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7260198 | System and method for displaying a party profile for incoming and outgoing calls This specification relates to a method for providing information about a caller before the call is completed. The invention comprises a method for intercepting a telephone number from a phone line or phone system, searching a database for information associated with... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257440 | Multilingual defibrillator This invention relates to an external defibrillator whose language of operation can be easily changed when the defibrillator is deployed for use. Defibrillators include, manual defibrillators, automatic or semi-automatic external defibrillators (“AEDs”) and defi... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257547 | Service managing system A service managing system comprises: order terminals for enabling customers to view contents of service items and to order desired items, and being portable and driven by a battery; order-receiving terminals for receiving and indicating orders from the order termina... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7236579 | Universal call-log system and method for a home network telephone A system and method are provided for maintaining a universal call-log in a Home Network telephone system. The method comprises: transceiving calls on at least one external telephone line; bridging calls to a plurality Home Network endpoints; and, logging the bridged... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236576 | Common visual and functional architecture for presenting and controlling arbitrary telephone line features A user interface for screen phones monitors telephone line state information and displays user interface controls and telephone line status information dependent on the telephone line state. The user interface includes a display element referred to as a call slip th... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7215750 | System and method for providing custom caller-ID messages Systems and methods for providing a message in Caller-ID information are described. In one embodiment of the present invention, an applications server, such as service control point (SCP), substitutes a message for Caller-ID information when a switch serving the cal... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215751 | System and method for processing caller information across heterogeneous networks A system and method for processing caller information across heterogeneous networks is provided. An enterprise application receives a message from a name resolution adapter over a computer network. The message includes caller attributes and port location information... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7203296 | Method, system, and article for placing a telephone call to a previously-called party Upon receiving a service code from a calling party, a list of parties previously called by the calling party is retrieved. An audio message is generated based on the list, and communicated to the calling party. A dialed input indicating a selected party from the lis... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197123 | System and method for presenting caller identification logs Call identification information regarding calls placed to or from a wireless device that subscribes to a Call Log service is recorded and stored in network-based incoming and outgoing call information logs, preferably at a Service Node. The network is prompted to ca... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190773 | Device independent caller ID Methods and systems are disclosed for supplying calling party information to a called party via a network comprising a telephone network, a data network, and at least one gateway device. The gateway device is connected to both the telephone network and the data netw... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180987 | Systems, methods and apparatus for tracking on-call activity A first electronic device engages in a voice communication with another electronic device. The voice communication is associated with data stored by the first electronic device. In some instances, the data is generated the first electronic device or received by the ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174163 | Method and apparatus for providing images for caller identification over a mobile network Picture Caller Line Identification (PCLI) systems and methods are provided for enabling present and future mobile telephony systems to provide PCLI information to a called party. A PCLI system that interacts with a mobile telephony system includes a storage unit for... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7155201 | Method and network for emergency call services A method and network provide mobile information for emergency calls based on mobile position during a call in progress. As soon as an Emergency Services Call is invoked, the Mobile Station position information is gathered using a Serving Entity. The position is then... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142653 | System and method for providing caller information across heterogeneous networks A system and method for providing caller information across heterogeneous networks is provided. A Name Resolution Adapter (NRA) receives a message from a destination central office which includes a caller's telephone number and a call recipient's telephone number. T... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139386 | Communication system and method for controlling features in a communication system Features available in one communication installation of a communication system are made available system-wide by transmitting an item of feature control information for a subscriber line of a first communication installation to a second communication installation. T... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7123694 | Method and system for automatically translating messages in a communication system A method and system for automatically translating messages in a communication system wherein, when a connection is set up between a calling terminal device and a called terminal device, a first item of selector information identifying a language that depends on a ca... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116739 | Auto baud system and method and single pin communication interface In an auto baud system and method, the baud rates between two communicating devices are synchronized by timing the transmission of a plurality of bits by counting the cycles of a reference clock. The number of cycles counted is then divided by the number of bits cou... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7099445 | Name-alias based delivery of subscriber services A method, system and apparatus for name-alias based delivery of services through the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A method for resolving caller identity in a PSTN can include detecting an attempt to establish a telephone call between a calling party and... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088994 | Network address lookup for telephony devices Embodiments of the present invention generally provide systems, methods and articles of manufacture for locating one component of callee information in response to receiving another associated component of the callee information. In a particular embodiment, a user i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7076529 | Systems and methods for notification of electronic mail receipt in a shared computer environment via advanced intelligent network systems Systems and methods for delivering a notification of an email arrival to one or more customer premises equipment to alert users that an email has been received at a mail server. The systems and methods comprise receiving a message on an application server where the ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068768 | Method for populating a caller's information to a host-based address book A method and apparatus is provided to populate a caller's information to a host-based address book automatically or by a single click on a virtual button included in a popup window or by a series of simple commands. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7054431 | Method and system for generating call data reports A method and system for generating customer reports based on station message detail recording (SMDR) data includes a service control point (SCP) in a public switched telecommunications network (PSTN). The service control point samples calling data from multiple serv... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046777 | IVR customer address acquisition method A method of automatically acquiring and/or updating a customer address within an interactive voice response system including establishing a telephony connection with a customer and identifying a telephone number associated with the customer. A directory assistance d... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039165 | System and method for personalizing an interactive voice broadcast of a voice service based on automatic number identification A system and method for personalizing an interactive voice broadcast of a voice service, including information derived from on-line analytical processing (OLAP) systems is disclosed. The system and method include a call server for receiving incoming telephone calls,... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7031453 | Telephony ring customization The present invention provides for customizing a telephony ring signal to correspond to the originator of an incoming call. Preferably, a user will access an application server using a browser to associate audio files with telephone numbers of people who are expecte... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020650 | Information processing system for e-mail, information processing method and program storage medium therefor At the time of receiving an e-mail, a music melody correlated with a respective e-mail sender is automatically reproduced. The system and the method of the invention comprising the steps of: downloading an e-mail addressed to a respective user from a mail server; ex... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020262 | Web based personal directory A personal directory system 10 has a translation server 40 for verifying the identity of a subscriber and recognizing the name of one or more subscribers that are stored on a personal directory of another subscriber. A caller is connected by a public t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013260 | Display device and sample analysis device equipped with the display device A display device including an operator information storer for relating operator information and information concerning the type of language which the operator uses. The display device include a two or more character storers, including at least a first display charac... | 03/14/2006 |
