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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116441 | Call routing based on physical location of called party A system may include a locator device to track a location of a user, store information identifying locations of a group of telephone devices, and identify one telephone device of the group of telephone devices based on the location of the one telephone device and th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8036357 | Adding an identified caller's other devices to a voice mail system A method and system for registering external telephone numbers and associating such external telephone numbers with an extension in a voice mail system. When a call is received from a telephone which is not registered in the called systems database, after the caller... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8023629 | Method for establishing a call The present invention relates to a method for establishing a call from a calling party to an extension of a PBX. By providing the calling party with a graphical display of information of extension of the PBX the user may easy and fast select a desired extension.... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7983405 | Line selection method and line selection system for private branch exchanges External lines 22 connected to a LAN 30 to establish pseudo private lines and having individual line numbers (for example, 5 and 3) are preliminarily assigned with the same identifier (for example, ID2). A sender PABX 10 tra... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7688959 | Method for remotely connecting to a secure telephone network A system and method for allowing remote callers to access a secure telephone network maintains a registry (i.e. a database) of all remote callers that have access to the network. The registry contains an electronic serial number (ESN) and a personal identification n... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7627101 | Method and apparatus for telephone routing between PTN and PSTN Disclosed is a method and apparatus applicable to an interface between PSTN and PTN for telephone routing. The interface includes a branch switch, a key system, a network branch switch, and media gateway, etc. The telephone routing method and apparatus of the presen... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7440558 | Telephony security system A system and method of telephony resource management and security for monitoring and/or controlling and logging access between an enterprise's end-user stations and their respective circuits into the public switched telephone network (PSTN). One or more rules are de... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440566 | Internet protocol compliant private branch electronic exchange and a method for redundantly configuring terminal interfaces The IP-PBX includes a multimedia gateway controller in which a call control data master table stores call control data for all terminals falling under the control of the IP-PBX. In the event of failure of a PH accommodating IP phones and the like via the LAN, the mu... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7418089 | System and method for restricting and monitoring telephone calls A telecommunications service controls and monitors telephone calls by storing at a service control point (SCP) restricted telephone numbers and priority telephone numbers. Upon receiving call data relating to a call between a subscriber telephone number and an outsi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7403766 | Telecommunication call management and monitoring system with voiceprint verification Disclosed is a secure telephone call management system for authenticating users of a telephone system in an institutional facility. Authentication of the users is accomplished by using a personal identification number, preferably in conjunction with speaker independ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7352849 | SMS switching private branch exchange system and method An short message service switching private branch exchange system and a method can reduce costs. The method can include certifying whether a usable DSP exists or not when an office line and a speech path are connected to each other, and transmitting an short message... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7324506 | Using DSL services to facilitate real-time communications in enterprise networks The present invention delivers both voice and real-time communications over telephony infrastructure. The telephony infrastructure will effectively couple a DSL server in a local telephony exchange to telephony terminals and DSL modems at any number of user location... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319414 | Secure notification messaging systems and methods using authentication indicia Systems and methods are disclosed for notification or messaging systems that give confidence to the notification-receiving party that a notification concerning the travel status of a mobile thing is from a proper authorized source. One representative method, among o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7308255 | Extending mobile phone networks Methods, systems, and computer program products for bridging mobile phone networks with other telephone networks. A telephone network comprises multiple individually addressable telephone lines connected to telephones and to a gateway, which in turn is connected to ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305079 | Method and apparatus for communicating with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private bra... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7277733 | System and method for providing web content provision service using subscriber terminal in exchange system System and method for providing a Web content provision service using a subscriber terminal in an exchange system. The Web content provision service system comprises the subscriber terminal generating content request information containing user information in respon... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272386 | System and method for providing location and call back information for special number calls from phone sets serviced by a privately served network A system for handling special number calls placed from a phone coupled at a connection locus in a private network; includes: (a) a private switch controlling communications with the phone from outside the private network during a call session; (b) a control facility... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7259482 | Distance extender and method making use of same A distance extender (100, 200) for increasing a distance between a first device (145) and a second device (150) in electrical communication with the first device includes an electrical cable (130, 230) electrically coupled between the fir... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248679 | Apparatus and method for transmitting-receiving CID in a PBX A PBX connected to a public exchange includes a separate caller ID service unit for providing a caller ID and/or a system tone by performing a digital signal process. To display the caller ID on a receiver terminal, or caller ID phone, a line is established with the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7231027 | Encapsulation, compression, and encryption of PCM data A system and method to provide secure access across the untrusted public switched telephone network is described. The system and method can be initiated by a security policy defining actions to be taken based upon at least one attribute of the call. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224958 | Method and system for managing accounting information in an MSC The present invention relates to method and system for managing accounting information in a mobile switching center (MSC) configured to prevent abnormal termination of calls in progress and loss of accounting information due to the abnormal termination of the calls,... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218718 | Method to perform a telecommunication with dialing destination preview The present invention concerns a method to perform a telecommunication between a caller terminal and a callee terminal identified by an identification code, such as a phone number. Method wherein it comprises the steps of: collecting routing information relat... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212620 | System and method for providing an anti-telemarketing feature in a telephony network An anti-telemarketing program uses the calling party identification of an incoming call to determine if the call is a telemarketing call by accessing a telemarketing database. The incoming call can be identified as a telemarketing call by direct correlation with a k... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200218 | Method and apparatus for extending PBX features via the public network A system and method allow PBX features to be extended through the public network. A teleworker calls into a PBX system and is assigned a fictitious port. The fictitious port is controlled by a telework server and appears to the PBX to be a local device. PBX features... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191058 | Notification systems and methods enabling user entry of notification trigger information based upon monitored mobile vehicle location A vehicle monitoring and notification system includes a mapping application and a data manager. The mapping application receives data identifying a particular location and automatically translates this data into a set of location values. The mapping application then... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7158622 | Self-learning real-time prioritization of telecommunication fraud control actions A predictive model system is used to detect telecommunications fraud. Call records (CDRs) provided by telephone companies are evaluated against specified rules. If one or more rules are matched, the system generates an alert. Pending alerts for a customer form a cas... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158947 | Method for selectively blocking remote purchase requests A method for partially verifying the legitimacy of a remote purchase request based on a card number from a card issuing financial institution. The method includes receiving and storing a first purchase request information set including an origin and a card number. F... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155001 | System and method for restricting and monitoring telephone calls A telecommunications service controls and monitors telephone calls by storing at a service control point (SCP) restricted telephone numbers and priority telephone numbers. Upon receiving call data relating to a call between a subscriber telephone number and an outsi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151825 | Desk sharing with automatic device relocation A system and method for integrating a desk sharing application with a PBX telephonic user identity and feature transfer function is described. The system and method of the invention utilizes the PBX's administrative interface to transfer attributes from a dedicated ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149297 | Networkwide desk sharing with automatic device relocation A system and method for integrating a desk sharing application with a PBX telephonic user identity and feature transfer function is described. The system and method of the invention utilizes the CSTA protocol to transfer the Personal Identification Number and call f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7133514 | Premise-based voice bridge extension A telephony system for completing conference calls includes a premise-based network having a local controller coupled to local endpoints, a proxy, and a conference bridge. The telephony system includes a public telephone network coupled to the premise-based network.... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123712 | Computer telephony server with improved flexibility An improved computer telephony (CT) server which utilizes a standard message structure to communicate with applications, but may interface such applications to a variety of different telephony environments by translating the standard message structure used by such a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119716 | Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications Response systems and methods are disclosed for communications in connection with a computer-based notification system and a personal communications device (e.g., telephone, pager, computer, PDA, etc.) associated with a party. One such representative response method,... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113110 | Stop list generation systems and methods based upon tracked PCD's and responses from notified PCD's Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. A representative method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: monitoring travel data associated with a first personal communications device (PCD); initiating a notification comm... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106843 | Computer-based method and apparatus for controlling, monitoring, recording and reporting telephone access A method and apparatus for managing institutional telephone activity utilizing a computer-based telephony management unit to connect institutional telephones with outside telephone lines. The unit provides institutional users with fully automated, direct dial and co... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7089107 | System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle Generally, the present invention monitors and communicates travel data transmitted from vehicles being monitored by the system to users requesting travel information on a particular vehicle. A travel data storage unit receives and stores the travel data. When a user... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7076053 | System for the processing of audio data used for music on hold and paging in a private branch exchange The PBX system includes an analog to digital, and digital to analog, (A/D) conversion where the sample size and the sample rate are selectively adjustable. The A/D structure includes registers which hold values indicating the sample size and the sample rate for the ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069206 | Method and apparatus for abstraction of physical hardware implementation to logical software drivers A method and apparatus are provided for abstraction of a physical hardware implementation to logical software drivers. An operating system kernel includes a device driver layer, an enhanced I/O abstraction layer and physical hardware implementation details layer. Th... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064681 | Response systems and methods for notification systems Response systems and methods are disclosed for communications in connection with an automated computer-based notification system. One representative response method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: initiating a notification communication to a... | 06/20/2006 |
