Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8027447 | Call processing based on electronic calendar information The present invention allows incoming calls to be processed based on calendar information obtained from an electronic calendar of a called party. When an incoming call intended for the called party is received, a service node may retrieve the calendar information fo... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7903801 | Contact information management Contact information management is described. In an embodiment, an account can be established for a subscriber to provide contact information for contacting the subscriber in the event that a disaster disrupts a regular communication service of the subscriber. The ac... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7720210 | CTI system A CTI system comprises a telephone terminal (12-2) having an ID tag (18-2), a server-connected main unit (11, 13) for controlling the telephone terminal, and an information processing terminal (16-1) having an ID read... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7362698 | Method, system and service for achieving synchronous communication responsive to dynamic status A method for routing a communication connection request includes the steps of obtaining context information from a communication connection requestor in response to a communication connection request. The steps further include using the context information to determ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349535 | Method and system for automatic call distribution based on location information for call center agents A method for distributing calls of an automatic call distributor system includes determining location information for agents at a call center. The method further includes routing a request for connection with one of the agents to one of the agents based at least in ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333014 | Notifying users of device events in a networked environment Notifying a user of a device event, including receiving a device event, associating the device event with a user, receiving an RFID signal from a user's RFID tag, determining the user's location in dependence upon the RFID signal, selecting a user notification appli... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333820 | System and method for providing routing, mapping, and relative position information to users of a communication network The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing real-time position information of one party to another party by utilizing a conventional telecommunication network system such as the convention telephone network, a mobile telecommunications net... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324823 | System and method for selectively transferring wireless caller location information A system and method for providing for a wireless calling party to configure his or her wireless service on a call-by-call or on a permanent basis so that only those calls where the caller wants his or her location to be available carry location information. To enabl... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7295847 | Method and apparatus for providing location based vendor information to a wireless mobile terminal A method and apparatus for providing location based vendor information to a wireless mobile terminal is provided. The method includes receiving subscriber provisioned response criteria from a subscriber, receiving a request for location based vendor information from... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289814 | System and method for detecting proximity between mobile device users A system and method are provided to alert two mobile communications users in the event they come in close proximity to one another. The present system uses a distributed algorithm denoted as the Strips algorithm, in which a pair of moving friends with mobile telecom... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289616 | User-configurable call answering/redirection mechanism Very flexible call management is achieved by a method for handling a call setup request (7-10, 7-22, . . . ) from A party (A1 . . . A9) to a B party (511). A reachability server (RS) receives (7-0) the B party'... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7263181 | Telephony system and a method of operating same A telephony system (100) is disclosed as including a number of telephone sets (116a-116f), a home server (110), a fingerprint scanner (102), a keypad (104), a smart card reader (106), and such other iden... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260388 | Communication device qualification for broadband wireless service A software product for qualifying communication devices for a broadband wireless service is disclosed. The software product first identifies requirements of the broadband wireless service. Examples of the requirements include hardware and software requirements for a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257218 | Presence enabled queue management The present invention allows a queue management system (QMS) to use presence information from a presence system to efficiently match requestors of information with qualified resources capable of providing the necessary response. The resources for information may be ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7227937 | Monitoring natural interaction for presence detection The present invention provides a presence system capable of monitoring state information derived from a plurality of sources over any number of disparate networks. The sources of state information are devices, which are frequently used by a user throughout a normal ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221750 | Intelligent association of nodes with pan coordinator Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to managing wireless node access to one or more wireless networks. According to one implementation, a business logic application may function as a package tracking application to manage access to wireless access points in d... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7203172 | Internodal routing engine for a next generation network In a next generation packet based network a routing engine is used to determine the most cost effective route for a call from a caller/client subscriber to a call destination. The service manager or call agent softswitch, a call processor that controls the processin... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196630 | Method and apparatus for routing a communication to a user based on a predicted presence A method and apparatus are provided for analyzing a user's communication activity to determine presence patterns at one or more communication devices. A user's presence at one or more communication devices is monitored over time to detect at least one pattern of beh... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194076 | Apparatus and method for network-initiated real-time multi-party communications A method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network. A telecommunications service provider monitors data relating to communications initiation or termination criteria for at least two communicants in the telecommunications network and ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7174301 | System and method for accessing geographic-based data A system and method for creating a unified commercial real estate data model through collection, distribution and use of information in connection with commercial real estate and for creating a web-based marketplace that facilitates the efficient and secure buying, ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164354 | Child protection system A child monitoring system is provided for facilities and areas where parents and children generally enter and exit together, but are likely to become separated while in the facility or area. Using devices on a child's person coupled with monitoring devices on exit a... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152791 | Identifying the location of an asset According to an aspect of the present invention, an intelligent badge having the ability of collecting the identifiers of each of the badges located within the zone of the intelligent badge may be employed to identify the location of each badge. The central processi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149503 | System and method for associating postmark information with digital content A system and method is provided for associating postmark information with digital content. Content is created or otherwise selected from available content selections. Information is received at the mobile device from a radio frequency (RF) transponder. The informati... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7139797 | Presence information based on media activity The present invention provides presence information to a subscriber indicative of the availability of a user who is already actively participating in a communication session. A presence system receives and processes participation information, which bears on the degr... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133498 | Method for confirming end point location of calls Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising receiving, from a user-operated telecommunications device, a user-initiated communication to a non-911 communications address. The method can comprise automatically providing a user with a current location o... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130406 | Enhanced directory assistance system The present invention provides for an enhanced directory assistance system (2) for providing directions information to a plurality of callers (4). The system is comprised of a telephone switch (12) for receiving calls from a plurality of callers... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123706 | Communication exchanging system capable of changing forwarding destination according to notification of presence change of user A communication exchanger has a memory which memorizes a presence state table for all of users and a forwarding destination table for each of the users. In the presence state table, presence information of all users is registered. In the forwarding destination table... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7088809 | Call screening agent A method for providing telecommunication service includes receiving an incoming call request and generating a processing event, in response to the incoming call request. The method further includes transmitting the processing event to an operating space and notifyin... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089280 | Autonomous eclone An autonomous eclone (10) comprises a plurality of interface agents (15,20,25,30) operable to interact with a person; an expert system (35) operable to process a command originated by any of the agents (15,20,25,30); and a database (40... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085578 | Provision of location information to a call party Apparatus and method provide location information for a calling party to a called party and/or provide a location for called party to a calling party. The information may be provided to a customer on a subscription basis or a customer may query for location informat... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076043 | System and method of using presence information to delay dialing phone calls initiated by a caller to a callee In a communication system, a delayed call dialing processing system and method are described. The delayed call dialing processing system includes logic that allows a caller wishing to call a callee to delegate the task of monitoring presence information to detect wh... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068761 | Method and system for canceling unwanted telephone calls The present method and system enable a called party to cancel an unwanted call and send a message to the calling party. The method and system are activated in response to a plurality of inputs provided by the called party. In response to the input provided by the ca... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065184 | Method and system for multimodal presence detection A presence device operable in a first mode and a second mode is associated with a communication device. In the first mode, a user using the presence device is biometrically authenticated and a presence confirmation input is received from the communication device. In... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7058167 | Automatic location-aware feature selection A system is provided for automatic feature enablement on the basis of a user's current location, in order to enable the most appropriate set of features. The system is implemented within a tuple space for allowing communication among system components. A location se... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054623 | Grapevine driven updating technique A grapevine driven updating technique includes providing a first piece of updated data to a first mobile terminal and then initiating an inquiry from the first mobile terminal to a second mobile terminal via a communication link, the inquiry asking the second mobile... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7035923 | Presence information specifying communication preferences The present invention provides a presence system capable of monitoring state information, communication capabilities, or a combination thereof derived from a plurality of sources over any number of disparate networks. The state information bears on the presence or a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031724 | Location-based services for a telematics service subscriber The present invention includes a method and system for providing location-based services to a telematics service subscriber. A message notice is sent to the telematics service subscriber and a request for messages is received. A determination is made as to whether a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031447 | System and method for location-based call distribution A method for location-based call distribution is provided that includes receiving from a customer communication device a request to establish a communication session with an agent communication device based on a specified telephone number. An agent database is searc... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7023964 | Communication system Disclosed is a communication system which improves the system flexibility and serviceability by efficiently controlling presence information. A presence inquiring section makes an inquiry about a presence state of a communicating party. A presence information receiv... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6993118 | System and method for accessing personal information relating to a caller in a remote telecommunication network A telecommunication system for accessing personal information relating to a caller having a home network and being engaged in a call with a call taker in a remote network distal from the home network includes: (a) an internetwork communication system coupling a plur... | 01/31/2006 |
