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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7102566 | GPS for telephone line records Methods and systems are disclosed for enhancing telephone line records with Global Positioning System coordinates. One embodiment acquires Global Positioning System information and provides the Global Positioning System information to assemble a telephone line recor... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7068769 | Method and system for communication processing based on physical presence A method and system for using physical presence as a basis to handle communications. A network includes a presence registry that indicates whether users are physically present at stations. Further, the network may include a user-station registry that indicates wheth... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068770 | Telephone status notification system A telephone line status notification system including at least one telephone line having a status, a communications network, at least one communications terminal which is connectable to the communications network and which is employable by a seeking user to communic... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7054645 | System for intelligent home controller and home monitor A system utilizing a transmitter emitting a unique signal and a base station receiver having a database of household members is used to ascertain the identity of household members who are home at any particular time. Such information is used by the local telephone n... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050559 | Monitoring a call forwarded to a network-based voice mail system An apparatus, system and method for monitoring calls that have been forwarded to a network-based voice mail system (VMS). The VMS receives the forwarded call and sends a start of greeting signal at the beginning and an end of greeting signal at the completion of the... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046769 | Computerized system for the receipt, recordation, scheduling and redelivery of telephone messages to predetermined telephone numbers An automated, computerized voice message storage and redelivery system and method comprises a computer for executing software commands, a telephone connection operatively connected to the computer for calling and answering a telephone call from a remote location, an... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046783 | Seamless re-direction of calls between home and mobile telephones A method is described for providing wired line telephone and mobile telephone cross-usage comprising the steps of de-activating call forwarding of incoming mobile telephone calls to a subscriber's home wired line telephone and for activating call forwarding of incom... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037198 | Recording game information into a server A sport server includes a sport database for storing sport data. The sport server communicates with a variety of input devices for receiving the sport data. The sport server determines the type of input device and then communicates with the input device using approp... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039393 | Remote operational screener This invention provides an audible remote screening function or device for use with an answering device or machine and may also combine this screening function with an ability for remote operational control of an answering device or machine. Preferred forms of the i... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7027576 | Call screening apparatus and method A method of screening incoming telephone calls and programming screening options and apparatus that allows incoming calls to be screened according to various criteria programmed by a subscriber. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7024184 | Call redirection zones for wireless communications A system and method of controlling the delivery of an incoming call directed to a wireless communication device is provided. When an incoming call directed to the wireless communication device is received, the location of the wireless communication device, to which ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010314 | Method for remote connection of machines and corresponding electronic analog apparatus The method for remote connection consists in identifying poles of interest common to several persons according to a technique which detects the areas of activity and the poles of interest and broadcasts them. The itinerant apparatus (1) comprises a data proce... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006846 | Credit card communication system A system for long range communications is disclosed. The system includes a base station and credit card sized wireless long range communications devices. The wireless long range communication devices each include a transceiver, a man machine interface (e.g., display... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006832 | Method for intelligent home controller and home monitor A method utilizing a transmitter emitting a unique signal and a base station receiver having a database of household members is used to ascertain the identity of household members who are home at any particular time. Such information is used by the local telephone n... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003288 | Mobile communication terminal A system for providing a mobile communication terminal, the position of which can be detected with location-based information that is associated with a detected position, and a method of service for providing the mobile communication terminal with the location-based... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999563 | Enhanced directory assistance automation The present invention enhances directory assistance automation by searching traditional directory assistance databases with independent listing and locality queries. Initially, a caller's speech responses from a directory assistance inquiry are individually converte... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6985744 | Cellular phone and a base station thereof When a receiving end is a cellular phone, the cellular phone that displays the local time at the receiving end and a base station used in this cellular phone are realized. A time recognition unit that obtains the local time at the receiving end using the time inform... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6975619 | System and method for providing host geographic location information in a packet data network A geographic location identification system and method for a packet data network is disclosed wherein geographic location information is provisioned or derived at nodes that comprise the network. Upon a request from a requesting node, the geographic location informa... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6954526 | Methods and systems for routing calling name service query messages in a communication network A network element for routing a calling name (CNAM) query message through a communications network includes a communication module capable of receiving a CNAM query message from and transmitting the CNAM query message to a communications network. A CNAM query routin... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6950651 | Location-based forwarding over multiple networks An apparatus for enabling signals directed to a first telecommunications terminal to be forwarded intelligently to a second telecommunications terminal in the vicinity of the first terminal is disclosed. In particular, the illustrative embodiment automatically forwa... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6935958 | Method and apparatus for machine location A method and apparatus for tracking and determining a location of a gaming machine or other item within a casino or hotel is disclosed. In one embodiment the method and apparatus utilizes a transmitter or emitter to provide a tracking signal that may be tracked by o... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934375 | System for positioning staff in office The present invention to a system for positioning staff in an office, which comprises a plurality of fixed identification reader devices, a plurality of identification devices and a host computer. Each staff carries the identification device. The identification read... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931116 | Multiple routing options in a telecommunications service platform A platform provides access to multiple telecommunications services via a single telephone number. These services may include call routing options. In a first call routing option, calls are routed to each phone number in a sequence of phone numbers until a live answe... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6924739 | Home resource controller system A system utilizing a transmitter emitting a unique signal and a base station receiver having a database of household members is used to ascertain the identity of household members who are home at any particular time. Such information is used by the local telephone n... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922465 | Method and system for reporting events in telecommunication networks Methods and systems are provided for reporting to subscribers network events in a plurality of formats and languages depending upon the particular subscriber group to which a subscriber belongs. When a subscriber requests a call, a switching node in the network invo... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6917678 | Method and apparatus for monitoring telephonic members and providing directory assistance Telephone users desiring directory assistance services are connected via standard telephone procedures to a directory assistance provider, such as an operator. An operator provides the destination number and initiates a connection to that number. Once that connectio... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6895237 | Method and apparatus for responding to an incoming call The present invention is directed to a system and method for allowing a user to conveniently receive an incoming wireless telephone call. After the phone rings once, the receiving party checks his caller ID and realizes he wants to take the call but does not want to... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6798873 | Telephone status notification system A telephone line status notification system including at least one telephone line having a status, a communications network, at least one communications terminal which is connectable to the communications network and which is employable by a seeking user to communic... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6792082 | Voice mail system with personal assistant provisioning A personal assistant system uses context to intelligently make contacts and for provisioning an address book. The system can be customized by subscribers for all or specific contacts. The system uses history information to make predictions of whether calls will be s... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6768789 | Method and system for call answering The present invention provides a novel system, method and apparatus for answering a telephone call. In one aspect of the invention, there is provided a system for call answering that includes a switch for connecting a telephony device to incoming calls received from... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6748069 | Method and system for routing calling name queries A method and system for routing Calling Name queries in a locally competitive environment includes the creation of a Calling Name query having both the calling party number and the called party number. The query is routed to a service control point of the local exch... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6748210 | Method and apparatus for automatically terminating to a voice mail an incoming call made to a radio telephone A radio telephone that automatically terminates an incoming call to a voice mail comprising a transceiver for receiving the incoming call, and a sensor coupled to the transceiver producing a set of parameters related to a user in close proximity to the radio telepho... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6741689 | System and method for providing call subject information to a called party A system and method is provided for providing call subject information to a destination device. A call subject platform provides a selection menu to an originating device to receive call subject information. If call subject information is received at the call subjec... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6741692 | Method of and system for priority call processing based upon electronic mail status A method of and system for providing priority call processing based upon the status of electronic mail items between a called party and a calling party receives a request to set up a call between the calling party and the called party and determines if the called pa... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6735287 | 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... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6678366 | System and method for locating subscribers using a best guess location algorithm A system and method for locating the subscriber of a telephony product in which a best guess location is assigned to each subscriber of the telephony product. Under certain predetermined conditions, the telephony product directs incoming phone calls to a ... | 01/13/2004 |
